Reading

READING
Monday: May 17, 2010 - Friday: May 21, 2010
REVIEW WEEK
-The students will review the focus skills and strategies from the five 
previous stories.  The skills include: fact and opinion, main idea and 
details, and compare and contrast.  The students will take a pretest on 
Monday and the Theme Test on Friday.  The Theme Vocabulary Test will be on 
Thursday.

Monday: May 24, 2010
-I'm in Charge of Celebrations
-Read Aloud - Celebration(300G)- discuss purpose and listening strategy
-Introduce Focus Skill - Summarize (use teaching transparency 236)
-Building Background (300K)
-Introduce vocabulary - admiring, choosy, average, signal, tracks, 
celebrations
-Vocabulary - Read Vocabulary Power pages 300-301, use glossary to place 
definitions in vocabulary journal
-Introduce and make predictions for - I'm in Charge of Celebrations pages 302-
317
-Complete Anticipation Guide
-Homework - Read I'm in Charge of Celebrations pages 302-317

Tuesday: May 25, 2010
-Take the Did You Read AR Test
-Read I'm in Charge of Celebrations pages 302-317
-Spelling and Grammar (refer to spelling and grammar lesson plans)
-Independent Reading
-Homework - Complete Practice Page 49

Wednesday: May 26, 2010
-Discuss Focus Skill - Summarize pages 322-323
-Complete Practice Page 50
-Review Decoding page 323A
-Partner Comprehension Questions (studyguide)

Thursday: May 27, 2010
-Listen to story on tape
-Complete Selection Test
-Review Focus Skill - Summarize

Friday: May 28, 2010
-Focus Skill Quiz