1. 2 minute Edit Multi-meaning words

2. Text, author, and reading goal Today you will continue reading The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick. As you read you will learn how the author develops his characters by focusing on what they do, think, feel, and say.

3. Team Cooperation Goal Active Listening Eyes on speaker Sit up straight Ask questions Listen carefully

4. Rate and Review especiallycongratulated immediatelycrumbled vanishedsteady Rate and Review with your partner. Today is Thing One Day. Thing One will begin everything first today. Things to think about when you are rating your words: Pronouncing the word: blend, chunk, base word plus prefix or suffix Defining the word: background knowledge Using the word in a sentence: background knowledge

5. Vocabulary especiallycongratulated immediatelycrumbled vanishedsteady

6. vanished The elephant vanished before my eyes when the magician said the magic words. disappeared quickly

7. immediately You need to pay attention immediately if there is an earthquake so you can get out of the building quickly. instantly

8. congratulated The class congratulated the student for getting an A+ on the math test. praised

9. crumbled The cookie crumbled in my hand and fell into pieces because it was so dry. Fell apart

10. especially I really love eating pie but I especially like eating cake because it is my favorite. Particularly; mainly; above all

11. steady The snow came down at a steady pace and covered the front lawn like a blanket. Constant; sturdy; fixed

12. Vocabulary Vault faded odd discovers trimmed gazes wobbly

13. Listening Comprehension Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Pages 8-17 Finish reading to page 21 Discuss characterization Clarify unfamiliar words

14. Build Background Retell the story up to this point in the reading Make a prediction using evidence from the story Why do children admire Houdini so much?

15. Reading Objective: Characterization Charaterization is the way to make a character come alive for your readers. Show how the character acts, thinks, feels, and speaks, Show how other characters respond to him or her Showing what characters are like is better than simply telling what they are like. You will make the characters seem like real people

16. Use your skill! Talk to you partner about the story Little Red Riding. Discuss the main character. Discuss what she says, does and thinks. Share with the team Little Red Riding Hood’s character.

17. The Houdini Box Reading Goal: Characterization Team Cooperation Goal: Active Listening Genre: Narrative Discussion:Text, illustrations and author information – page411 Preview: Team Talk Questions Days : 1-4 Prepare to read!

18. Teamwork Read pages 400- 401 with your partner. Make sure that you restate each page after reading and add main idea and details to your story map. While reading clarify 2 words that are unfamiliar. Use all you strategies Read page 402 silently – add information to story map Remember, today is Thing One day.

19. Teamwork Continued Discuss and answer all four questions Write the answer to 1 and 3 in your journal

20. Class Discussion What words did you clarify? Did you restate the pages (paragraphs) you read? Be prepared to answer the Team Talk questions!

21. Adventures in Writing Have you ever dreamed of being a magician? If you were a magician, what trick would you like to know how to do?

22. Fluency – 5 min Read page 401 with partner. Give fluency score using fluency rubric.