Emelia and Eleanore Go For a Ride

By: Pam Muñoz RyanAmerican Stories

Theme 2, Monitoring Student Progress, Day 1Taught By: Mr. Williams

license

elevations

solo

cockpit

airstrip

Secret Service

• license– Document showing that a

person has legal permission to do something

• elevations– Heights above the ground

• solo– Doing something alone

• cockpit– The part of a plane where

the pilot sits

• airstrip– A flat area where planes take

off and land

• Secret Service– people who protect

government officials and their families

Key Flight Vocabulary

Amelia and Eleanore Go For a Ride

Story Comparison Map1. After reading the story, use practice book page 178 to map out the

story’s structural elements.

2. Then on the back of page 178, describe at least one inference from the story about each of the characters.

3. Save this page in your folder. It will be reused for the next selection that we will be reading tomorrow.

4. When finished go back and reread this week’s selection in order to improve reading fluency.

Duke Ellington

By: Andrea Davis PinkneyAmerican Stories

Theme 2, Monitoring Student Progress, Day 2Taught By: Mr. Williams

ragtime

melodies

jazz

orchestra

improvise

blues

• ragtime– A type of jazz with an

irregular rhythm.

• melodies– Pleasing music or tunes.

• jazz– A type of music with complex

melodies started in the United States.

• orchestra– A large group of musicians

who play different instruments

• improvise– To make up something as you

go along, unplanned

• blues– Sad feelings, depression

Key Flight Vocabulary

Duke Ellington

Story Comparison Map1. After reading the story, use practice book page 178 to map out the

story’s structural elements.

2. Then on the back of page 178, describe at least one inference from the story about each of the characters.

3. Use the information gathered about both stories to create a double bubble map that compares and contrasts both selections from this week.

4. When finished go back and reread this week’s selection in order to improve reading fluency.

Monitoring Student Progress

By: Pam Muñoz RyanAmerican Stories

Theme 2, Monitoring Student Progress, Day 3Taught By: Mr. Williams

• license– Document showing that a

person has legal permission to do something

• elevations– Heights above the ground

• solo– Doing something alone

• cockpit– The part of a plane where

the pilot sits

• airstrip– A flat area where planes take

off and land

• Secret Service– people who protect

government officials and their families

Key Flight Vocabulary

• ragtime– A type of jazz with an

irregular rhythm.

• melodies– Pleasing music or tunes.

• jazz– A type of music with complex

melodies started in the United States.

• orchestra– A large group of musicians

who play different instruments

• improvise– To make up something as you

go along, unplanned

• blues– Sad feelings, depression

Key Flight Vocabulary