Wednesday, August 27, 2013

1. On a sheet of paper, write your own sentence that models the following sentence. Suddenly, near the boat, jumping and splashing for the bait, was a metallic-silver colored rainbow trout. NOTEBOOK PAPER – TURN IN Wednesday, August 27, 2013 Who found out what phase the moon is in today? Last Quarter 7:55 – 8:30

2. READING TIME!

3. More Summarizing Practice! • Paired Partners! • Read the story together • Take turns summarizing the story aloud (Use transition words – first, next, last Don’t Forget! Use the 5 W’s – Who was there? Where did it happen? When did it happen? What happened? Why did it happen? 8:30 – 8:50

4. Example Summary • First, Maria woke up and saw that there was snow on the ground. • Then, she went downstairs and saw her little brother getting ready to go out in the snow. • Finally, she put on her own snow gear and they went outside to play. Don’t Forget! Use the 5 W’s – Who was there? Where did it happen? When did it happen? What happened? Why did it happen? Review: Main Idea Conflict - Resolution

5. Class Novel Read Chapter 10 & Summarize Don’t Forget! Use the 5 W’s – Who was there? Where did it happen? When did it happen? What happened? Why did it happen? 8:50 – 9:30

6. Restroom Break 9:30 – 9:40

7. 9:40 – 10:15

8. Paraphrasing Putting ideas into your own words

9. Essential Question How can paraphrasing help me to understand nonfiction text?

10. What is paraphrasing? Let’s see if you’re right! Read the sentences below. Songbirds like chickadees and cardinals are active even in winter weather. They can be viewed at birdfeeders. Now, read a paraphrased version. Even when the weather is snowy and cold, songbirds like chickadees and cardinals are active and can be seen at birdfeeders. How are they similar?

11. What is paraphrasing? When we paraphrase, we use different words to express the same ideas. Songbirds like chickadees and cardinals are active even in winter weather. They can be viewed at birdfeeders. Even when the weather is snowy and cold, songbirds like chickadees and cardinals are active and can be seen at birdfeeders. Notice how the two sentences say the same thing, but in slightly different ways.

12. What is paraphrasing? Which word/phrase was replaced with synonyms? Even when the weather is snowy and cold,songbirds like chickadees and cardinals are active and can be seen at birdfeeders. Songbirds like chickadees and cardinals are active even in winter weather. They can be viewed at birdfeeders.

13. What is paraphrasing? Even when the weather is snowy and cold, songbirds like chickadees and cardinals are active and can be seen at birdfeeders. Which words were kept the same? Songbirds like chickadees and cardinals are active even in winter weather. They can be viewed at birdfeeders. Chickadees and cardinals are both very specific ideas. There are no exact synonyms, so these need to stay as they are.

14. Plagiarism Alert Paraphrasing is great to use as a reading strategy. If you are writing a report, though, it’s not okay to just switch around someone else’s words without giving that other person credit.

15. Paraphrasing is… Putting ideas into your own words

16. Classroom Paraphrasing Match-Up • Paraphrasing Card Activity • Paraphrasing Practice page

17. Illustrate/ Final Revisions of Supersize Trading Card Project 10:15 – 11:20

18. Grammar Time! 11:20-11:30

19. Word Study shield frontier shriek beliefs relieve reveal 10:00-10:15 12:25-12:40

20. shield

21. frontier

22. shriek

23. beliefs

24. relieve

25. reveal

26. SCIENCE TIME 11:30 – 12:00

29. Food Chains and Food Webs

30. Autotrophs/Producers • A groups of organisms that can use the energy in sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into Glucose (food) • Autotrophs are also called Producers because they produce all of the food that heterotrophs use • Without autotrophs, there would be no life on this planet • Ex. Plants and Algae

31. Autotrophs/Producers

32. Heterotrophs/Consumers • Organisms that do not make their own food • Another term for Heterotroph is consumer because they consume other organisms in order to live • Ex. Rabbits, Deer, Mushrooms

33. Heterotrophs/Consumers

34. Heterotrophs/Consumers • Consumers • 1. Scavengers/Detritivores – feed on the tissue of dead organisms (both plans and animals) • Ex. – Vultures, Crows, and Shrimp

35. Heterotrophs/Consumers • Consumers • 2. Herbivores – eat ONLY plants • Ex. – Cows, Elephants, Giraffes

36. Heterotrophs • Consumers • 3. Carnivores – eat ONLY meat • Ex. – Lions, Tigers, Sharks

37. Heterotrophs • Consumers • 4. Omnivores – eat BOTH plants and animals • Ex. – Bears and Humans

38. Heterotrophs • Consumers • 5. Decomposers – absorb any dead material and break it down into simple nutrients or fertilizers • Ex. – Bacteria and Mushrooms

39. Food Chains • The energy flow from one trophic level to the other is know as a food chain • A food chain is simple and direct • It involves one organism at each trophic level • Primary Consumers – eat autotrophs (producers) • Secondary Consumers – eat the primary consumers • Tertiary Consumers – eat the secondary consumers • Decomposers – bacteria and fungi that break down dead organisms and recycle the material back into the environment

40. Food Chain

41. Food Web

42. Food Web • Notice that the direction the arrow points  the arrow points in the direction of the energy transfer, NOT “what ate what” • The arrow indicates “is eaten by”

43. Food Web

44. Marine Food Webs

45. Marine Food Web

46. Forest/Rainforest Webs

47. Forest/Rainforest Web

48. Food Chains

49. Out of Classroom! • 12:00 – 12:45 Activity • 12:45 – 1:15 Lunch • 1:15 – 1:45 Recess

50. Math Time! 1:45 – 2:50