1. Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
Summary: Wesley dreams of a civilization that’s all his own, where he can escape his own boring neighborhood. Will planting seeds make his dream a reality?
Reading Goal: Problem and Solution
Team Cooperation Goal: Active Listening

2. Two Minute Edit
Edusoft – working with resource
materials

3. Vocabulary Rate and review the vocabulary words independently
Review Vocabulary

4. Miserable:
unhappy
Jack was miserable because he was so sick that he missed the fieldtrip to Universal Studios.

5. Mumbled: Said unclearly
Chase always mumbled under his breath and no one could understand him.

6. thrilling:
exciting
The roller coaster was so thrilling that Jose rode is several times, screaming with joy.

7. tending: Taking care of
Charlotte was busy tending to Wilbur so he would not be killed for Christmas dinner.

8. devise:
Think of
Batman had to devise a plan to save the world from the evil Joker.

9. opportunities: chances
Jacky had plenty of opportunities to study for the test so she did very well.

10. Partner Rate & Review-5 mintues
Divide your words between you and your partner and test each other on the vocabulary.
If your partner doesn’t know the word read them the definition and meaningful sentence.

11. Vocabulary Vault

12. Build Background- 10 minutes
Reading goal: Identifying problem and solution
Many stories have a problem that a character faces. The characters in these stories have to try and come up with a solution to their problem
Why didn’t Wesley have any friends?
Use think-pair-share to think of reasons why he doesn’t have friends
Retell the story to your partner

13. Listening Comprehension- 15 minutes
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Read pages
Discuss problem Charlie faces and solutions he comes up with
Clarify words
Retell story

14. Teamwork-15 minutes Preview Team Talk Questions
Take 2 minutes to survey the text and pick 2 words you want to clarify
Partner read pages with one partner reading a page and the other partner retelling what was read.
Identify the problems and solution the character deals with.
Discuss and Answer team talk questions
Answer questions 2 and 3 in your journals
Discuss answer with class

15. Adventures in Writing-10 minutes
Writing prompt:
Would you like to plant your own garden? Give two reasons to support your response.

16. Vocabulary Activity-5 minutes
Multiple Choice Practice
Review answers

17. Fluency – 10 minutes Read page 400
Rate your partners fluency based on fluency rubric
Be positive and constructive.