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Selection 1: "Happy Birthday, Dr. King!"

 * ===Launch Theme: Heroes (Building Theme Connections)===
 * ===Reading:===
 * Teacher Read Aloud: "Avalanche!"
 * Comprehension Skill/Strategy
 * Cause/Effect
 * Cause: is a reason __WHY__ something happens
 * Effect: is __WHAT__ happened
 * a cause can have many effects
 * words such as //because, since,// and //when// can indicate a cause-and-effect relationship
 * Predict/Infer
 * events in the story and personal knowledge helps readers make predictions about likely events
 * Background and Vocabulary
 * Civil Rights; Boycott; fare; protest; stupendous
 * Listen to Selection
 * Have students listen for cause-and-effect relationships
 * ===Word Work:===
 * Vocabulary
 * Prefixes and Suffixes
 * Spelling
 * Prefixes and Suffixes
 * ===Writing:===
 * Grammar
 * Pre-writing an Informational Paragraph