Author : Joanne Settel Genre: Expository Nonfiction

1. Author: Joanne Settel Genre: Expository Nonfiction Big Question: How do animals adapt to survive?

2. Review Games • Story Sort VocabularyWords: • Arcade Games • Study Stack

3. Big Question: How do animals adapt to survive?MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday

4. Vocabulary Words More Words to Know Vocabulary Words • critical • enables • mucus • scarce • specialize • sterile • aborigines • nauseating • predator • African black mambas • constrictors • reptiles

5. Monday

6. Today we will learn about: • Build Concepts • Graphic Sources • Monitor and Fix Up • Build Background • Vocabulary • Animal Adaptations

7. Read Aloud • Listen as I read “Snake Scientist.” • As I read, notice how I keep my pace slow and steady and enunciate words that convey scientific information. • Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

8. Read Aloud • What is the author’s purpose for writing “Snake Scientist”? Explain your answer. • How are snakes like and unlike dinosaurs?

9. Concept Vocabulary • African black mambas– poisonous snakes from Africa that are related to cobras • constrictors– snakes that kill prey by crushing it in their coils • reptiles– cold-blooded animals with backbones and lungs, usually covered with horny plates or scales • (Next slide)

10. African black mambas

11. constrictors

12. reptiles

13. Concept Vocabulary (To add information to the graphic organizer, click on end show, type in your new information, and save your changes.)

14. Build Concept Vocabulary African black mambas, constrictors, reptiles Animal Adaptations

15. Graphic Sources, Monitor and Fix UpTurn to Page 436 - 437.

16. Prior KnowledgeWhat do you know about ants, owls, and snakes? Animals

17. Prior Knowledge • This week’s audio explores familiar animal adaptations. After you listen, we will discuss what you found most surprising.

18. VocabularyWords

19. Vocabulary Words • critical – being important to the outcome of a situation • enables – gives ability, power, or means to; makes able • mucus – a slimy substance produced in the nose and throat to moisten and protect them

20. Vocabulary Words • scarce – hard to get; rare • specialize – to develop in a special way • sterile – free from germs

21. More Words to Know • aborigines – the earliest known inhabitants of Australia • nauseating – sickening; causing nausea • predator – animal or person that lives by killing and eating other animals • (Next Slide)

22. aborigines

23. predator

24. Today we will learn about: • Vocabulary Strategy Lesson: Context Clues • Graphic Organizers • Author’s Purpose • Vocabulary • Time for Science: Biomes • Animal Adaptations

25. Vocabulary Strategy: Context CluesTurn to Page 438- 439.

26. Exploding AntsTurn to Page 440 - 447.

27. Wednesday

28. Today we will learn about: • Graphic Sources • Monitor and Fix Up • Vocabulary • Fluency: Tempo and Rate • Grammar: Possessives Pronouns • Spelling: Homophones • Time for Science: Human Adaptations • Animal Adaptations

29. Exploding AntsTurn to Page 448 - 452.

30. Thursday

31. Today we will learn about: • Experiment • Reading Across Texts • Content-Area Vocabulary • Fluency: Partner Reading • Grammar: Possessive Pronouns • Spelling: Homophones • Time for Science: Animal Experiments

32. “The Creature from the Adapting Lagoon”Turn to Page 454 - 457.

33. Friday

34. Todaywe will learn about: • Build Concept Vocabulary • Graphic Sources • Context Clues • Grammar: Possessive Pronouns • Spelling: Homophones • Magazine/Periodical • Animal Adaptations

35. Graphic Sources • A graphic source, such as a picture, diagram, or chart, organizes information and makes it easy to see. • Preview the graphic sources in a selection to help you predict what you will be reading about. • As you read, compare the information in the text with the graphic source.

36. Metaphor • A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things that are alike in at least one way. • In a metaphor, the similarity is implied—not stated using words of comparison. • A metaphor calls attention to certain qualities of one or both things being compared.

37. Context Clues • Use context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. • Choose an unfamiliar word from Exploding Ants and complete a word frame for it. Base your predicted definitions on context clues from the selection and write sentences using the word in similar contexts. • Use a dictionary to write exact definitions.

38. Context Clues • Word: • Predicted definition: • One good sentence: • Verified definition: • Another good sentence: • Dictionary Definition:

39. Name reference sources where you might locate new research about animals.

40. Magazine/Periodical • A periodical is a magazine that contains current information in the form of articles, opinion columns, letters, reports, advertisements, and reviews. • The headline or title expresses the topic of the article.

41. Magazine/Periodical • Most magazines include a Table of Contents which tells the reader what information is in the magazine and where to find it. • Most magazines follow the 5 Ws and How format. The article will tell you Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?