ULTIMATE FIELD TRIP 3ULTIMATE FIELD TRIP 3WADING INTO MARINE BIOLOGY

Told by Susan E. Goodman

Photographs by Michael J. Doolittle

Question of the Day

•Choose one animal that

lives on land and one

animal that lives on animal that lives on

water. How are they

alike? How are they

different?

Listening Comprehension

Raven and the Tidesadapted from a Tlinglit tale

Pourquoi Tale:Pourquoi Tale:– Short story, often with animals that act like people

– Explains how something in nature became to be

– May teach a lesson or a moral about life

Comprehension StrategyComprehension StrategyComprehension StrategyComprehension Strategy

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Good readers recognize when their Good readers recognize when their Good readers recognize when their Good readers recognize when their understanding breaks down, and they pause understanding breaks down, and they pause understanding breaks down, and they pause understanding breaks down, and they pause to figure out what is confusing them.to figure out what is confusing them.to figure out what is confusing them.to figure out what is confusing them.

Then they use selfThen they use selfThen they use selfThen they use self----correction strategiess to correction strategiess to correction strategiess to correction strategiess to clear up their confusion.clear up their confusion.clear up their confusion.clear up their confusion.

Build Background

seashore

waves

rocky or sandy

fish, birds, and seashore sandy

beaches

people on the beach and in the

water

birds, and seashells

Compare and Contrast (p. 300-301)

Objective of Focus Skill:

• To recognize comparison and • To recognize comparison and contrast in text

• To compare and contrast ideas and information

Compare and Contrast

To compare is to tell how things are

ALIKE.ALIKE.

To contrast is to tell how they are DIFFERENT.

KEY WORDS

Compare:

and, both, too, like, and similarly

Contrast:

but, unlike, although, while, and nevertheless

Compare & Contrast

Land Sea Land Snails

Sea Snails

Compare & Contrast

Land Snails

Sea SnailsSnails

Have Lungs

Snails

Have

Gills

Both have spiral shells and soft bodies

Vocabulary (p. 302-303)

•residents

•specimens

•internal

•adjust•specimens

•debris

•recoil

•adjust

•pesky

residents

Residents are people or animals that live in a place.place.

adjust

When you adjust, you change your behavior to behavior to fit a new situation

Specimens

Specimens are samples that scientists scientists collect to study.

recoilTo recoil means to shrink back or jerk away suddenly.

peskySomething that is pesky is annoying, but not important.

internal

Something that is internal is inside a person, place, or object.

debrisDebris is scattered pieces of something that has been destroyed.

Genre Study

• An informational narrative is a

story that presents factual

information, real people, or information, real people, or

events.

Informational Text

As you read our story of the

week, look for:

• Headings that begin sections • Headings that begin sections

of related information

• A story that involves real

people or events

• Information about a topic