1. Resources
Unit 5 Weeks 4 and 5

2. Week 4: Question of the Week?
How do we decide the value of different resources?

3. Main Ideas and Details
The main idea is the most important idea about a topic
Details provide more information and specifics about a main idea

4. Every year hungry deer do millions of dollars' worth of damage to young pine trees. Scientists in Washington have found a way to protect the trees. They use a substance called selenium. Selenium produces a bad smell when dissolved. A bit of this element is put in the ground near trees. Rain dissolves the selenium, and the trees absorb it. The bad smell keeps the deer away until the trees are fully grown.

5. Which is the topic of this paragraph?
Deer
Scientists
Tree protection
Selenium

6. Which is the main idea of this paragraph ?
Deer damage trees each year.
Selenium produces a bad smell that repels deer.
Trees can be protected from deer by using a substance called selenium.
Scientists invented selenium.

7. Doctors think that wearing red-tinted glasses can relieve sadness
Doctors think that wearing red-tinted glasses can relieve sadness. Some people get very moody and sad in the winter. They may be affected by brief days. Bright lights help some people but not everyone. The reddish light coming through rose-colored glasses seems to make people feel happy.

8. Which is the topic of this paragraph?
Winter day length
Sadness remedies
Doctors & happiness
Light

9. Which is the main idea of this paragraph ?
Red-tinted glasses may be able to help relieve sadness in the winter.
The day is shorter in the winter, which causes some people to become depressed.
Happy people wear rose-colored classes.
Doctors believe bright lights help people feel happier.

10. Unfamiliar Words
When you encounter an unfamiliar word, check the context of the word.
Look at the words or sentences near the unfamiliar word
The context clues may provide enough information to determine the word’s meaning

11. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
A comparative adjective is used to compare two persons, places, things or groups
Add –er to a short adjective
short  shorter
Use “more” with a longer adjective
more interesting
A superlative adjective is used to compare three or more persons, places, things, or goups
Add –est to a short adjective
short  shortest
Use “most” with a longer adjective
most interesting

12. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Practice:
Word
Comparative Adjective
Superlative Adjective
tough
dense
ferocious
judgmental
quick

13. Week 5: Question of the Week
How are people rethinking Earth’s resources?

14. Sequence The order of events or steps in a process
Dates, times, and clue words like “first,” “next,” and “last” can help identify the sequence

15. Adverbs An adverb tells how, when, or where something happens
Adverbs modify verbs or other adverbs
Many adverbs are formed by adding –ly to an adjective.
Underline the adverb:
Scientists highly value the use of alternative fuels.
Laura is very carefully walking across the beam.
Jack screamed loudly at the baseball game.

16. Independent Work: Adjectives/Adverbs Practice Finish review packet
Due tomorrow
Finish review packet
Continue Ch. 11 of Bud, Not Buddy
Due Monday
Read choice novel