1. Monday Warm-Up Use the glossary in your literature book to define the following words: –Interplanetary –Wonderment –Awe

2. Monday, October 7 Warm-Up/Housekeeping/Roll Call Mini-Lesson: “Making Inferences” Review reciprocal teaching roles and read page 339 in literature text. Learning teams read and discuss Zoo on pages 340-343 using the reciprocal teaching roles. Complete workbook page105

3. Tuesday Warm-Up Use the glossary in your literature book to define the following words: –garments –expense –babbled

4. Tuesday, October 8 Warm-up/Roll call/Housekeeping Review “Making Inferences” and answer the inference questions from “Zoo” on page 343. Complete Lesson 11 in the SOL Coach book (Making inferences from non-fiction text) Students write answers on small white boards.

5. Wednesday Warm-up Use the context clues and knowledge of the Latin suffix “ment” (the act of, the state of) to answer the following questions: –What type of performance might you watch in amazement? –What are you expected to do with an assignment?

6. Wednesday October 9 Warm-Up/Housekeeping/Roll Call Mini Lesson: “Theme” Learning Teams complete workbook page 106. Read Chapter 3 of My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen. Make text-to-text, text- to self-, and text-to-world connections on your large white paper.

7. Thursday Warm-Up List the three main purposes for which an author might write. –Hint: to_____________, to_____________, or to __________________

8. Thursday, October 10 Warm-up/Housekeeping/Roll Call Read Chapter 3 of My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen. Complete “Sketch to Stretch” activity. Visit library to check out, return, and renew books

9. Friday Warm-Up Read the paragraphs on “Making Inferences” and “Theme” on page 337 silently. Be ready to discuss with class.

10. Friday, October 11 Warm-Up/Housekeeping/Roll Call Assessment: making inferences, predictions, and author’s purpose Friday Folk Tale: Taily-Po