A Symphony of Whales by: Steve Schuch Genre: Vocabulary Strategy: Comprehension Skill: Comprehension Strategy: Fiction Context Clues Generalize Answer Questions

Review Concept Board Question of the week! How can people help animals that are in danger? 1/16/2019

Helping Animals LOOKING BACK Remind students of the focus question of the week: How can people help animals that are in danger? Discuss how this week’s Concept Web of vocabulary words relates to the theme of helping animals. Ask students if they have any words or categories to add. Discuss whether words and categories are appropriately related to the concept. 1/16/2019

Helping Animals MOVING FORWARD Preview the title of the next selection, Volcanoes: Nature’s Incredible Fireworks. Ask students which Concept Web words might apply to the new selection based on the title alone. Put a star next to these words on the web. 1/16/2019

Display the Concept Web 1/16/2019

Small Group Time Read Leveled Readers 1/16/2019

FLUENCY Assess Green Group 1/16/2019

Generalizations Sometimes when you read ideas about several things you can see how they are alike in some way. You can make a general statement about all of them together. Clue words such as most, many, all, or few signal generalizations. 1/16/2019

Assess Have students work in pairs to find a generalization the author makes on p. 363, paragraph 3. Remind them to look for facts and details that support the generalization. 1/16/2019

DEFINE GENERALIZATION Explain that a generalization is a broad statement or rule that applies to many examples. A valid generalization is well supported by facts and logic. A faulty one is not well supported. 1/16/2019

DISCUSS CLUE WORDS Students should look for clue words that signal generalizations as they read. List words on the board: all none most few always never generally in general 1/16/2019

Look at this graphic organizer about generalizations. 1/16/2019

Setting The setting is the time and place in which a story takes place. The setting can be very general or very specific. Setting can affect many elements of a story, including the characters, the plot, and tone, or mood. Looking at visual details like the illustrations can tell us a lot about where and when a story takes place. Visualizing, or picturing, the setting in our heads as we read helps us understand the events in the story. Look at the illustrations on pp. 358–373 and discuss what they tell us about the setting of the story. 1/16/2019

Assess Setting Have students skim pp. 358–373 and identify details that tell about the setting. 1/16/2019

Language Objectives: 1/16/2019

Daily Fix-it Can’t whales hear sounds underwater? A whale blow water from it's spout. Can’t whales hear sounds underwater? A whale blows water from its spout. 1/16/2019

Present: Whales swim near the boat. Past: They bumped into the side Present: Whales swim near the boat. Past: They bumped into the side. Future: They will stay away next time. 1/16/2019

Present, past, and future verbs. Directions Tell the tense of the underlined verb in each sentence. Write present, past, or future. 1. A whale lives at the sea park. 2. It floats under the water. 3. The whale amazed its trainers. 4. People will cheer the clever whale. 1/16/2019

Writing objectives: The students will write an essay that compares and contrasts two things in nature. Your subjects could be two plants, animals, seasons, or weather conditions. Use words that show what you are describing. 1/16/2019

Compare & Contrast Essay A compare and contrast essay uses transitions and details to show likenesses and differences. Like a news story, a compare/contrast essay includes details that show likenesses and differences. 1/16/2019

Spelling Objective: Spell words with suffixes -ly, -ful, -ness, -less. Test today! Do your very BEST! 1/16/2019

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