Week 26
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Transcript of Week 26
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