START THE VOCABULARY

SHEET

•Ask yourself if you can say the word.•Do you know what it means?•Can you put it in a sentence?•After you have done this, you should either put a + or a ? next to each word in box 1.•This should be done by 8:25 everyday!

STRETCHING OURSELVES

By: Alden Carter

RELAX-LOOSEN UP

Steve could finally relax after he was finished with her project, he loosened up

after a long day.

CURE-FIX

Taking a walk is a great cure for when you’re feeling down, it usually fixes any ailments.

STIFF-UNBENDING

The pony’s legs were stiff after it was first born, but they loosened up after a while.

IMPATIENT-ANXIOUS

The audience was impatient and began chanting for the performers to start the show.

FRUSTRATING=-ANNOYING, DISCOURAGING

It was frustrating for Sean to try to build the model airplane without directions.

NIMBLE-FLEXIBLE

The nimble gymnast easily flipped through the air.

READING GOAL: IDENTIFYING CAUSE AND EFFECTRemember: Cause makes things happenEffects are the things that happen as a

result of something else

WHY DO WE READ?•To be informed

•To follow directions•To be entertained

WE WILL BE DOING… Fluency Adventures in Writing Student Test Team Score Sheets During the day, put your scores

on the Team Score Sheets Let me assign numbered

heads!

TEAM COOPERATION GOAL

Help and Encourage Others

STRETCHING OURSELVES

VOCABULARY WORDS

SO…WHAT HAPPENS IF….? What happens if nobody mows the lawn

all summer? What are some things that make you

thirsty? What happens if you stay up too late at

night? What might make you be late for

school?

REMEMBER… To identify cause and effect relationships

as you read.

LET’S IDENTIFY CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS

The helicopter flew through the snowy mountains, taking tourists on a sightseeing

trip. As the helicopter flew past an especially tall mountain, the loud sound of

the rotors triggered an avalanche. The pilot told the passengers to watch the amazing

sight. The sliding snow gathered speed as it roared down the mountainside. It crushed an abandoned lookout station in its path.

The passengers were worried until the pilot said, “Don’t worry. Nobody’s use that

lookout stations for decades.” The passengers breathed sighs of relief.

SO…The avalanche started when the

helicopter flew past a tall mountain. The loud noise of the helicopter caused the avalanche.

So that’s a cause-and-effect connection. The noise was the cause, and the avalanche the

effect.

THINK PAIR SHAREWhat caused the destruction of the

lookout station?The avalancheWhat happened because the pilot told the

passengers that the station was unused?

The passengers breathed sighs of reliefYou will identify cause and

effect relationships this week!

NEWFANGLED FAIRY TALES

NEWFANGLED FAIRY TALES

Think Pair ShareWhat are fractured fairy tales?

The are fractured fairy tales. They are based on an

original fairy tales but some things are changed to make

them funnier!

NEWFANGLED FAIRY TALES

“The Obsolete Dragon”by: Carole G. Vogel

This story contains elements of various fairy tales

Obsolete means no longer in use

SO AFTER READING…I think that I can make a cause and effect

connection here. Maid Gwendolyn comes to see Sir Dragon. Why does she do this? She tells him that she does not

want to marry Sir Grimbald. She tells the dragon that she wants him to fight and defeat Sir Grimbald. So the cause

is that Maid Gwendolyn wants Sir Dragon to defeat Sir Grimbald. The

effect is that she goes to see Sir Dragon. I connected why a character did

something with the thing she did.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS STORY IS ABOUT? TPS

TEAM TALK QUESTIONS1. Why does Emily need to stretch?2. What happens to the muscles of

people with cerebral palsy?3. What things do people with CP have

trouble doing?4. What does the author include in order

to help the reader understand?

PARTNER READINGPage 418 (up to last sentence) aloud with

partnersPage 419-421 (last sentence)

Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you

Discuss with team words you clarified

Find vocabulary words

#1Reads the Question

#2Answers the

Question

#3Agrees or

disagrees with evidence from

the text

#4Summarizes

what the groups discussed

TEAM DISCUSSION-15MINUTES Discuss answers to team talk questions

Write answers to question 1 and 3

CLASS DISCUSSION What are some of the words you

clarified?

ADVENTURES IN WRITINGImagine you met someone with

cerebral palsy. What types of things could you do to help this person in class? Give at least

two examples in your response.

SCORING GUIDEYou answer the question 25 pointsYour answer explains or describeswith at least two details 25 pointsYour answer makes sense and hasPart of the question in it 20 pointsYour answer is written in complete,correct sentences 20 pointsYour writing has correct capitalizationand punctuation 10 points

MY EXAMPLE OF A.I.W.If I met someone with cerebral palsy, I would do two things to help this person in class. First of all, if they needed to

have something done, I would volunteer to help them do it. Second of all, I

would ensure that if they needed help in getting somewhere, I would volunteer as

well.

VOCABULARYMeaningful Sentence Practice

relax cure stiffimpatient frustrating nimble

Divide your vocabulary word list with your partner. Choose a word from your list to use in a meaningful sentence.

FLUENCY 5 MIN

Pages 418-421

FLUENCY RUBRIC100 points Expressiveness

SmoothnessRate and correctness

90 points SmoothnessRate and correctness

80 points Rate and correctness70 points Correctness