1. Rate the words as you come in. Do you know how to say the word
Rate the words as you come in. Do you know how to say the word? What it means? How to put it in a sentence?

2. Lewis and Clark

3. Help and Encourage Others
Team Cooperation Goal
Help and Encourage Others

4. Title: Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale Reading Goal: Characterization Team Cooperation Goal: Help and encourage Genre: Fiction Author: Laurie Myers

5. Some men were unloading a boat’s cargo onto the wharf.
boat dock
Some men were unloading a boat’s cargo onto the wharf.

6. deeper parts channels:
The sailors dug channels into the bottom of the stream because their boats got stuck in the deeper part.

7. shallow:
less deep
My mother only lets me go in the shallow end of the pool because it’s less deep.

8. current:
movement of water
The stream’s current carried my toy boat very far away with the movement of the water.

9. urge:
strong want
When I saw how tall the roller coaster was, I had an urge to run away, it was a strong want.

10. bulged:
popped out
Frida’s purse bulged because she had stuffed too many cookies inside, it was popping out.

11. Vocabulary Vault

12. Reading Goal: Characterization
What kind of person:
Uses kind words
Shares their toys
Helps others
Takes other peoples things
Uses mean words
Helps only themselves
Nice
Respectful
Mean
Disrespectful

13. Characterization
How does the author help us understand Allison’s character?
Good readers pay attention to characterization to understand stories better.

14. Socks no longer feels like the center of attention in the Brickers’ house. Their baby keeps them to busy to pay much attention to a cat.
Pages 52-66

15. Let’s predict Page 44
Lewis and Clark were very famous explorers they went into the Wild West on a mission for President Thomas Jefferson more than 200 years ago. I never knew they had a big dog with them. I wonder what the dog was like, and what kinds of things he did on such a long trip.

16. Team Talk
Why does Seaman’s owner tell Lewis he’d be “perfect for your trip?”
Describe how Seaman feels about Lewis.
Why does Seaman wait to fetch the stick Lewis threw?
Why does Seaman think that Lewis will never need a rope to use as a leash again?

17. Partner Read p. 46-47 15 minutes
Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you
Read and restate pages 46
Read page 48 silently
Discuss with team words you clarified
find vocabulary words

18. Team Discussion-15minutes
Discuss answers to team talk questions
Write answers to question 2 and 4

19. #1 Reads the Question #2 Answers the Question#3
Agrees or disagrees with evidence from the text #4
Summarizes what the groups discussed

20. Class Discussion What are some of the words you clarified?
Describe how Seaman feels about Lewis.
Why does Seaman think that Lewis will never need a rope to use as a leash again?

21. Adventures in Writing 15 min
Imagine you were going on an exciting adventure. What kind of animal would you take with you? Describe the animal and how it will help you on your journey.
Discuss with your table first.

22. Scoring Guide
You answer the question 25 points Your answer explains or describes with at least two details 25 points Your answer makes sense and has Part of the question in it 20 points Your answer is written in complete, correct sentences 20 points Your writing has correct capitalization and punctuation 10 points

23. Vocabulary Practice
Treasure Hunt Page 13

24. Fluency 5 min
Pg 46, paragraphs 1-6

25. Fluency Rubric 100 points Expressiveness Smoothness
Rate and correctness
90 points Smoothness
80 points Rate and correctness
70 points Correctness