L.4.6 Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of

being, and that are basic to a particular topicRI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and how it is supported by key

details; summarize the text

Today’s Objectives

Content Objective Language Objective

We will use context

clues and pictures to

identify the meaning

of domain-specific

vocabulary.

Using domain-

specific vocabulary

accurately, I will

determine the main

idea and supporting

details to summarize

the text.

What is needed to survive?

Most Living Things NeedSunlightWaterFoodShelter

Let’s Discuss the Benefits of the Sun

Let’s Discuss the Benefits of Water

Let’s Discuss the Benefits of Food

Wait… Wait… WAIT!

If all living things need food, how do plants survive without eating?

Photosynthesis

https://www.youtube.com/ WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS?

PhotosynthesisWhat was the primary

TOPIC of the video? What were the MAIN IDEAS and

their SUPPORTING DETAILS?

PhotosynthesisWith your A/B partner, discuss how plants create their own food in order

to survive. https://www.youtube.com/PHOTOSYNTHESIS SONG

Okay, do we now understand…

If all living things need food, how do plants survive without eating?

Photosynthesis

https://www.youtube.com/Review

Let’s review how photosynthesis works and why it is important.

Why is photosynthesis important for PLANTS? Is it also helpful for

PEOPLE?

An organism (a.ka. a living thing) is…any independent living thing.

It can be as small as a single celled bacteria, or as large as a whale!

3 Primary Categories of Organisms

ProducersConsumers

Decomposers

They all depend on each other to survive and thrive.

Producersget their food and energy from the sun.

Producers make their food through a process called PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

PRODUCERS (a.k.a. PLANTS)

Consumersneed to eat their food to get

energy.

CONSUMERS(a.k.a. ANIMALS)

3 Types of ConsumersCarnivoresHerbivoresOmnivores

Its all about what you eat!

Carnivoresonly eat meat (other animals).

Carnivores

Herbivores eat only plants.

HERBIVORES

Omnivores eat both meat (animals) and plants.

OMNIVORES

Stop…Review…Check…Turn to your A/B partner and state the meaning of each word.

Also give two examples of each.

Carnivore:

Herbivore:

Omnivore:

Food Chainlinear sequence that starts with a producer and

ends with a predator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pasB5FxhVUk

https://www.youtube.com/Food Chain Song

Food Webconsists of all of the food chains in an ecosystem

(environment)

https://www.youtube.com/ecosystem

Food

Web

Decomposers eat dead things and turn them back into

dirt or soil. Examples:

Mushrooms Worms Bacteria Mold Insects

https://www.youtube.com/decomposers

Decomposers

What would the world look like without decomposers?https://www.youtube.com/decomposers

How they relate?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd1M9xD482s

Stop…Review…Check…Turn to your A/B partner and state the meaning of each word.

Also give two examples of each.

Producers:

Consumers:

Decomposers: