Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride

Author: Pam Munoz RyanReading Goal: CharacterizationTeam Cooperation Goal: Everyone participates

Amelia and Eleamor

Summary:Two ground-breaking American women go for a nighttime plane ride. Amelian Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt were mutual admirers. Pam Munoz Ryan documents an exciting encounter of the two friends.

Reading Goal: Characterization Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone participates

Vocabulary

Rate and review the vocabulary words independently

Review Vocabulary

pierced:Crystal got her ears pierced so she could wear earrings.

Made a hole through

cramped: Lorena crawled into a cramped space in back of the closet while she was playing hide and seek.

Small, tight

effortlessly: Carlos did the skate board trick effortlessly because he practiced so many times.

easily

luxurious:Amairani’s family won the lottery and they now live in a luxurious mansion in Beverly Hills.

fancy

paused:Isela paused the video game so she could get a snack and start the game again.

Stopped for a moment

gently: Denise handled the baby elephants and monkeys at the zoo very gently because they are so delicate.

softly

Partner Rate & Review-5 mintues

Divide your words between you and your partner and test each other on the vocabulary.

If your partner doesn’t know the word read them the definition and meaningful sentence.

Build Background-10 minutes

Reading goal: Cause and Effect:What causes a car to stop?What causes a car to go through?What causes a car to slow down at a light?

Use think-pair-share to think to find the causes to these effects

Good readers are able to identify the cause and effect relationships in text. This makes what they are reading more meaningful.

Cause and Effect

Aunt Franny was walking down the steps when she tripped over her cat, Slinky. Slinky slept on the stairs sometimes and this time Aunt Franny stepped on her and fell all the way down the stairs. For a week Aunt Franny was on crutches with a sprained ankle, and slinky had to sleep in the garage.

What is the cause in the story(what causes Aunt Franny to fall?)

What is the effect in the story (what happens to Aunt Franny?)

Listening Comprehension- 15 minutes

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Read pages 37-42 Discuss cause and effect Clarify words Retell story

The Unsinkable Wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic is a narrative nonfiction. It tells something that happened in real life. As you read pay attention to the cause and effect connections in the text

Preview Team Talk Questions

Teamwork-15 minutes

Take 2 minutes to survey the text and pick 2 words you want to clarify

Partner read 543 aloud with your partner.Clarify wordsretell pagefind cause and effect relationships

Identify any cause and effect relationships on the page

Discuss and Answer team talk questions

Answer questions 2 and 4 in your journals

Adventures in Writing-10 minutes

Writing prompt:

If you could visit a famous place or thing, which one would you pick? Describe the place or thing and explain why you would pick it.

Vocabulary Activity-5 minutes

Meaningful sentences:

Pick three words and write a meaningful sentence for each word in your journal.

Fluency – 10 minutes

Read page 543Rate your partner fluency based on

fluency rubric Be positive and constructive.

The Unsinkable Wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic

Author: Robert D. Ballard and Rick Archbold Reading Goal: Cause and Effect Team Cooperation Goal: Help and encourage

others

Vocabularycramped luxuriouspierced pausedeffortlessly gently