Title Fast Facts Black Bears Reading Goal Main Idea Team

							SFA Tuesday
          Vocabulary
Can you pronounce it
Do know the definition
Can you use it in a sentence
Title: Grandfather’s Journey
Reading Goal: Setting
Team Cooperation Goal:
Everyone participates
Genre: Historical Fiction
Author: Allan Say
enormous: huge
The big blue whale is the largest
animal on Earth; they should call it the
enormous blue whale!
bewildered: confused

Jerry’s math homework was so hard
that it bewildered him.
marveled: Stared in amazement
Clara marveled at the Empire State
Building because she’d never seen
anything so huge.
scattered: Tossed around

Some of the clowns in the parade
scattered candy to the crowd.
longed: wished

After her dog, Sneaky, ran away, Trina
longed to see him just one more time.
still:    stop

Everett tried to still the swelling of his
ankle by putting ice on it.
          Reading Goal: Setting
• Identify where and when a story takes place and pay
  attention to the importance of the setting in a story.
• This week we will read Grandfather’s Journey By
  Alan Say. Mr. Say’s grandfather lived in Japan and
  the United States and loved both countries very
  much. We will look at where this story takes place,
  which is called the setting. Good readers pay
  attention to the setting to better understand a story.
           Let’s predict Page 83




TE P. 34
       Team Talk
Let’s preview the questions on
 page 23 of your treasure hunt.
  Partner Read p. A:72-B:73 15 minutes
Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or
 unfamiliar to you
Restate page B:72 and A:73
Read page 74 silently
Discuss 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 4
          Class Discussion
• What are some of the words you clarified?
• Answer questions 1-4
            Adventures in Writing 15 min
   In Grandfather’s Journey, Grandfather travels
   on a variety of vehicles, including steamships,
   riverboats, and trains. Pick your favorite type
   of vehicle and pretend that you are away on a
   big journey. Describe what mode of
   transportation you use and why you like it
   best.

Discuss with your table first.
Vocabulary Practice
  Treasure Hunt Page 23
              Fluency        5 min


• Pg 72-74, paragraphs 1-6