Week 26

Dragons and DinosaursStudents need a partner,

textbooks, pencils, practice books, crayons, writing journals

or notebook paper

(Thanks to Clare Pechon, Independence, Lousiana) for voc slides.

Dragons and Dinosaurs

• This week’s main story is titled, “Dragons and Dinosaurs”.

• In your writing journal, sketch and label a picture of a dragon and then sketch and label a picture of a dinosaur.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO FINISH BOTH.

Pair and Share• Turn and share your drawings

with your partner. Discuss what is the same about your drawings and what is different.

• Remember to face your partner and look at your partner and at their drawings as they talk to you.

Nonfiction Texts• Nonfiction texts give facts. • In a nonfiction text, some facts

and ideas are more important that others.

• To understand nonfiction text, you need to identify the most important ideas, or the main ideas.•A lot of times, the first

sentence in a paragraph tells you the main idea for the whole paragraph.

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Summarizing What You Read

•When you read, pause periodically to summarize sections of text.•Remember to look for the

main ideas in each section of text.

Read paragraph 1 together:

Summary:

Read paragraph 2 together. Jot down the main points and then work with a partner to write a summary.

Building Background:

VocabularyWords

contraptionA contraption is a strange-looking

machine or device.

Why might someone stare at a

contraption?

roamedIf a creature

roamed an area, it wandered

around there.Which roamed the

earth in ancient times – trees or dinosaurs?

massiveSomething

massive is very large and heavy.What is one massive animal that lives in

the ocean?

submergedIf something is

submerged, it is beneath the surface of a body of water.

What might you use to explore a

submerged object?

elegantSomething elegant

is graceful and pleasing to look at.

Where would you find elegant furniture – in a fancy

hotel or in a bus station?

obstaclesObstacles are things that get in your way when you are going somewhere or trying to reach a goal.Why is it

dangerous to leave obstacles on

stairs?

complicatedSomething that is complicated has many parts that are connected in ways to make it hard to understand.What is one

complicated device that some workers

use?

eerieSomething that is eerie is strange and makes people feel afraid.

How would you feel if you heard an eerie

noise?

(Thanks to Clare Pechon, Independence, Lousiana)

Practice Book page 151