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• I’ts common knowledge that texas is the
largest state.
• I could’nt hear jessica because she mumbled.
Title: What About Me?
Author: Ed Young
Genre: Fable (Narrative)
Reading Goal: Identify the
theme of the story.
Team Cooperation Goal:
Help and Encourage
Others
Team Cooperation Goal
• Help and Encourage Others
• What does this mean?
Review Vocabulary with your Partner
• Day 3
• 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.
Vocabulary Vault!
Listening Comprehension
I Have a Sister My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson.
• As I read I want you to look for clues from the story that support
(prove) the theme (moral), “people are special in different ways.”
• What details support the theme that
the sister is special in a different way?
• What other themes, or big ideas, do you think
the author wants us to learn?
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Pgs. 19-end
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)
Think Pair Share
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What has happened in What About Me? so far?
What do you think will happen next?
What is a good question we can ask about the story so far?
Mine is: What does the carpenter want?
Preview Team Talk
pg. 15
• Team Talk question #3 focuses on our reading
goal: Theme
Partner Reading
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 54 and 55
- As you read, stop to clarify
- Retell what your partner read about
- Ask questions and write them on your checklist
Silently Read – Page 56 and 57
• 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 4
Team Discussion
• Vocabulary Practice: page15
• If finished, practice fluency on page 48
and 49
Class Discussion
• What was something you clarified?
• What were your 2 best questions?
• Let’s look at our answers for the team talk
questions