1. Warm Up What does the word glee mean in the following sentence?
I was filled with glee when I got home and saw that my parents had gotten me a new puppy.
Anger
Sadness
Glass
Happiness
Explain why you think so.

2. Title: Walter’s Week Author: Sam R
Title: Walter’s Week Author: Sam R. McColl Genre: Narrative Reading Goal: Clarify words and ideas in sentences, paragraphs, and passages. Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others Essential Question: How can we clarify a word or part of the story that we don’t know or understand?

3. Vocabulary
Partner A, check 1-4
Partner B, check 5-8

4. shift Time one is at work My dad works an eight hour shift
at his office

5. fortunately
luckily
Even though I hadn’t practiced, fortunately I did well at the track meet.

6. rotate
Spin, turn
When the wheels rotate, the car
goes forward.

7. trudged Walked slowly and sadly
Jack trudged to the principal’s office, knowing he was in trouble.

8. boarded Climbed on, as a bus or plane
Martina boarded the plane ten minutes before it took off.

9. ignore Pay no attention to
Joanne tried to ignore her little brother so he’d go away.

10. battling
fighting
The squirrels were battling over the last acorn under the tree.

11. mentioned Spoke about, referred to
The movie star mentioned her parents in her speech.

12. Listening Comprehension
What happened yesterday in Tim’s Practice?
What does Tim do?
How does his dad help him?
Listen to how I clarify as I read

13. Walter’s Week Retell what’s happened in Walter’s Week so far
Think of a good question you could ask about the story.

14. Preview Team Talk pg. 12
Team Talk question #2 focuses on our reading goal: Clarifying

15. Partner Reading – 15 minutes
Partner Read- Page 23
Silent Read- Page 24 and 25
As you read, stop to clarify
Also, stop to retell your partner what they read
If finished early, reread page 21 or 23 together for fluency practice.

16. Team Discussion – Help and Encourage Eachother!
Clarify sticky words with your team
Discuss the team talk questions
Write the answers to numbers 2 and 3 ONLY
Vocabulary Practice
Team Talk Extender: Things are getting worse for Walter. Do you think he should hope that things will get better? Why or why not?
If finished, practice fluency on page 21

17. Class Discussion What were some of the words your team clarified?
Let’s look at our answers for the team talk questions
Team Talk Extender: Things are getting worse for Walter. Do you think he should hope that things will get better? Why or why not?

18. Adventures in Writing
Page 10

19. Bad day at a track meet Slipped and fell down a hill
Learned that you can’t always win
Had to be taken back to school in a van and placed last
Slipped and fell down a hill
Bad day at a track meet