Coach: look at the exit check results and the paper practice. Go back over every item a student missed: read it together, have the student explain their thinking, then show the correct thinking. Use the reteach routine below for anyone who missed two or more. Students who got everything right take the stretch task.

🔄 Reteach it (missed two or more)

Use a "connotation thermometer" from cold (negative) to hot (positive). Have the child place word cards and justify placements.

For analogies, have the child state the relationship as a full sentence before choosing an answer.

Denotation means...
Answer: Dictionary meaning.
Which is more negative: "scheme" or "plan"?
Answer: scheme.
"Bene" means...
Answer: good.

🚀 Stretch it (got everything right)

Analyze the connotations in a real advertisement.
Answer: Any.
Write two short descriptions of the same event: one favorable, one critical.
Answer: Any.