2 minute Edit• Multi-meaning words

Text, author, and reading goal

Today you will continue reading The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick. As you read you will learn how the author develops his characters by focusing on what they do, think, feel, and say.

Team Cooperation Goal• Active Listening

• Eyes on speaker• Sit up straight• Ask questions• Listen carefully

Rate and Reviewespecially congratulatedimmediately crumbledvanished steady

Rate and Review with your partner. Today is Thing One Day. Thing One will begin everything first today. Things to think about when you are rating your words:

Pronouncing the word: blend, chunk, base word plus prefix or suffix

Defining the word: background knowledge

Using the word in a sentence: background knowledge

Vocabularyespecially congratulated immediately crumbledvanished steady

vanishedThe elephant vanished before my eyes when the magician said the

magic words.

disappeared quickly

immediatelyYou need to pay attention immediately if there is an

earthquake so you can get out of the building quickly.

instantly

congratulatedThe class congratulated the

student for getting an A+ on the math test.

praised

crumbledThe cookie crumbled in my hand

and fell into pieces because it was so dry.

Fell apart

especiallyI really love eating pie but I especially like eating cake because it is my favorite.

Particularly; mainly; above all

steadyThe snow came down at a steady pace and covered the front lawn

like a blanket.

Constant; sturdy; fixed

Vocabulary Vault

faded

odd

discovers

trimmed gazes

wobbly

Listening ComprehensionTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Pages 8-17Finish reading to page 21

Discuss characterizationClarify unfamiliar words

Build Background• Retell the story up to this point in the

reading• Make a prediction using evidence

from the story

• Why do children admire Houdini so much?

Reading Objective: Characterization

Charaterization is the way to make a character come alive for your readers. Show how the character acts, thinks, feels, and speaks, Show how other characters respond to him or her

Showing what characters are like is better than simply telling what they are like. You will make the characters seem like real people

Use your skill!Talk to you partner about the story Little Red Riding. Discuss the main character. Discuss what she says, does and thinks.

Share with the team Little Red Riding Hood’s character.

The Houdini Box

Reading Goal: CharacterizationTeam Cooperation Goal: Active ListeningGenre: NarrativeDiscussion:Text, illustrations and author information – page411Preview: Team Talk Questions

Days : 1-4Prepare

to read!

TeamworkRead pages 400- 401 with your partner.

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

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

Read page 402 silently – add information to story map

Remember,

today is

Thing One day.

Teamwork Continued• Discuss and answer all four questions• Write the answer to 1 and 3 in your

journal

Class Discussion• What words did you clarify?• Did you restate the pages

(paragraphs) you read?• Be prepared to answer the Team Talk

questions!

Adventures in Writing• Have you ever dreamed of being a

magician? If you were a magician, what trick would you like to know how to do?

Fluency – 5 minRead page 401 with partner. Give fluency score using fluency rubric.