The Dinosaur of Waterhouse Hawkins

1. The Dinosaur of Waterhouse Hawkins Day 2

2. Concept talk How can paleontologists help us understand the past?

3. Partner Share • How do paleontologists discover information about dinosaurs? • What are fossils? • How would uncanny instincts help a paleontologist?

4. Amazing Words • Model- a copy of something • Marcus made a model of the White House for history project. • Remains- what is left over • The remains of the dinosaur help us learn about the past. • Teach your partner these words

5. Suffix –tion, -sion • These suffixes are added to verbs to form nouns of action or condition • Pollute-pollution • Confuse-confusion • Distribute-distribution • Collide-collision

6. Suffix –tion, -sion • Rules: • Words that end in “t”- use –tion • Example: complete/completion • Words that end is “s” or “d” use –sion • Example: extend/extension, supress/supression

7. Suffix –tion, -sion • If the sound of the last syllable is the “heavy” sound of /zhun/ rather than the light sound /shun/ use “s” • Confusion, vision, adhesion • Exceptions: the ending –mit becomes –mission • Examples: permit/permission, omit/omission, submit/submission, commit/commission

8. Literary Terms • We are going to need our books now. • 1-5 • 6-10 • 11-15 • 16-20 • 21-26

9. Flashback • Sometimes an author chooses to begin a story at an exciting moment. The author might use a flashback to give the reader the necessary background information. • Let’s look at an example

10. Story Structure • Sequence: • The order of events in fiction and nonfiction • Chronological order (time order) is one way

11. Story Structure • Read page 396-397 • Is this story told chronologically or using flashbacks

12. Homonyms • These are words that sound the same, spelled the same, but have different meanings • You can use the context clues in the sentence to understand the meaning of the word

13. Homonyms • He hit the ball with the bat. • The bat flew out of the cave. • Steven fell off the bed. • He planted flowers in the flower bed.

14. Vocabulary • Erected- means built • The kind erected a huge wall around the city. • Mold-a hollow form • The artist used a mold to create her figurine. • Teach your partner these words

15. Vocabulary • Occasion- special event • They dressed up for the occasion. • Tidied-cleaned and organized • Someone had tidied up the room after the party. • Teach your partner these words

16. Vocabulary • Workshop- room where items are made • The elves worked hard on the toys in Santa’s workshop. • Foundation- supporting base structures • The builders worked on the foundations of the bridge first. • Teach your partner these words

17. Vocabulary • Proportion- correct relationship between items • The amount of time put in was in proportion to the success of the project. • Teach your partner this word

18. Principal parts of Irregular Verbs • He has gone to the store. • (past participle) • He went to the store. • (past)

19. Spelling /j/, /ks/, /sk/, /s/ Muscle-/s/ Excuse-/sk/ Exclaim-/ks/ Gigantic-/j/

20. Daily Fix it Lets take a look at our Daily Fix it

21. Writing • Advertising brochure: • You will prepare an advertising brochure for one of the events mentioned in The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins • Dinner party on New Year’s Eve or grand opening of the Crystal Palace

22. Writing • Chart reasons for attending:

23. Writing • Using precise words will make your brochure more interesting and persuasive • Let’s practice • Let’s find other words for special: • Unusual, extraordinary, distinguished, peculiar • Use a thesaurus to find other interesting words for special and peculiar

24. Writing • Use the word web to try to find the word that conveys your idea best. • Today, I want you to begin working on the brochure. Precise wording is the most important part of this writing.