Day 3

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Lesson 1

• Day 3

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Characters Traits and Motivations

• Remember that story characters act as they do for
  a reason.
• Why might a character brag or show off?
• Ideas

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• REMEMBER
• A characters traits show what the character is
  like as a person. These traits are revealed by
  what the character thinks, does, and says.
• A characters motivations are the reasons why a
  character acts as he or she does.

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• Lets revisit The Hot and Cold
• Summer and think about Rorys mother.
• Turn to page 32 and lets use our special reading
  for this selection.
• Why does Rorys mother offer to buy a pizza for
  dinner?
• Why does Rorys mother say that one pizza is
  enough?
• Now turn to page 34 and read this page silently.
  
• Why doesnt Rorys mother scold
• Bolivia for ordering a second
• pizza?

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• What can you tell about Rorys mother, based on
  what she does and says? discuss
• Why is Rory pretending to read the comics as he
  sits in a lounge chair at the beginning of the
  story?
• Why does Derek go straight over to Rorys house
  when he gets home?
• At first, Rory had ignored Bolivia because she is
  a girl, but Derek made
• friends with her. What does this
• show about Derek?
• Answer these questions in your BEAR
• Book and then label the answers as a
• motivation or trait.

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VOCABULARY

• First, lets revisit our vocabulary chart.
• What pact had the boys made when Bolivia first
  arrived?
• Why did Rory feel queasy about Dereks return
  from summer camp?
• Why might Rory and Derek feel that Bolivia had
  been foisted on them?
• How successful was Rorys and Bolivias business
  venture?
• Why might Rorys mother have been annoyed with
  Bolivia?
• What did Bolivia really mean when she told
• Derek she wouldnt think of
• depriving him of the pizza?

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Turn to page 56 - 57

• Read the title and look at the illustrations.
• Secret Talk is a poem about friendship.
• Listen to me as I read the poem aloud. Pay
  attention to the rhythm of the poem.
• Now lets read it together.
• Can you identify the rhyming words?

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• SMALL
• GROUP
• ACTIVITY

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GRAMMAR

• Daily proofreading
• Ask yourselves, Are these complete thoughts? Do
  they have correct punctuation, spelling and
  capitalization. If not, please correct them in
  your BEAR book.
• A stingg.
• Paid half the chec for the pizza.

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Create an interrogative sentence by adding a
helping verb.

• Carlos walks to school.
• Now, write your own pairs of sentences both
  declarative and interrogative.