November 25th, 2014

Reading: 

Objective:   SWBAT............

Comprehension:

• Infer the cause of problems or outcomes in fiction texts.
• Search for and use information to confirm or refute predictions.
• Justify predictions using evidence.
• Notice and use information in sidebars.
• Recognize problem/solution.
• Infer the larger idea of an informational text.

Fluency:

• Read dialogue with phrasing and expression that reflect an understanding of a character's emotions.

Word Study:  

• Recognize and form present and past tense by adding the endings -s, -ed, and -ing.
• Use multiple sources of information to decode words

Activity:
Close reading: Analyze and critique
Vocabulary - expect, expected, expectations
Word Study - ending -s -ed -ing
Introduce new text "Go Away Geese!"
Revisiting the Text Discussion

November 19th, 2014

Reading: 

Objective:   SWBAT............

Comprehension:

• Realize that illustrations carry a great deal of meaning
• Infer Characters' feelings and 
• motivations through reading 
• their dialogue
• Notice a surprise ending.

Fluency:

• Reading dialogue with phrasing and expression that reflect an understanding of the characters and events.

Activity:
Close reading: Analyze
Writing about Reading...... Describe characters' feelings and motivations, inferring them from the text
Introduce new text "The Neighbor's Dog"
Revisiting the Text Discussion

November 3rd, 2014

Reading: 

Objective:   SWBAT............

Comprehension:

• Summarize part of a text.
• Identify the problem in the story and make predictions about the solution.
• Infer traits of the subject of a biography.
• Use evidence to support thinking.
• Follow and remember a series of events

Fluency:

1. Read with phrasing, intonation, and attention to punctuation

Word Study:  

1. Use word parts to understand word meaning.
2. Read words with long vowel sounds
3. Use multiple sources of information to decode words

Activity:
Close reading: Summarize and Synthesize
Word Work
Introduce new text "Remya Jose's Great Idea"
Revisiting the Text Discussion