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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