Title: Boom Town Author: Sonia Levitin Genre: Historical Fiction

Word Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

foolish

fetchedslapped

tossed

groanedroaming

Title: Boom TownAuthor: Sonia LevitinGenre: Historical FictionReading Goal: Identify and Describe the Setting

Team Cooperation Goal: Active Listening

Essential Question: What is the setting? Describe it.

Think Pair Share What does “active listening” mean? How can that help your team or your

partner?

foolish

I can never take a good picture of my cat because he always acts so foolish.

fetch

My puppy is so smart that he already knows how to play fetch.

slapped

We were all shocked when Mr. Cuddles slapped Juan.

tossed

The referee tossed a coin to see which side would get the ball first.

groaned

Maria groaned when her stomach hurt.

roaming

The lost sheep were roaming all around the field looking for their friends.

Think Pair Share Look around the room. Tell your partner where we are and what

it is like…..

Setting: The time and place in which a story takes place

Can you identify the setting and describe it?Kathy looked outside and saw the dark

night sky. There were only a few stars twinkling high in the sky. The moon was a small crescent. Kathy could see snowflakes starting to fall and cover the grass. Her bedroom windows were frosted. Kathy crawled under her big, soft quilt and grabbed a book off of her bookshelf. She flipped on her lamp so she could read in bed.

Listening Comprehension Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope

Osborne pgs. 1 – 12.

Let’s look at your book…

Preview Team Talkpg. 3

Team Talk question #3 focuses on our reading goal: Setting

Partner Reading – 15 minutes

Partner Read- Page 17-19- As you read, stop to clarify- Retell what your partner read aboutSilently Read – Pages 20 and 21

Team Discussion Clarify sticky words with your team 1. You MUST have AT LEAST one clarification Discuss the team talk questions If finished, practice fluency on page 20

Team Discussion Write the answers to numbers 1 and 4 ONLY Vocabulary Practice: page 3 If finished, practice fluency on page 20

Class Discussion What was something you clarified? Let’s look at our answers for the team

talk questions