
Treasure in Puget Sound
Adventure (fiction),
3,620 words,
Level V (Grade 4)
Treasure in Puget Sound is a fictional modern-day Pacific Northwest adventure. The story will keep young readers wondering, “Is there really buried treasure out there?” Tim Hawkins, now a grown man, retells a story from his youth. With a touch of pirate antics, some bad guys, and high action, students will read right through to the end. They’ll also find out the answer to this question: Will Tim tell what he knows?
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Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
alert, civil, commandeer, commotion, confront, galley, hideous, hijack, marooned, mutiny, perceptive, revenge, ruthless, scoundrels, shimmering, standoff, stashed, summoned, terminal, voyage, vulgar
alert, civil, commandeer, commotion, confront, galley, hideous, hijack, marooned, mutiny, perceptive, revenge, ruthless, scoundrels, shimmering, standoff, stashed, summoned, terminal, voyage, vulgar
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Retell while reading to understand text
Comprehension
Analyze characters in a book
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify names of people as proper nouns
Word Work
Identify and understand antonyms
Retell while reading to understand text
Comprehension
Analyze characters in a book
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify names of people as proper nouns
Word Work
Identify and understand antonyms
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class








