Vocabulary
What does it mean to adjust?
to change your behavior to fit in a new situation.
Where did they travel too in our story "Ultimate Field Trip?"
Cobscook Bay, Maine
What strategy have we been focusing on this week to monitor our comprehension?
Self Correct
What does compare mean?
Things that are the same about something.
Define specimens and give an example.
Specimens are examples of things scientists collect in order to study.
Give me an example of debris you might see after a tornado.
What is an ecosystem?
All the living and non living things in an environment and how they interact with one another.
What does it mean to monitor our comprehension?
To understand what we are reading.
What does contrast mean?
Things that are different.
How would students be acting if they were acting rowdy in class?
They would be yelling and screaming and not doing what is expected.
What would make a pet pesky?
when a dog will not stop barking.
Tell me what an informational narrative is and something you could look for to know that.
An informational narrative is a story that presents factual information. You could look for headings or information about a topic.
What does it mean to self correct our reading? How can you self correct?
Pause when you do not understand something you read and re read.
Venn diagram and double bubble
Snake
As a sailor how might you adjust to a ship that has been broached?
You might pull the sails in the other direction so that the ship will become straight up and down again.
Answers might vary.
Name two different strategies we can use to monitor our comprehension.
Ask questions
Reread
Tell me three things that are the same and three things that are different about Mr. Lundberg and myself.
Answers will vary.
How would your neighborhood residents act if they were dignified people?
Calm and serious
Is your brain internal or external part of your body? Why?
Internal
What does authors purpose mean and what is the purpose of our author writing our story from this week?
The reason the author is writing a story. To give information about a real place.
What do we call words that we can use to figure out the meaning of an unknown word?
Context clues.
What is the difference between warm blooded animals and cold blooded animals?
A warm blooded animal has an internal thermometor that helps it adjust its body temp to keep warm. A cold blooded animal's body temp depends on the temperature of its surroundings.
Use the word internal in a sentence.
My internal clock wakes me up at 6 am. every morning.