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Big Question: How do animals adapt to survive?
Author: Joanne SettelGenre: Expository Nonfiction
Review GamesStory SortVocabulary Words:Arcade GamesStudy Stack
Big Question: How do animals adapt to
survive?MondayTuesday
WednesdayThursday
Friday
Vocabulary Words critical enables mucus scarce specialize
sterile
aborigines nauseating predator African black mambas
constrictors reptiles
Vocabulary Words More Words to Know
Monday
Question of the DayHow do animals adapt
to survive?
Today we will learn about:Build ConceptsGraphic SourcesMonitor and Fix UpBuild BackgroundVocabularyAnimal Adaptations
Read AloudListen as I read “Snake Scientist.”
As I read, notice how I keep my pace slow and steady and enunciate words that convey scientific information.
Be ready to answer questions after I finish.
Read AloudWhat is the author’s purpose for writing “Snake Scientist”? Explain your answer.
How are snakes like and unlike dinosaurs?
Concept Vocabulary African black mambas – poisonous snakes from Africa that are related to cobras
constrictors – snakes that kill prey by crushing it in their coils
reptiles – cold-blooded animals with backbones and lungs, usually covered with horny plates or scales
(Next slide)
African black mambas
constrictors
reptiles
Concept Vocabular
y(To add information to the graphic organizer,
click on end show, type in your new information, and save your changes.)
Build Concept Vocabulary African black mambas, constrictors, reptiles
Eating
Types of
Animals
Animal Adaptations
Graphic Sources,
Monitor and Fix Up
Turn to Page 436 - 437.
Prior KnowledgeWhat do you know about ants, owls, and snakes?
Ants
Owls
Snakes
Animals
Prior KnowledgeThis week’s audio explores familiar animal adaptations. After you listen, we will discuss what you found most surprising.
Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary Words critical – being important to the outcome of a situation
enables – gives ability, power, or means to; makes able
mucus – a slimy substance produced in the nose and throat to moisten and protect them
Vocabulary Words scarce – hard to get; rare specialize – to develop in a special way
sterile – free from germs
More Words to Know aborigines – the earliest known inhabitants of Australia
nauseating – sickening; causing nausea
predator – animal or person that lives by killing and eating other animals
(Next Slide)
aborigines
predator
Today we will learn about:Vocabulary Strategy Lesson: Context Clues
Graphic OrganizersAuthor’s PurposeVocabularyTime for Science: BiomesAnimal Adaptations
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context CluesTurn to Page 438- 439.
Exploding Ants
Turn to Page 440 - 447.
Wednesday
Question of the DayHow does the ability of a snake to gulp down prey larger than itself help it
survive?
Today we will learn about:Graphic SourcesMonitor and Fix UpVocabularyFluency: Tempo and RateGrammar: Possessives PronounsSpelling: HomophonesTime for Science: Human Adaptations
Animal Adaptations
Exploding Ants
Turn to Page 448 - 452.
Thursday
Question of the DayWhat adaptations do you think humans would have to undergo if they lived
like fish in an underwater environment?
Today we will learn about:Experiment Reading Across TextsContent-Area VocabularyFluency: Partner ReadingGrammar: Possessive PronounsSpelling: HomophonesTime for Science: Animal Experiments
“The Creature from the Adapting Lagoon”
Turn to Page 454 - 457.
Friday
Question of the DayHow do animals
adapt to survive?
Today we will learn about:Build Concept VocabularyGraphic SourcesContext CluesGrammar: Possessive PronounsSpelling: HomophonesMagazine/PeriodicalAnimal Adaptations
Graphic SourcesA graphic source, such as a picture, diagram, or chart, organizes information and makes it easy to see.
Preview the graphic sources in a selection to help you predict what you will be reading about.
As you read, compare the information in the text with the graphic source.
MetaphorA metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things that are alike in at least one way.
In a metaphor, the similarity is implied—not stated using words of comparison.
A metaphor calls attention to certain qualities of one or both things being compared.
Context CluesUse context clues to determine
the meanings of unfamiliar words.
Choose an unfamiliar word from Exploding Ants and complete a word frame for it. Base your predicted definitions on context clues from the selection and write sentences using the word in similar contexts.
Use a dictionary to write exact definitions.
Context CluesWord:Predicted definition:One good sentence:Verified definition:Another good sentence:Dictionary Definition:
Name reference sources where you might locate new research about animals.
Magazine/PeriodicalA periodical is a magazine that contains current information in the form of articles, opinion columns, letters, reports, advertisements, and reviews.
The headline or title expresses the topic of the article.
Magazine/PeriodicalMost magazines include a Table of Contents which tells the reader what information is in the magazine and where to find it.
Most magazines follow the 5 Ws and How format. The article will tell you Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?