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Open Court Vocabulary for “The Story of the Three Whales” Power Point by Mary Ann Hammond Christa McAuliffe Elementary
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Open Court Vocabulary for
“The Story of the Three Whales”
Power Point by Mary Ann Hammond Christa McAuliffe Elementary
Word Knowledge
1. weeks feed three freeze
2. leaping meat weakest lead
3. nights bright plight light
4. ice mile life slide
5. pitch-black sea-bed
6. ice-polesfront-page
7. broken cabin lemondragon
1. Polar bears stalked the ice, waiting patiently for a feast of whale-meat.
2. The last mile of the car ride seemed to take all night.
3. The lock on the cabin door was broken.
Word Knowledge
1. weeks feed three freeze2. leaping meat weakest lead3. nights bright plight light4. ice mile life slide5. pitch-black sea-bed 6. ice-poles front-page7. broken cabin lemon dragon
Build BackgroundGenre: True Adventure
Characters and objects in the story are real.The story is about an exciting event that really
happened.It contains true facts.The story has a lot of action and suspense, or
excitement.
Build Information
• Can you think of any other True Adventure stories?
Build Background
Animals have instincts and feelings just like people.
Why do birds fly south in the winter?
Build Background
Whales are air-breathing animals.
Build Background
See the Intro with Focus Questions Powerpoint
lurk
The sharks lurk in a dark, underwater cave waiting to eat fish
that swim by.
( hang around )
plight
The whales hard plight made people want to help.
(trouble)
invincible
The soccer team seemed invincible, because they had never been beaten.
undefeated
ordeal
It was quite an ordeal when the man’s air conditioning quit working on a really
hot day!
(suffering)
plight (trouble)
ordeal
(suffering)
invincibleundefeated
invincible
lurk
ordeal
plight
trudged
surface
Comprehension StrategiesGood Readers…
Monitor and ClarifySTOP and reread to determine the meaning
of words and more difficult ideas or passages.
“Wait a minute! I didn’t understand that. Let me stop and reread for clarity.”
“I am confused by that. I need to clarify.
SummarizeKeep track of what you have read and
focus on important details
“At the beginning of the story…” “Then…”
Asking QuestionsGood readers ask questions that may
prepare them for what they will learn
“I wonder why that happened…”
“Why did…”
Clues
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Problems
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Wonderings
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