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Letters Home from Yosemite
Written and Illustrated by: Lisa HalvorsenVisit the Author
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Summary
Yosemite National Park is an amazing place. In one visit, you can see giant trees, towering mountains, and interesting wildlife.
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Study SkillsGenre: Narrative NonfictionComprehension Skill:
Main IdeaComprehension Strategy:
Graphic OrganizersComprehension Review Skill:
Fact and OpinionVocabulary: Suffixes
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Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Narrative nonfiction tells the story of real people, places, or events. The narrator, or teller of the story, presents information in sequence. Notice this sequence as you read about Yosemite National Park.
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Comprehension Strategy – Graphic Organizers TE 112Using a graphic organizer can help
you to understand what you read.Examples of graphic organizers
are webs, charts, and diagrams.A sequence chart can help you see
the sequence of an article and often you can fill these charts in as you read.
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Comprehension Skill Review –Fact and Opinion TE 125
A fact is a statement that can be proved true or false.
Statements of opinion tell about a person’s beliefs, feelings, or way of thinking that cannot be proved.
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Vocabulary Strategy
Suffixes –ist and -ive Te 114You can use suffixes to help
figure out the meaning of words.
The suffix –ist can make a word mean “one who is an expert in____,” as a biologist, an expert in biology.
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Vocabulary Strategy
Suffixes –ist and -ive Te 114
The suffix -ive can make a word mean “’tending or inclined to_____,” as in active, which means tending to act.”
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Question of the WeekTE 66m
How does Yosemite reflect the unique qualities of the West?
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Day 2 - Question of the Day
Why did Congress establish Yosemite as a national park?
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Day 3 - Question of the Day –
How does the author support her opinion that Yosemite is “one of the most awesome places on Earth?
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Day 4 - Question of the Day - Review
What might prompt someone to write a song like “This Land is your Land?
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Research/Study Skill –Print Sources TE 133L
Print sources include textbooks, trade books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, pamphlets and other printed sources.
Think about the purpose of each source when doing research.
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Research/Study Skill –Print Sources TE 133L
To find information in a print source, think about its organization.
The table of contents, index, or headings show what information the sources includes and how it is organized.
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Review Questions
1. How can you tell this was written to inform?
2. What is one way Yosemite is a unique place?
3. What are some impressive wonders in Yosemite?
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Review Questions1.What is the “time” setting of
this story?
2.How did the author organize this story? Why do you think she did that?
3.What attraction did the she go see right after Glacier Point?
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Fun StuffYosemite for Kids Photographs of Yosemite
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Vocabulary- Say It!glacier
impressive
naturalist
preserve
slopes
species
wilderness
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More Words to Knowaltitudes
formationsreservoir
earthquakeeruptionsvolcano
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glacier a great mass of ice
moving very slowly down a mountain or along a valley
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naturalista person who studies living things
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impressiveable to have a strong effect on the mind or feelings
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preserveto keep from harm or change; protect
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speciesa set of related living things that share certain characteristic and that can be interbred
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slopesand that goes up and down at an angle
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wildernessa wild region with few or no people living in it
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earthquakea shaking or shifting motion of Earth’s surface. It is caused by the sudden breaking of masses of rock along a fault.
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eruptionsacts or processes of bursting or throwing forth
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volcanoopening in Earth’s crust through which steam, ashes, and lava are forced out in periods of activity
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altitudesheights about Earth’s surface
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reservoira place where water is collected and stored for use
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Denali Nation Park in Alaska has more than 6 million miles of wilderness.
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Denali Nation Park in Alaska has more than 6 million miles of wilderness.
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More than 650 species of flowering plants live in Denali!.
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More than 650 species of flowering plants live in Denali!.
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The park was established to preserve the land and the plants and animals.
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The park was established to preserve the land and the plants and animals.
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That’s what the naturalist on the guided tour told us about this park.
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That’s what the naturalist on the guided tour told us about this park.
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We skied up the lower slopes of Mt. McKinley.
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We skied up the lower slopes of Mt. McKinley.
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We could see a giant glacier looking like a huge field of ice.
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We could see a giant glacier looking like a huge field of ice.
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The glacier was a very impressive sight.
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The glacier was a very impressive sight.
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The sequoia tree is the largest species of tree in the world.
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The sequoia tree is the largest species of tree in the world.
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There is less oxygen as you go up in altitude.
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There is less oxygen as you go up in altitude.
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The river provides water to San Francisco by way of a reservoir.
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The river provides water to San Francisco by way of a reservoir.
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The rock formations were beautiful in the sunlight.
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The rock formations were beautiful in the sunlight.
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Postcard TE 87g-h
A postcard is a brief message, with a picture on one side, sent by mail to friends or family.
Often a post card gives detail about a place you are visiting on vacation and describes your feelings about being there.
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GREAT JOB!