Vocabulary
is the same, similar
What does the italicized word mean:
The beaver gnawed on the the branch.
chewed
stories that are non-fiction ....
real information
stories that are fiction are...
made up, not real
What should you do if you have to predict?
Tell what might happen in the future
When you are asked to tell a antonym it should be a word that...
a word that is the opposite
What does the italicized word mean:
The garden was teeming with flowers after all of the rain.
full of
Chelsie Hill always wanted to be a professional dancer. She danced throughout her childhood and went to dozens of dance competitions. She spent hours and hours after school perfecting her dance technique.
Only three months before Chelsie was going to graduate from high school, she got into a bad car accident. This accident left her paralyzed from the waist down.
Even for Chelsie Hill, dancing with only her upper body was a challenge. She had to learn how to move her body differently. Now, she teaches other young women to dance like her.
In 2019, 175 girls and women from 10 different countries met up to participate in an annual summer camp hosted by the Rollettes. They took dance classes and participated in talent shows. Many of the attendees spoke about finding a community where they could fully be themselves.
Hill says, “When I’m performing, I still feel the same rush that I used to. And when I go on stage, I don’t feel my chair. I don’t feel different. I’m just dancing, and that’s where my heart is.”
What theme could this story teach you?
never give up, there is always a way to fulfill your dreams
Eli watched his mother frown as she looked at the baby deer. She walked back to Eli. “I think its back leg is injured,” she said. “But we’ll wait for a few hours and see if the fawn’s mother comes back for it. If we do anything now, we might scare it and hurt it more.” Eli wanted to help the baby right then, but he knew his mother was right. They went back into the house and ate dinner. They both kept checking the clock. They wanted to make sure the injured fawn was okay.
Name a character trait Eli has
caring, helpful, kind, lover of nature/animals
What does it mean to summarize?
Tell the most important parts (shorten the text)
Nonfiction; Tell the main idea/details
Fiction; tell what happens in the beginning-middle-end
What is a a benefit?
Something that is a good thing, positive, helpful
While she was indifferent to golf, her husband was an avid player.
did not care
heading, bold words, italicized words, subheadings, pictures, captions, maps, glossary
Eli looked up at the sky. It was bright blue, his favorite color. As he lay on his back, prickly green grass scratched at his bare arms and legs. He covered his eyes with his hand; the sun was too bright. But the cool breeze kept him at the perfect temperature.
What season do you think he is in while living in New York?
spring or summer - grass, bright sun
What does sequence mean?
In order
What does it mean when asked to contrast?
Tell how it is different
What does the italicized word mean:
The thief left a plethora of evidence at the crime scene.
a lot, plenty
Today, humans do not have to worry about finding a live megalodon in the ocean. They have been extinct for millions of years. Megalodons most likely went extinct when the sea waters began cooling down. At the time, many large sea animals had adapted to warm tropical waters, including the megalodon. Megalodons could not adapt to living in cold water. Their habitats began to shrink. During this time period, many large mammals also began going extinct. Megalodons found less and less prey to eat and eventually died out. The megalodon most likely went extinct about 3.6 million years ago.
What caused them to go extinct?
Many years ago, a Haida girl named Orca Woman lived in a village near the sea. She loved everything about the ocean. She loved its sounds, its power, and its beauty. She yearned to be in the ocean all the time.
One day, she left the human world and moved in with her family in their large yet cozy longhouse in the place she loved the most—the bottom of the sea. Soon, Orca Woman no longer had legs.
What story element makes this fiction
A person living at the bottom of the sea, her legs disappeared
What does text structure mean or give an example or a type of text structure...
How a text is written; cause/effect, description, sequence, problem/solution
What does it mean to cite a source?
Tell what text you got your information from...(uses phrase like) in the passage, the text says....
The handwriting on his homework was illegible.
not able to be read
Megalodon teeth reveal a lot of information about the megalodon’s diet. The megalodon was a carnivore. In fact, it was at the top of the ocean food chain for more than 13 million years. The megalodon ate small sharks, fish, and even large whales. Scientists know megalodons ate whales because they have discovered megalodon teeth marks on whale bones. The megalodon would open its jaw very wide and chomp down on its prey. It would use its large teeth to tear the animal and eat it. Many scientists think this creature had the most powerful bite of any ocean predator.
Megladons are extinct. How do they know megalodon ate whales?
They have found whale bones with their teeth/bite marks in them
Erica thought the penguins were cute, even though they smelled pretty bad. They walked funny outside of the water, but were graceful when they were swimming. As the class watched the penguins move around the rocks, Erica noticed that some of them walked together. Others had little baby penguins by their side.
“How come some of those penguins stay together?” Erica asked Ms. Lane.
“Well, some kinds of penguins stay together for a long time,” said Ms. Lane. “They keep each other warm, and they protect their babies. King penguins live in colonies with hundreds of other penguins.”
What was Erica's point of view on penguins?
They are smelly
What is the difference between an inference & observation?
Inference is a guess based on what you see
Observation is what you see/know