Short Stories
A Narrative Poem about Buffalos
Buffalo Dusk
What does paleontologist study?
Dinosaurs
Where does Edith arrive at after a long journey? Hint: It is in a diary
Soda Springs
What story has the main idea: A journey with her family to Soda Springs
The Oregon Trail
I stand tall and hold a torch to represent freedom and guard over New York Harbor
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty
A Gift to America
The first fossil was found in what year?
1818
Where does the frog go at the end?
In a glass globe (fish bowl)
In the leafy pool at the end of the garden (pond)
What is the main idea of the passage “Helen Keller: Words Through Touch”?
Helen Keller learns by touching things
My last name rhymes with Tell. What year did I invent the telephone?
1876
Issac Newton Once observed an apple falling from a tree.
Newton and Gravity
How does an animal become a fossil?
It must die suddenly
Where can the largest and most complete T. Rex be found?
Chicago
Field Museums Hall of Dinosaurs
What is the main idea for Dinosaur Dig?
Write one sentence
The narrator finds a dinosaur bone on his family vacation
You will find stuffed crocodiles, mammoths, and sloths
Fat beetles, and strange spotted moths
Where are you?
In the British Museum
A diary entry written by a girl
Dear Diary
Why are trace fossils so important?
They give scientist clues to the animal or plant. They provide more information than body fossils.
What date/journal entry did scientists realize they have found a whole T. Rex skeleton?
August 21
What story’s main idea is
The narrator went through their grandpas old photos and learned learned about the past
Grandpas Treasure Chest
You my not have read me but there are five ways to investigate the past. What are they?
Interviews Photographs Writing
Painting. Artifacts
Senebkay’s Tomb
A New Discovery
How did this family vacation change the Narrator’s life forever? Hint: Fiction section
He had found a new species of dinosaur.
How does Helen explore the bowl? Use text evidence
Touch
It was great fun to plunge my hand into the bowl and feel the tadpoles.
What is the main idea for An Exciting Day in San Francisco?
What kind of text is it?
Visiting the San Francisco bridge on the first day it opened.
Diary
I went through my grandpas attic this is what I found Hint: 3 items
Photographs, an old uniform and medals