Please make your new vocabulary
chart
Word
pinching
swollen
hissed
swell
jerk
branded
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Title: Coyote School News
Reading Goal: Cause and Effect
Team Cooperation Goal: Help
and Encourage
Genre: Historical Fiction
Author: Joan Sandin
pinching: Grabbing between two
fingers
My grandmother is always pinching my
cheeks, even though I am 13 years old!
swollen:
Bigger than normal
Norma’s goldfish ate too much food
and he looked very swollen.
hissed:
Spoke with anger
“You broke my best toy,” my
brother hissed.
swell:
great
Beth thought her father’s new shiny
car was just swell, and she called all
her friends to tell themabout it.
jerk:
Pull suddenly
“Don’t jerk the line until you’re sure
the fish is on the hook,” George’s
father told him.
Branded: Marked permanently
At the Silverado Ranch, the cowboys
branded all the cows with a big SR.
Reading Goal: Cause and Effect
TE p. 217
Cause: Why
it
happened
Effect: What happened
Amy was a student volunteer at the zoo. She helped feed the
monkeys after school every day, and she hoped to be a
veterinarian when she grew up. Amy filled a dish with bananas
and lettuce and nuts and put it inside the door of the cage
each afternoon. All she had to do was prepare the food, open
the door, slide the food into the cage, and lock the door. Then
she would watch the monkeys eat. They were so cute!
One day Amy forgot to lock the cage after sliding the food
inside. When she came back the next afternoon there were
monkeys everywhere at the zoo! Monkeys were high in the
tress, throwing peanuts at visitors. Monkeys were in the gift
shop trying on sunglasses. Monkeys were stealing pretzels
from the pretzel vendors. Monkeys were splashing in the water
fountains and they were jumping on cars in the parking lot.
One big monkey was building a nest out of cotton candy. His
fur was covered in pink stringy strands of sugary goo. It took
two days for the zookeepers to get all the monkeys back in
their cage.
Pages TE p. 253
Pages 31-37
Let’s predict Page 166
TE P. 254
Team Talk
Let’s preview the questions on
page 63 of your treasure hunt.
Partner Read 15 minutes
Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or
unfamiliar to you
Partner Read p. A:168-B:169
Restate page B:168 and A:169
Read Silently: Page 170-172
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
Vocabulary Practice
Treasure Hunt Page 63
Fluency
5 min
• Pg 168 and 169, paragraphs 1-6