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Title: What About Me? Author: Ed Young Genre: Fable (Narrative) Reading Goal: Identify theme of the story. Team Cooperation Goal: Help and Encourage Others

What’s the purpose for reading? • To be informed • To follow directions • To be entertained

Team Score Sheets q Who was the winning team this week? q. What will your team goal be for this week?

Team Cooperation Goal • Help and Encourage Others • What does this mean?

Review Vocabulary with your Partner • Day 1 • Partner A: 1 -4 • Partner B: 5 -8 -Can you say the word? -Do you know what it means? -Can you use it in a sentence? • Add page numbers to your vocabulary words as you read daily!

knowledge Something learned “Use the knowledge you have gotten in math class to do your best on the test, ” Mr. Green said.

plenty More than enough “Of course you can have some candy, ” Brook said. “I have plenty for everyone. ”

straying roaming Tanya built a fence to keep her animals from straying.

mumbled Spoke unclearly “Please speak up, ” Ray said. “You mumbled and I couldn’t understand you. ”

stunned surprised Grandma was stunned when she saw her whole family gathered for her party.

merchant Store owner Gordon asked the merchant if there were any jobs he could do at the store.

Think Pair Share • What is one important rule to live by? These “rules” are called morals. Sometimes authors use stories to teach us morals. There are lessons that the author wants us to learn. As you read, you will be looking for clues to determine (figure out) what the moral, or theme, of the story is.

Abby’s Gift The theme (moral) of this story is “It is better to give than to receive. ” Can you What some clues (prove) find some clues that let are us know that this isthat whatsupport the author wants to teach us? thewait theme, is better to give togoing to get the Abby couldn’t for her“it birthday. She just know than she was new Cheeky doll receive”? that everyone wanted. Abby wanted to be the first kid in her class to have the Cheeky doll. She was ready to show everyone that she gets whatever she wants. The morning of Abby’s birthday, she woke up early and ran downstairs. There on the table was the Cheeky doll! Abby was so excited. She grabbed the doll and ran to school. All morning, other kids crowded around her desk to look at the doll. That afternoon when Abby was walking home, she saw a sign on the door of the veterinarian’s office asking for donations for a group of puppies whose mother had died. The veterinarian needed money to buy formula and special bottles to feed the puppies. Abby thought for a minute, and then she ran to the toy store. She returned the Cheeky doll and took the money to the veterinarian. The vet was so happy that he told Abby she could come back every Saturday to help feed the puppies. For the next six weeks, Abby spent her hours each morning watching the puppies eat and grow into healthy young dogs. Abby was proud that she used the money from her Cheeky doll to do something nice for others.

Listening Comprehension I Have a Sister My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson. • Let’s preview the story • As I read I will look for clues from the story that support (prove) theme (moral), “people are special in different ways. ” • Pgs. 2 -8

Now let’s look at your book • What About Me? By Ed Young • This story is a fable • A fable is a story that teaches us a lesson. (Anansi the Spider)

Preview Team Talk pg. 13 • Team Talk question #3 focuses on our reading goal: Theme

Partner Reading Partner Listening Partner 1. Read a section 2. Listen 3. Retell what the section was about 5. Listen 6. Retell what the section was about 4. Read next section Clarify! Ask questions!

Partner Reading – 15 minutes Partner Read- Page 47 and 48 - As you read, stop to clarify - Retell what your partner read about - Ask questions and write them on your checklist Silently Read – Page 49 • Practice fluency on page 48 and 49 if finished early

Team Discussion � Clarify sticky words with your team 1. You MUST have AT LEAST one clarification • Share your two best questions � Discuss the team talk questions �Write your answers to # 1 and 2