Trapped by the Ice! Monday

Text Organization Title Headings Paragraphs Captions Photographs/Illustrations

Going West: Children on the Oregon Trial I am going to read aloud a nonfiction article that describes what it was like for pioneers to travel west on the Oregon Trail. Comprehension Skill: Predicting Outcomes What is the topic of this selection? What kind of information does the opening question of this paragraph, What was it like to travel west on the Oregon Trail in 1844? What details support the main idea: There was a lot to keep you busy along the trail?

Reading, writing, listening, & speaking! It’s time for . . . These are words. . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

barren: having little plant or animal life

crevasse: deep hole or crack

deserted: empty; not lived in, or having few or no people

floes: large sheets of floating ice

grueling: very tiring

impassable: not able to be crossed or traveled through

perilous: very dangerous

terrain: land, ground, or earth

Trapped by the Ice! Trapped by the Ice! Is a true story about a voyage to Antarctica. Trailer: http://main.wgbh.org/imax/shackleton/popup.html Watch: Behind the News: Antarctica

Text Organization Readers can use text organization to recognize the main ideas in a selection. Features of text organization include title, headings, and illustrations.

PB pg. 121 TE pg. 251A

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Trapped by the Ice! Tuesday

Reading, writing, listening, & speaking! It’s time for . . . These are words. . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

barren: having little plant or animal life

crevasse: deep hole or crack

deserted: empty; not lived in, or having few or no people

VCCV Pattern When you come to an unfamiliar word, one good strategy for decoding is to look for the VCCV syllable pattern. custom

Open Syllables Closed Syllable go t

person

lumber

distance

welcome

ragged

landing

We Do

I Do

We Do

Homophones Words that sound alike but have different meaning and spellings are called homophones.

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Trapped by the Ice! Wednesday

Reading, writing, listening, & speaking! It’s time for . . . These are words. . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

terrain: land, ground, or earth

floes: large sheets of floating ice

grueling: very tiring

Text Organization Find: April 24, 1916 Find where the main idea is: Preparing for the Trip to South Georgia Island Finish “Group Choral Reading the Story” Do AIMS Prep: Text Structures and Features together

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Trapped by the Ice! Thursday

Reading, writing, listening, & speaking! It’s time for . . . These are words. . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

impassable: not able to be crossed or traveled through

perilous: very dangerous

Read pgs. 248-251, then play Jeopardy!