SFA Wednesday

Vocabulary Can you pronounce it Do know the definition Can you use it in a sentence

Title: Eye of the Storm Reading Goal: Cause and Effect Team Cooperation Goal: Explain your ideas Genre : Expository Author: Steven Kramer

Frida’s father is a salesman, and he spends a lot of time traveling around the country. traveling: Moving from one place to another

A tornado can only develop when very cold air meets very hot air. develop: form

When meteors strike planets, craters form from the powerful impact. strike:hit

Before your build a treehouse, you must find a very solid tree that can support it. solid:Very strong

On the ship all the furniture was fastened to the deck or the walls so it couldn’t move around during a storm. fastened: attached

A plague of locusts can be very destructive to a farmer’s crops, as millions of the bugs eat all the plants in sight. destructive:damaging

Reading Goal: Cause and Effect

TE p. 217 Cause: Why it happened

Effect: What happened

Pages TE p. 540 Pages 14-21

Let’s predict Page 344

Team Talk Let’s preview the questions on page 136 of your treasure hunt.

Partner Read 15 minutes Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you pages Partner Read p. A:346 and 347-B:348 Restate page B:346 and 347 and A:348 Read Silently: Page Discuss with team words you clarified Find vocabulary words

Team Discussion Pass out Team Discussion Cards Discuss answers to team talk questions Write answers to question 1 and 3

Class Discussion What are some of the words you clarified? Answer questions 1-4

Adventures in Writing 15 min Treasure hunt page 136 Discuss with your table first.

Vocabulary Practice Treasure Hunt Page 73

Fluency 5 min Pg 72-74, paragraphs 1-6