1. Story by Darnell Parker Illustrations by James Bravo
Tryouts
Story by Darnell Parker
Illustrations by James Bravo

2. Title: Tryouts Author: Darnell Parker Genre: Narrative Reading Goal: Clarifying words that are hard to understand. Team Cooperation Goal: Active Listening Essential Question: How can we clarify a word we don’t know or understand?

3. Clarify
Figure out how to pronounce (say) a word or a word’s meaning (definition) by using strategies.
Don’t know how to say it?
Don’t know what it means?
Blend It
Read On
Chunk It
Use Context
Look for a base word
Mind Movie
Reread
Background Knowledge

4. knack
Special talent
My pets have a knack for
circus tricks.

5. replied
Answered, responded
Mario replied to Luigi’s phone call.

6. pitch
Throw
The coach asked Reyna
to pitch for the championship
game.

7. exclaimed Said loudly, shouted The Queen bee exclaimed,
“It is time to make some honey!”

8. nervous Worried, uneasy
Mr. Worry was nervous about going to the dentist.

9. extended Stretched Maria extended her arm to
Lynn so she could win the race.

10. chores Tasks, things that need to be done
Melissa had a list of chores to
finish before she could go out
and play.

11. approach
Come near
The students were excited to approach the lunch line.

12. What does it mean to clarify?
Figure out how to say a word or a word’s meaning by using strategies.

13. Let’s try clarifying the underlined word
Sentence #1 We knew a juffer was coming because the clouds were getting darker and the wind was blowing more strongly. Sentence #2 The meteorologist predicted that we would have a strong winds and possible flooding on Saturday.

14. Now you try: Clarify the underlined words
Daniel wanted to pick some flowers from his garden to make a bouquet for his mother. He picked some tall sunflowers and some purple primulas. He thought irises would look nice, so he clipped some of those, too. Daniel went inside and put all the flowers in a vase.

15. Preview Team Talk pg. 5
Team Talk question #4 focuses on our reading goal: Clarifying

16. Partner Reading – 15 minutes
Partner Read- Page 3 Silent Read- Page 4 & 5 - As you read, stop to clarify (let’s watch how it’s done)

17. Team Discussion – Let’s watch how it’s done!
Clarify sticky words with your team
Take turns telling your unchecked sticky note problems
Talk about what the problems are and try your strategies and clues in the text that might help you
Check off the sticky note if you all agree
Discuss the team talk questions
Write the answers to numbers 1 and 4
If finished, practice fluency on page 4

18. Class Discussion What were some of the words your team clarified?
Let’s look at our answers for the team talk questions

19. Adventures in Writing
Page 4

20. Things I think are important in a friend
dependable
Fun to be with
kind
Things I think are important in a friend