Belonging and Friendship: Pinky and Rex

Describe Pinky and Rex's relationship and Pinky and Amanda's relationship by using details from the text to describe characters and character relationships.

Describe Pinky and Rex's relationship by using details from the text to describe characters and character relationships.

Explain how Amanda's dialogue shows how she feels about being at the museum by using dialogue and details to show how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Describe the lesson that Amanda, Pinky, and Rex learn by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges and what lesson they learn from the major events.

Describe Pinky, Rex, and Amanda and how each character responds to major events and challenges by stating a claim and then providing supporting evidence from the entire text.

Use and understand the function of verbs, including verbs of being.

Explain why Pinky is embarrassed by what happens with Mrs. Morgan by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Explain in what ways Kevin is a bully and how his actions influence everyone around him, especially Pinky, by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Explain what advice Mrs. Morgan gives Pinky and why by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Explain how Pinky changes and what lesson he learns by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges and what lesson they learn from the major events.

Describe Pinky, Rex, and Amanda and how each character responds to major events and challenges by stating a claim and then providing supporting evidence from the entire text.

Understand the function of adverbs and use them correctly in a sentence. 

Explain how Pinky and Rex feel about the spelling bee and how their feelings change by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Describe how Pinky's feelings change over the course of the chapters and what causes the change by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Explain how Pinky and Rex change and what lesson they learn by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges and what lesson they learn from the major events.

Describe Pinky, Rex, and Amanda and how each character responds to major events and challenges by stating a claim and then providing supporting evidence from the entire text.

Explain why Pinky is mad at Rex and if it is fair that he is mad at her by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Explain how Pinky and Rex changed and what lesson they learned by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges and what lesson they learn from the major events.

Describe what happens during the play and what lesson Pinky and Rex learn by using details to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges and what lesson they learn from the major events.

Debate two Essential Questions by participating in a class discussion by stating a claim and providing evidence from the unit.