Teacher Guide This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble. Remember, you can always send feedback to the Bing in the Classroom team at BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.com. You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on the Microsoft Educator Network. Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location, take a Skype lesson on today’s topic, or invite a guest speaker to expand on today’s subject. And if you are using Windows 8, the panoramas in the MSN Travel App are great teaching tools. We have thousands of other education apps available on Windows here. Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently divides her time between New York City and Madison, Wisconsin. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, pursing a PhD in Sociology. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access and academic enrichment programming in Chester, Pennsylvania and New York City in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. Ja’Dell received her B.A. from Swarthmore College with a special major in History and Educational Studies, and a minor in Black Studies. She completed her M.S.Ed in Secondary School Education at the University of Pennsylvania.  In addition to her studies and work in the education field, Ja’Dell is a dancer, musician, avid people watcher, and Scrabble enthusiast. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Literature CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? © Patrick Endres/plainpicture Having this up as kids come in is a great settle down activity. You can start class by asking them for thoughts about the picture or about ideas on how they could solve the question of the day.

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? In winter, portions of the Beaufort Sea freeze up, providing more hunting territory for polar bears that live in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Apparently, it’s pretty good napping territory, too. If you’re the alpha predator in town, it’s your prerogative to nap out here in the open, especially today, on International Polar Bear Day. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1960, spans more than 19 million acres of untouched wilderness in the northeast corner of Alaska. Since 1977, oil companies have sparked controversy by lobbying for permission to drill in the area’s coastal plain, a narrow strip between the mountains of the Brooks Range and the Arctic Ocean. The area is estimated to hold more than 10 billion barrels of oil. Opponents of drilling say it would threaten the land and animals within ANWR’s boundaries. No roads lead into the ANWR region, and no roads connect the few Inuit settlements within. That means it’s still a pristine habitat for roughly 250 species of mammals, birds, and fish. The dozens of mammal species who call the refuge home include Dahl sheep, wolves, muskox, brown bears, and, of course, polar bears. Within the refuge area, some 1,500 polar bears range (and nap) out of an estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears worldwide. Depending on time, you can either have students read this silently to themselves, have one of them read out loud, or read it out loud yourself.

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? 1 Thinking How often do you read new information – in a book, in a magazine, on the internet, etc.? What do you do when you get to a word you don’t know? 2 Web Search What are context clues? Why is this concept important? 3 Web Search/Thinking The information slide contains the word “alpha”. Can you tell what this word means by the context in which it is used? Find the definition to clarify the meaning of this word. 4 The information slide contains the word “prerogative”. Can you tell what this word means by the context in which it is used? Find the definition to clarify the meaning of this word. 5 The information slide contains the word “Inuit”. Can you tell what this word means by the context in which it is used? Find the definition to clarify the meaning of this word. There are a couple of ways to use this slide, depending on how much technology you have in your classroom. You can have students find answers on their own, divide them into teams to have them do all the questions competitively, or have each team find the answer to a different question and then come back together. If you’re doing teams, it is often wise to assign them roles (one person typing, one person who is in charge of sharing back the answer, etc.)

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? 5 Minutes You can adjust this based on how much time you want to give kids. If a group isn’t able to answer in 5 minutes, you can give them the opportunity to update at the end of class or extend time.

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? 1 Thinking How often do you read new information – in a book, in a magazine, on the internet, etc.? What do you do when you get to a word you don’t know? 2 Web Search What are context clues? Why is this concept important? 3 Web Search/Thinking The information slide contains the word “alpha”. Can you tell what this word means by the context in which it is used? Find the definition to clarify the meaning of this word. 4 The information slide contains the word “prerogative”. Can you tell what this word means by the context in which it is used? Find the definition to clarify the meaning of this word. 5 The information slide contains the word “Inuit”. Can you tell what this word means by the context in which it is used? Find the definition to clarify the meaning of this word. You can ask the students verbally or let one of them come up and insert the answer or show how they got it. This way, you also have a record that you can keep as a class and share with parents, others.

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? 1 Thinking How often do you read new information – in a book, in a magazine, on the internet, etc.? What do you do when you get to a word you don’t know? Students should discuss their strategies for encountering new information and words

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? 2 Web Search What are context clues? Why is this concept important? (Possible Search Queries: ”what are context clues”) From Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/w35.html) What are context clues? Context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence. Because most of one's vocabulary is gained through reading, it is important that you be able to recognize and take advantage of context clues. There are at least four kinds of context clues that are quite common: 1) a synonym (or repeat context clue) which appears in that sentence; 2) an antonym (or contrast context clue) that has the opposite meaning, which can reveal the meaning of an unknown term; 3) an explanation for an unknown word is given (a definition context clue) within the sentence or in the sentence immediately preceding; and 4) specific examples (an example context clue) used to define the term. There may also be word-part context clues in which a common prefix, suffix, or root will suggest at least part of the meaning of a word. A general sense context clue lets the reader puzzle out a word meaning from whatever information is available - and this is the most common kind of context clue. Others describe context clues in three ways: 1) semantic or meaning clues, e.g., When reading a story about cats, good readers develop the expectation that it will contain words associated with cats, such as "tail," "purr," "scratch," and "whiskers"; 2) syntactic or word order clues where the order of the words in a sentence can indicate that a missing word must be (for example, a verb); and 3) picture clues where illustrations help with the identification of a word.

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? 3 Web Search/Thinking The information slide contains the word “alpha”. Can you tell what this word means by the context in which it is used? Find the definition to clarify the meaning of this word. (Possible Search Queries: ”define alpha”) After attempting to define the word based on the context, find a definition here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Alpha (Adjective) (of an animal) having the highest rank in a dominance hierarchy: the alpha female of an elephant pack. being the most dominant, powerful, or assertive person in a particular group. See also alpha male.

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? 4 Web Search/Thinking The information slide contains the word “prerogative”. Can you tell what this word means by the context in which it is used? Find the definition to clarify the meaning of this word. (Possible Search Queries: ”define perogative”) After attempting to define the word based on the context, find a definition at a Bing search prerogative [ priˈrägətiv, pəˈräg- ] NOUN a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class: "owning an automobile was still the prerogative of the rich" synonyms: entitlement · right · privilege · advantage · due · birthright

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? 5 Web Search/Thinking The information slide contains the word “Inuit”. Can you tell what this word means by the context in which it is used? Find the definition to clarify the meaning of this word. (Possible Search Queries: ”define Inuit” “what is Inuit”) After attempting to define the word based on the context, find a definition at a Bing search Inuit [ ˈin(y)o͞o-it ] NOUN a member of an indigenous people of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska. ADJECTIVE relating to the Inuit or their language.

What reading strategies do you use when you encounter new information with new vocabulary words? This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.