1. Theme 8: Week 1 Day 1 Theme Question: How do people set and meet goals? Focus Questions: Week 1: What things do people strive for? Week 2: What kinds of challenges do people face when working toward their goals? Week 3: How do people stick with their goals, even when they face challenges? Week 4:What does it feel like to achieve something you’ve worked hard for?

2. Theme Vocabulary goal motivation strive

3. Suffixes - tion -ture -ure Spelling examples: attention, culture, measure

4. Read Preview and Predict Pp. 442-449 Purpose Find answers to the Theme Question: How do people set and meet goals? Set your own purpose.

5. Theme 8: Week 1 Day 2 Theme Question: How do people set and meet goals? Focus Questions: Week 1: What things do people strive for? Week 2: What kinds of challenges do people face when working toward their goals? Week 3: How do people stick with their goals, even when they face challenges? Week 4:What does it feel like to achieve something you’ve worked hard for?

6. Theme Vocabulary definition: goal when: why: motivation strive

7. Make Inferences What does this mean? Use page 449 to make inferences. What I ReadWhat I knowInferences p. 449 People triumph when they achieve their goals. People who feel triumph feel good about themselves. People feel good about themselves when they have worked hard to meet their goals.

8. Suffixes - tion -ture -ure Spelling examples: _________, _________, ________

9. Read Preview and Predict Pp. 450-456 Purpose Find answers to the Theme Question: How do people set and meet goals? Set your own purpose.

10. Theme 8: Week 1 Day 3 Theme Question: How do people set and meet goals? Focus Questions: Week 1: What things do people strive for? Week 2: What kinds of challenges do people face when working toward their goals? Week 3: How do people stick with their goals, even when they face challenges? Week 4:What does it feel like to achieve something you’ve worked hard for?

11. Use Antonyms Antonyms are words that have ___________ meanings. A short-term goal, such as finishing your homework, may take only a day to complete. A long-term goal, such as working toward a career, can take several years.

12. Draw Conclusions Drawing a conclusion means forming a new idea using facts or ideas from the text. Use theme reader pages 450-452 to draw conclusions. On page 452 it says that several years of hard work paid off, because Danielle earned the rank of black belt. Use what you’ve read to draw a conclusion about earning a black belt. Your conclusion:

13. Read Use Text Features Pp. 442-456 Purpose Identify the text features found on these pages.

14. Adverb Suffixes -ly -ways -wise Meaning – in a particular way Suffix:Example:Meaning: -lycarefullyin a careful way -wayssidewayswith one side forward -wiseclockwisethe way a clock moves

15. Theme 8: Week 1 Day 4 Theme Question: How do people set and meet goals? Focus Questions: Week 1: What things do people strive for? Week 2: What kinds of challenges do people face when working toward their goals? Week 3: How do people stick with their goals, even when they face challenges? Week 4:What does it feel like to achieve something you’ve worked hard for?

16. Theme Vocabulary goal motivation strive

17. Make Inferences What does this mean? What I ReadWhat I knowInferences

18. Read Find Text Evidence Pp. 442-456 Purpose Find text evidence to answer the theme question: How do people set and meet goals?

19. Adverb Suffixes -ly -ways -wise Meaning – in a particular way Suffix:Example:Meaning: -lyquickly -wayslengthways -wisewidthwise