SFA Wednesday

VocabularyCan you pronounce itDo know the definition Can you use it in a sentence

Title: Eye of the StormReading Goal: Cause and EffectTeam Cooperation Goal: Explain your ideasGenre: ExpositoryAuthor: Steven Kramer

Frida’s father is a salesman, and he spends a lot of time traveling around the country.

traveling: Moving from one place to another

A tornado can only develop when very cold air meets very hot air.

develop: form

When meteors strike planets, craters form from the powerful impact.

strike: hit

Before your build a treehouse, you must find a very solid tree that can support it.

solid: Very strong

On the ship all the furniture was fastened to the deck or the walls so it couldn’t move around during a storm.

fastened: attached

A plague of locusts can be very destructive to a farmer’s crops, as millions of the bugs eat all the plants in sight.

destructive: damaging

Reading Goal: Cause and Effect

Reading Goal: Cause and Effect

TE p. 217

Cause: Why it happened

Effect: What happened

Pages TE p. 540

Pages 14-21

Let’s predict Page 344

Team TalkLet’s preview the questions on

page 136 of your treasure hunt.

Partner Read 15 minutes

Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you pages 346-348

Partner Read p. A:346 and 347-B:348Restate page B:346 and 347 and A:348Read Silently: Page 346-348Discuss with team words you clarified Find vocabulary words

Team Discussion• Pass out Team Discussion Cards

• Discuss answers to team talk questions• Write answers to question 1 and 3

Class Discussion• What are some of the words you clarified?• Answer questions 1-4

Adventures in Writing 15 min

Treasure hunt page 136Discuss with your table first.

Vocabulary Practice

Treasure Hunt Page 73

Fluency 5 min

• Pg 72-74, paragraphs 1-6