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Sailing Home By Gloria Rand

Set the Stage! Today you will begin reading Sailing Home, which is a historical fiction about a family that lives on a boat. As you read, you will identify cause-and-effect connections in the text. Good readers use cause-and-effect connections to understand why things happen in texts.

Reading/Team Cooperation Goal Today’s reading objective will be cause and effect. Students will identify the cause of something and what the effect of that events is and connect that to the reading. Today’s team cooperation goal is active listening. Active listeners look at the person talking, keep eye contact, listen carefully and ask questions.

Sailing Home By Gloria Rand Reading Goal: Cause and effect Team Cooperation Goal:Active Listeners Genre: Historical fiction Days : 1-4

Rate and Review cargoexchanged signaledspotted seldomdelicious Rate and review your vocabulary words by yourself. Ask yourself :  Can you read the word?  Can you define the word?  Can you use the word in a sentence?  Be honest with yourself.

Review Vocabulary with Partner- 5min Can you pronounce it Can you give the definition Can you use it in a sentence

Check out our vocabulary words!

cargo The train’s cargo was a shipment of Christmas trees that were being sent to Disneyland. freight Prefix? Suffix? Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk

signaled The crossing guard signaled to the children that it was safe to cross the road. communicated PREFIX? SUFFIX? ED Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk

seldom Ms. Cook seldom gives homework because she is so nice. rarely Ms. Cook is awesome. She never gives homework! Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix Chunk` Prefix? Suffix?

exchanged Breana exchanged the Rhianna CD for the new Chris Brown CD. traded Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk Prefix?Suffix? ed- past tense

spotted Antonia spotted Zac Efron in a store when she was in Hollywood and asked for his autograph. saw Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk prefix suffix

delicious The delicious cake was sitting on the counter just begging to be eaten. Very tasty Identification strategy: Blend Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix chunk Prefix? Suffix?

Vocabulary Vault Cargo delicious signaled seldom spotted exchanged

Building Background- Cause and Effect What is life like for the children on the John Ena? The window broke when Alexis threw the baseball. Cause: What makes something happen Effect: Something that happens Cause: Alexis threw a baseball Effect: The window broke

Cause and effect On the first day of school, it was raining. Lily was wearing her nice new dress. Lily mother told her not to splash in any puddles on the way to school. But Lily loved splashing in puddles and couldn’t resist. As soon as she got off the bus, she stomped into a great big puddle and made a wonderful splash. She got dirty water all over her new dress and went to school all wet. What are some cause and effect connections? Cause: What makes something happen Effect: Something that happens

Listening Comprehension: Superfudge Page Remember Peter’s mother is going to have another baby and Peter is not happy about it.

Sailing Home Prepare to read Sailing Home is historical fiction. Historical fiction is based on real events, but contains details that the author added using her imagination. Preview Team Talk questions

Partner Read- 15 minutes As you read through the pages identify unfamiliar words. Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you. As you read you will use your clarification strategies to define the word or idea. Restate each page (or paragraph) as you read (summarizing) Read and restate pages with partners Read 526 silently Discuss and answer all Team Talk Questions Answer 2 and 3 in your journals New skill-Recipicol Teaching Clarifying Questioning Predicting Summarizing

Class Discussion-10 minutes  What words did you clarify?  Who wants to restate the information?  Lets answer the Team Talk questions!

Adventures in Writing- 15 min Page in Treasure Hunt Think of the school. The students go to in Sailing Home. How is it different from your school? How is it the same? Compare and contrast the two kinds of schools.

Vocabulary Practice-10 min Complete vocabulary practice on page

Fluency – 5 min Read page 525 with partner. Give fluency score using fluency rubric.