Guided Reading Lesson
Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
audience, awkward, clumsily, emigrated, entranced, deliberate, footwork, performance, rhythm, spectators, talent, tango, traditionally
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
Comprehension
Analyze characters in the text
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand the use of a dash as punctuation
Word Work
Recognize and use synonyms and antonyms; use a thesaurus to identify synonyms and antonyms
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assessment Resources
