Cam+Jansen+Stolen+Diamonds

Chapter 1
LT: I can read multisyllabic words by breaking them into syllables.
 * 1) Introduce chapter book. Cam Jansen. Do you know anything about her? Eric Shelton and Howie. In this first chapter, Cam and Eric are watching Howie while Eric's mom is shopping.
 * 2) Have you ever heard of a photographic memory? Explain a tiny bit.
 * 3) tricky long words: break it into syllables / look for a part of the word you know: examples: insulated, practicing, photographic
 * 4) Review other tricky word strategies
 * 5) Read to page 8, mark any words you get stuck on with a sticky note
 * 6) After reading: tricky words you got stuck on
 * 7) What did you find out about Cam? What did you find out about Eric? What are they each good at?
 * 8) Who else is in Eric's family? (p.7)
 * 9) Predictions about what will happen next in the chapter.

Chapter 2

 * 1) Re-read end of page 8. What is Cam doing when she says, "Click?" Predictions for next chapter.
 * 2) Tricky word strategies.
 * 3) multi-syllabic words: replaced, reported, cooperation
 * 4) Teach cards for thinking about each page
 * 5) Go read
 * 6) After reading: tricky words

Chapter 3

 * 1) Check for comprehension of Ch. 2. Do a beginning / middle / end chart:
 * 2) Beginning: man ran out of the store and bumped into lots of people
 * 3) Middle: Other people came out of the store. Who? Look back at book to find out.
 * 4) End: Police came and everyone told them what the man looked like and which way he went.
 * 5) Predictions: What might happen next? What do you think happened in the jewelry store?
 * 6) multi-syllabic word practice: announced, impolite, introduce the word "carriage"
 * 7) Review tricky word strategies
 * 8) go read

Chapter 4

 * 1) What happened in the last chapter? What was the surprising thing that happened? What is the evidence that that man didn't rob the jewelry store?
 * 2) Predictions. / reminder of how to decode multi-syllabic words. Be careful of small errors.
 * 3) Read the chapter.
 * 4) Inferences: what is going on? What are Cam and Eric thinking?

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