Reading ~ BLOCK 1 4/2

Today students worked on their context clues chart for their vocabulary for The Gold Coin.  Students figure out what each vocabulary word means just by finding the word in the story and using their context clues.  Once they have defined all the words using their context clues they look them up in the glossary and see how close they were.  

Below is our context clues chart.

Vocabulary Word	Context Clues	Definition
Shriveled      Pg 142
Insistent      Pg 142
Despair      Pg 144
Stifling      Pg 156
Speechless      Pg 160
Distressed      Pg 160
Raspy      Pg 144
Amiably      Pg 154
Surveyed      Pg 158

After working on our chart we began reading the story.  Students read the story with their table group.  

Homework:
~ AR - you should be about 25% of the way to your 
   AR goal.  If you are not, you will be in during recess 
   to read.  Remember you should be reading 25-30 
   minutes every night.  
~Vocabulary - if you didn't finish your context clues 
   chart you need to complete it tonight.