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VocabularyWord Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4Shift
FortunatelyRotate
Trudged
BoardedIgnore
Battling
Mentioned
Title: Walter’s Week
Author: Sam R. McColl
Genre: Narrative
Reading Goal: Clarify words and ideas in sentences, paragraphs, and passages.
Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others
Essential Question: How can we clarify a word or part of the story that we don’t know or understand?
Think Pair Share
What do you think helping and encouraging others means?
How can you help and encourage others?
shift
Time one is at work
My dad works an eight hour shift at his office
fortunately luckily
Even though I hadn’t practiced, fortunately I did well at the track meet.
rotate
Spin, turn
When the wheels rotate, the car goes forward.
trudged
Walked slowly and sadly
Jack trudged to the principal’s office, knowing he was in trouble.
boarded
Climbed on, as a bus or plane
Martina boarded the plane ten minutes before it took off.
ignore
Pay no attention to
Joanne tried to ignore her little brother so he’d go away.
battling
fighting The squirrels were battling over the last
acorn under the tree.
mentioned
Spoke about, referred to
The movie star mentioned her parents in her speech.
Clarify Figure out how to pronounce (say) a word
or a word’s meaning (definition) by using strategies.Don’t know how to say it?
Don’t know what it means?
Blend It Read On
Chunk It Use Context
Look for a base word Mind Movie
Reread Reread
Background Knowledge
What does it mean to clarify?
Figure out how to say a word or a word’s meaning by using strategies.
Let’s try clarifying any confusing parts in this paragraph
Spencer counted out his money. He had $5.43. He went to the pet store and asked the clerk, “May I please have two goldfish?” The clerk gave Spencer the rabbits and his $10 change.
Let's try another one:
My mom thought it would be nice if the whole family spent some time together, so she planned a family picnic at the park. We packed all the food in the cooler and brought a blanket and a baseball so we could play catch. My sister said she was going to bring her sleeping bag and pajamas.
At the park, we ate all the food, played some catch, and then packed up our stuff. On our way home, we dropped my sister off at her friend’s house for her friend’s slumber party.
Listening Comprehension
Tim’s Practice is a story about a boy who is practicing for a competition.
Listen to how I clarify as I read.
Walter’s Week
A story about a young boy who isn’t having a very good week.
Has anyone ever had a bad week? What kinds of things can you learn from
bad times?
Preview Team Talkpg. 11
Team Talk question #1 focuses on our
reading goal: Clarifying
Partner Reading – 15 minutes
Partner Read- Page 19 and 20
Silent Read- Page 21 and 22- As you read, stop to clarify- Also, stop to retell your partner what they read- If finished early, reread page 21 together for
fluency practice.
Team Discussion – Help and Encourage Eachother!
Clarify sticky words with your team Discuss the team talk questions Write the answers to numbers 1 and 2 ONLY Vocabulary Practice Team Talk Extender: How does Walter feel at
the end of Monday? How would you feel and why?
If finished, practice fluency on page 21
Class Discussion
What were some of the words your team clarified?
Let’s look at our answers for the team talk questions
Team Talk Extender: How did Walter feel by the end of Monday? How would you feel and why?
Adventures in Writing
Page 10
Learned that you
can’t always
win
Had to be taken back to school in a van and placed last
Slipped and fell down a
hill
Bad day at a track meet