2 minute edit – combining sentencesandorbutthenso

What is the best way to combine the following sentences:

First they kicked the ball to a player. They scored a goal.

1. First they kicked the ball to a player, so they scored a goal.

2. They scored a goal, first they kicked the ball to a player.

3. First they kicked the ball to a player, then they scored a goal.

4. First the kicked the ball to a player, and they scored a goal.

• The students studied for the test. The students got an excellent grade

1. The students studied for the test, so they got an excellent grade.

2. The students got an excellent grade, but they studied for the test.

3. The students studied for the test, because they got an excellent grade.

4. The students studied for the, but they got an excellent grade.

How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay

By Julia Alvarez

Set the Stage!Today you will continuing reading How Tia Lola Came to Visit, Stay, by Julia Alvarez. As you read you will draw conclusions from information in the text. Good readers know that authors don’t tell them everything, and that a lot of information can guessed from information in the text. Drawing conclusions helps good readers better understand stories

Reading/Team Cooperation GoalToday’s reading objective will be drawing conclusions. Students will draw conclusion based on the information they have read.

Today’s team cooperation goal is everyone participates. Good readers make sure all teammembers are participating andhave a say in the work that isbeing done.

How Tia Lola Came to StayBy Julia Alvarez

Reading Goal: Drawing conclusions

Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone participates

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Days : 1-4

Review Vocabulary with Partner- 5min

Can you pronounce itCan you give the definitionCan you use it in a sentence

Check out our vocabulary words!

fadedThe bright light of the sun faded away as the sun went down over

the horizon.

Became less bright

Prefix?Suffix?

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

discoversWhile searching in Siberia,

scientist discovers a baby wooly mammoth that was buried in a glacier thousands of years ago.

finds

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix? Suffix?

trimmedMy little brothers hair had gotten so long that he had to go to the

barber and have it trimmed.

clipped

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix?Suffix?

wobblyAnthony was a wobbly rider when he first began to ride his bike but

he soon got the hang of it.

shaky

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix?Suffix?

oddThe star nosed mole is an odd little animal that most people

never see.

strange

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix?

Suffix?

gazesThe little girl gazes up into the sky

waiting anxiously for Santa and his reindeer to fly by.

looks

Identification strategy:Blend

Prefix + Base word Base word + suffix

chunk

Prefix? Suffix?

Vocabulary Vault

faded

odd

discovers

trimmed gazes

wobbly

Building Background- Drawing conclusions

How do mom’s know what their babies need? Does a one month old say “Hey mom, I am starving? No, they can’t talk. Moms have to be detectives and look for the clues. They draw conclusion based on the evidence.

Tyrone had a guitar, a harmonica, a drum, and a flute at home. He took piano lessons at this grandmother’s house on her old upright piano with family pictures on the top. Tyron’s piano teacher never had to lecture him about practicing his scales, because he learned them all and could play them backwards and upside down.

What conclusion can you draw about what Tyrone likes to do? What is your evidence (clues)?

Building Background- Drawing conclusions

Why is Mami surprised when the Colonel lets Miguel and his team play baseball in the pasture?

Listening Comprehension: Charlotte’s Web

Read Pages 92-104Remember you are going to draw conclusion from the information in Charlotte’s Web based on the information in the story. You have to look for clues!

How Tia Lola Came to Visit StayRealistic Fiction: Text that is made up, but

the characters and events are so lifelike that the story seems as if it must be true. As you read, think about what makes this story seem as if it could happen in real life.

Preview Team Talk questions

Partner Read- 15 minutesRead pages 695 and 696 with your

partner. Make sure that you restate each pages after reading and add main idea and details to you story map.

While reading clarify 2 words that are unfamilar. Use all you strategies

Read page 697 silently – add information to story map

Reciprocal teaching- summarize what you read on the summary sheet

Team Talk Questions – 10 minutes

Discuss and answer all team talk questions

Write the answers to __ and __ in your journal

Class Discussion-10 minutes What words did you clarify? Who wants to restate the

information? Lets answer the Team Talk

questions!

Vocabulary Practice-10 min• Complete vocabulary practice on

page

Adventures in Writing- 15 minPage in Treasure Hunt

Imagine your house was a boat and that you lived on the sea. What would your life be like? What kinds of things would your

do for fun?

Fluency – 5 min

Read page 494 with partner. Give fluency score using fluency rubric.