Warm Up What does the word ELABORATE mean

Warm Up What does the word ELABORATE mean in the following sentence? The teacher asked me to elaborate on my answer because I didn’t give enough information a) b) c) d) elevate celebrate To give more information erase Explain why you think so.

Title: Walter’s Week Author: Sam R. Mc. Coll Genre: Narrative Reading Goal: Clarify words and ideas in sentences, paragraphs, and passages. Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others Essential Question: How can we clarify a word or part of the story that we don’t know or understand?

Vocabulary Partner A, check 1 -4 Partner B, check 5 -8 Vocabulary Vault

shift Time one is at work My dad works an eight hour shift at his office

fortunately luckily Even though I hadn’t practiced, fortunately I did well at the track meet.

rotate Spin, turn When the wheels rotate, the car goes forward.

trudged Walked slowly and sadly Jack trudged to the principal’s office, knowing he was in trouble.

boarded Climbed on, as a bus or plane Martina boarded the plane ten minutes before it took off.

ignore Pay no attention to Joanne tried to ignore her little brother so he’d go away.

battling fighting The squirrels were battling over the last acorn under the tree.

mentioned Spoke about, referred to The movie star mentioned her parents in her speech.

Listening Comprehension What happened yesterday in Tim’s Practice? Listen to how I clarify as I read

Walter’s Week Retell what’s happened in Walter’s Week so far Share what you’ve clarified in the story so far Predict what will happen next Think of a good question you could ask about the story.

Preview Team Talk pg. 14 Team Talk questions #2 focuses on our reading goal: Clarifying

Partner Reading – 15 minutes Partner Read- Page 30 and 31 Silent Read- Page 32 and 33 - As you read, stop to clarify - Also, stop to retell your partner what they read - If finished early, reread page 21, 23, or 28 together for fluency practice.

Team Discussion – Help and Encourage Eachother! Clarify sticky words with your team – 5 minutes Discuss the team talk questions – 10 minutes Team Talk Extender: Things are getting worse for Walter. Do you think he should hope that things will get better? Why or why not? Write the answers to numbers 3 and 4 ONLY – 4 minutes Vocabulary Practice – 4 minutes If finished, practice fluency on page 21, 23, or 28

Class Discussion What were some of the words your team clarified? Let’s look at our answers for the team talk questions Team Talk Extender: Things are getting worse for Walter. Do you think he should hope that things will get better? Why or why not?