Welcome to6th Grade Supplemental

InstructionMrs. Frantz

Please take any seat –

Mrs. Frantz will be assigning

you a seat in a few moments

Today’s 8/21/13 goalso Assigned Seats

o Class Informationo Class Folder

Today’s 8/23/13 goalso Get Your Class Folder

o SAR Timeo Main Idea Notes

Main IdeaThe main idea is the big point

(big picture) that the writer is communicating to the reader.

Can be an opinion, argument, or general statement about something.

Often the reader can find the main idea by just looking at the title or at the first paragraph of an article.For example, a passage titled:

“Why Doctors Deserve More Dollars” will include reasons for that idea.

Main Idea = A Roof?

Try to see the main idea as a roof.

It should be big enough to include everything in the reading passage…

But it shouldn’t be too big for the text.

Today’s 8/27/13 goalso Get Your Class Folder

o Review Main Idea Noteso Supporting Details Noteso SAR Time – Always at the end!!!

Supporting Details

Supporting details in the text or within a paragraph should tell us more about the main idea.

General Versus Specific

The main idea is a general one.

The supporting ideas in the passage are specific ones.Ex: Which word is the

most general: Potato or

Vegetable?

Supporting Details

Supporting details prove the value of the main idea. What are they here?

Homeless people have many problems. In winter, it’s hard to stay warm and it gets too hot in summer. It’s also hard to keep things safe without a home. Worst is the lack of privacy.

Today’s 8/29/13 goalso Review Supporting Details Notes

o Steps for Finding Main Idea/ Supporting Detailso SAR Time

Mrs. Frantz’s Steps For Main Idea andSupporting Details

Read the entire article.Ask yourself: What was

the article about? What point was the writer trying to make? – Your answer=Main Idea

Look back through the article to find proof of your main idea. Usually, there is at least one item in each paragraph.

The proof that you find = Supporting Evidence

Today’s 9/3/13 goalso Review Steps for Finding Main Idea/

Supporting Detailso 2 Articles – Class Practiceo SAR Time

Today’s 9/5/13 goalso Two Column Notetaking Information

o SAR Time

Today’s 9/9/13 goalso Review Two Column Notetaking

Informationo Start “Hurricanes” article – Modeling of

Two-Column Notetakingo SAR Time

“Hurricane” ArticleEvidence/DetailsMain Idea

Names for Hurricanes India/Australia – cyclones

North Pacific/Philippines – typhoons

Atlantic - hurricanes

Qualities of 74-150 MPH 1” of rain/hour Effects ocean tides Causes property

damage

“Hurricane” ArticleEvidence/DetailsMain Idea

Hurricane Formation Water above 80 degrees

Late summer/early autumn for the U.S.

Winds create thunderstorms (tropical disturbances/tropical waves).

Warm water evaporates, forming clouds and releasing heat – “heat engine”

Results in a drop in air pressure & the formation of a hurricane

“Hurricane” ArticleEvidence/DetailsMain Idea

How long? Most last less than a week

They die out when they hit cooler water – no more “heat engine”

Today’s 9/11/13 goalso Finish Two-Column Notes for “Hurricanes”

o SAR Time

Today’s 9/13/13goalso Read “Tornadoes” article – students help

taking Two Column Notes Together

“Tornadoes”

What is a Tornado? • air that spins in a circle from a thunderstorm and goes down to the ground

• tornadoes are very dangerous, they can destroy buildings, uproot trees and even pick up and move cars

• an average of 1,000 tornadoes are reported nationally each year

How do Tornadoes form? • most tornadoes are created from thunderstorms

• to form a tornado you need warm moist air and cool dry air to combine

• when these air masses meet the air in the atmosphere is not stable

“Tornadoes”

There are many different shapes and looks for tornadoes.

funnel shape

multiple vorticesnearly invisible, with a swirling of dust at the ground level

“Tornadoes”

Today’s 9/17/13 goalso Watch Tornadoes Video

o http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.watcyc.downdraft/

o Finish “Tornadoes” article – students help taking Two Column Notes Together

o SAR Time

Today’s 9/19/13 goalso Read “Liquefaction” article

o Start 2-Column Notes - Individuallyo SAR Reading time

Solid to Liquid in the Blink of an Eye:

Liquefaction

Solid to Liquid in the Blink of an Eye:

LIQUEFACTIONWhat is liquefaction?

• Process of changing a substance into a liquid

• Occurs during earthquakes when sediments and groundwater are mixed and shaken = causes damage!

LIQUEFACTIONWhat happens? • If the ground

below “liquefies” and the soil above can’t hold the buildings, they will sink.

• Sometimes pressure causes the mixture of sand and water to erupt out of the ground like small volcanoes.

Solid to Liquid in the Blink of an Eye:

LIQUEFACTIONLandslides

• Liquefaction might be the cause of some landslides.

LIQUEFACTION

What is being done to help prevent liquefaction?

• Scientists are studying liquefaction to help reduce the damage it causes.

Solid to Liquid in the Blink of an Eye:

Today’s 9/23/13 goalso Finish “Liquefaction” 2-Column Notes –

Turn in to Mrs. Frantzo Reading Time