Warm Up What does the word gloating mean

Warm Up � What does the word gloating mean in the following sentence? The boy was gloating by saying that he was the fastest runner in the entire world after he won the race. a) b) c) d) laughing showing off crying jumping 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 5 -8 Partner B, check 1 -4 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. 3 � Team Talk questions #3 and #4 focus on our reading goal: Clarifying

Partner Reading – 15 minutes Partner Read- Page 26 and 27 Silent Read- Page 28 and 29 - 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?

Fluency Practice � � � One minute each Listen to your partner Give them a score according to the rubric (pg. 10)

Adventures in Writing � Page 10

Learned that you can’t always win Slipped and fell down a hill Bad day at a track meet Had to be taken back to school in a van and placed last