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

2. Title: Coyote School News Reading Goal: Cause and Effect Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Genre: Historical Fiction Author: Joan Sandin

3. pinching:
Grabbing between two fingers
My grandmother is always pinching my cheeks, even though I am 13 years old!

4. Norma’s goldfish ate too much food and he looked very swollen.
Bigger than normal
Norma’s goldfish ate too much food and he looked very swollen.

5. “You broke my best toy,” my brother hissed.
Spoke with anger
“You broke my best toy,” my brother hissed.

6. swell:
great
Beth thought her father’s new shiny car was just swell, and she called all her friends to tell her about it.

7. Pull suddenly
jerk:
“Don’t jerk the line until you’re sure the fish is on the hook,” George’s father told him.

8. Branded:
Marked permanently
At the Silverado Ranch, the cowboys branded all the cows with a big SR.

9. Reading Goal: Cause and Effect
TE p. 217
Cause: Why it happened

10. Effect: What happened

11. Story Map
Coyote School News
Setting
Characters
Cause
Effect

12. Let’s predict Page 185
TE P. 254

13. Preview Test
Let’s preview the questions for the test. Page 25

14. Test Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you
Read p silently
Answer questions 1-5 on page 25 with as many details from the story as possible
Complete vocabulary Page 26
Challenge questions 7-10

15. Team Discussion Pass out Team Discussion Cards
Discuss answers to team talk questions

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

17. Vocabulary Vault

18. Book Club