The Albertosaurus Mystery: Phillip Currie’s Hunt in the

Badlandsby T.V. Padma

Adjective and Articles

The words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles. -Use a and an before singular nouns. Use a before words that begin with

a consonant. Use an before words that begin with a vowel. -Use the for both singual and plural nouns.

ex. College students dug along (the, an) bank of a river. They were trying to find (a, an) old village.

Long ago, Native Americans built (a, an) town there.

Some adjectives are formed from proper nouns. -Adjectives that are formed from proper nouns always begin with a

capital letter. ex. We saw some Mexican paintings at the museum.

The adjective Mexican is formed from the proper noun Mexico.

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Uncovering T-Rex

Drawing Conclusions/VisualizingDrawing Conclusions:

A conclusion is a smart guess about things an author does not say. Readers must use text clues and their own experiences to make smart guesses about things an author does not say. Signal words such as “so, seems, and therefore” can help readers draw conclusions.

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Visualizing:

Visualizing often helps readers draw conclusions about a text. Use details from the text to help you visualize, or picture, what the author describes. It’s like a movie in your head!

Directions:Read the passage below. Then, draw what you visualize in the passage. After you are finished with YOUR drawing, choose another person to complete the back of

this page. DON’T LET THEM SEE YOUR DRAWING BEFORE THEY HAVE COMLPETED THEIR DRAWING.

"There is wind here," said Caleb happily. "It blows the snow and brings tumbleweeds and makes the sheep run.

Wind and wind and wind!" Caleb stood up and ran like the wind, and the sheep ran after him. Sarah and I

watched him jump over rock and gullies, the sheep behind him, stiff legged and fast. He circled the field, the sun

making the top of his hair golden. He collapsed next to Sarah, and the lambs pushed their wet noses into us.

[FromSarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan (HarperTrophy,1987).] My Visualization

Directions:Read the passage below. Then, draw what you visualize in the passage. After youare finished with YOUR drawing, choose another person to complete the back of this page. Itcan be an adult, friend, brother or sister. DON’T LET THEM SEE YOUR DRAWING BEFORETHEY HAVE COMLPETED THEIR DRAWING."There is wind here," said Caleb happily. "It blows the snow and brings tumbleweeds and makes thesheep run. Wind and wind and wind!" Caleb stood up and ran like the wind, and the sheep ran after him.Sarah and I watched him jump over rock and gullies, the sheep behind him, stiff legged and fast. Hecircled the field, the sun making the top of his hair golden. He collapsed next to Sarah, and the lambspushed their wet noses into us. [FromSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (HarperTrophy,1987).]

 My VisualizationTHIS IS A NO PEEKING PAGE!!!!

Rules of Words with /j/ and /s/ Sounds

The letter g sound often stands for the /j/ sound when it is followed by an e, i, or y.

example g-e-m – gem

The letter c often stands for the /s/ sound when it is followed by an e, i, or y. example c-e-n-t - cent

Words with /j/ and /s/ SoundHard/Soft “g” sound

Words with /j/ and /s/ Sound

Hard/Soft “C” sound

Hard/Soft “C” sound