because of winn dixie

Reading Goal

Cause and Effect

Vocabulary

•experience•properly•peculiar

•wrinkled•grand•difficult

experience

 something lived through

experience

Timmy had the experience of losing a tooth many times.

properly

correctly

properly

When I dropped food on the floor, my grandmother said I should learn to eat properly.

peculiar

strange

peculiar

Larry was a peculiar guy; his favorite food was onions, which he ate like apples.

wrinkled

not smooth

wrinkled

Jen’s shirt was wrinkled because she slept in it.

grand

very good

grand

Mimi thought having ice cream for breakfast was a grand idea.

difficult

hard

difficult

Jerome thought his math homework was too difficult to finish I none hour.

Building Background

Cause and effect

Listening Comprehension

Socks by Beverly Cleary

Team Talk Questions1. Why does India Opal Buloni name her dog Winn-Dixie ?

2. The Herman W. Block Memorial Library is a) A big fancy place full of books.

b) Close to India’s house.

c) A little old house full of books.

d) The best library in Florida.

3. Why does India show Winn-Dixie how to stand up and look in the window? (write)

4. Why does India run up to the front of the library?

Partner Reading

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Page 25 silently

Adventures in Writing

Think about one of your friends. Do you

remember how you met and became

friends? Tell how you met your fiend.

Tell why you are friends with this

person.

Fluency

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