Unit 2-Week 1, Day 1

Theme Question: How can we protect Earth’s resources?

• How can we use natural resources wisely? (Wk 1)

• How can we discover and use new sources of energy?(Wk 2)

• How can we protect Earth’s plants and animals? (Wk 3)

• What can we do each day to help protect Earth? (Wk 4)

Earth’s Natural Resources

Sunlight Plants

Wind Coal

Water oil

Theme Vocabulary

Theme vocabulary renewable

nonrenewable

alternative

How can we protect the Earth’s resources?

Predictions:

ŌŌ and ŎŎ SoundsŌŌ ŎŎ

raccoon hook

Week 1, Day 2

Theme Question: How can we protect Earth’s resources?

• How can we use natural resources wisely? (Wk 1)

• How can we discover and use new sources of energy?(Wk 2)

• How can we protect Earth’s plants and animals? (Wk 3)

• What can we do each day to help protect Earth? (Wk 4)

Theme Vocabulary

Theme vocabulary renewable

nonrenewable

alternative

Monitor Comprehension: Fix-up Strategies

Reread Use images as clues

Read on Seek help

Adjust reading rate

Summarize the information in

your own words.

Reading

Preview and PredictPp. 80-86

PurposeFind answers to the Theme Question:

How can we protect Earth’s resources?

Set your own purpose.

Pros and Cons of Using Solar Power

Pros Cons

Week 1, Day 3

What is the theme of question?

Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings.

Using Antonyms

Synonyms are words that have opposite meanings as other words. Using antonyms helps readers relate new words to other words they might already know.

Valuable

Reduce

Harmful

Lighten

Trap

improve

Draw Conclusions

Drawing Conclusions

Clues from the Text

Conclusion

Air returns as fast as we use it.

Trees take time to grow back.

Text Features

Chapter titles Captions

Charts Sidebars

diagrams

Reading

ReadPp. 84-86Reread pp. 80-83

PurposeThink about how lists and other text

features add information to the text and help you answer the Theme Question.

Noun Suffixes

A suffix is a word part that is added to the end of a base word. Suffixes can be added to many words.

Noun Suffixes

Many nouns end in suffixes. Nouns are people, places, or things.

compactor

Week 1, Day 4

What is the theme of question?

Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings?

Monitor Comprehension: Fix-up Strategies

Reread Use images as clues

Read on Seek help

Adjust reading rate

Reading

Skim and Scan Pp. 72-86

PurposeFind text evidence to answer the

Theme Question:How can we protect Earth’s

resources?

Text EvidenceHow can we protect Earth’s

Resources?

Page Number

Text Evidence

Noun SuffixesSuffix Examples

-ant

-ent

-er

-or

-ist