1. Letters from Obedience School
Dear Mrs. LaRue
Letters from Obedience School
LindaC/Callison/2011

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3. Vocabulary Word Introduction
Read the word chorally
Define the word: Read it chorally
Example: Let the teacher give an example
Ask: The teacher will ask you a question about the word. Tell your answer to your partner.
Isabelle Beck’s routine includes: Introduce the word: “A word in the story we will be reading is…….” Define the word with the class. Example: Give an example of the word in a sentence. Ask: Ask the students To think of an incident when they interacted with the word. Have them discuss it with a partner (see the TE for exact us. This routine is also on the back of the vocabulary cards.) Follow this routine for each of the vocabulary words that are introduced/follow this slide.

4. I guess I forgot to clean my room.
when you forgot or failed to do something
I guess I forgot to clean my room.
neglected

5. to be thankful for something someone has done for you
appreciated

6. something that is not correctly known
misunderstood

7. willing to do just about anything to help or change a situation
desperate

8. things that are put up with
endured

9. doing what you are told, when you are told to do it
obedience

10. having or showing the ability to think, learn, and understand
intelligent

11. something that causes people to be amazed
impressive

12. to be shown how to do something
demonstrated

13. the act of making something known or understood
exposure

14. phrases words put together to express ideas Friends make life a little
sweeter
phrases

15. These are words in the story you may not have seen before.
High Interest Words
These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

16. a member of the dog family
canine

17. behaving, speaking, or acting in a way that is more dramatic than necessary
melodramatic

18. somebody considered clumsy and unintelligent
lummox

19. feeling sick, especially sick to the stomach
queasy

20. a large room in which many people sleep, or a building with many sleeping rooms
dormitory

21. the main officer in charge of a prison
warden

22. neglected
appreciated
desperate
endured
misunderstood
obedience
intelligent
impressive
demonstrated
exposure
phrases

23. High Interest Words
canine
melodramatic
lummox
queasy
dormitory
warden