1. Protecting the Planet By: Kate Boehm Jerome

2. organisms chunk living creatures Marine organisms have special characteristics that allow them to live underwater.

3. conserve chunk save Maria’s mom watered her lawn only once a week to conserve water.

4. regions chunk areas Certain regions of the island were flooded during the hurricane.

5. sparse blend not dense In late fall the leaves on the trees are sparse.

6. reduce chunk lessen The storeowner decided to reduce the prices of the bikes so that more people would buy them.

7. management base word + ending control Park rangers agreed that they would not have proper management of campsites if people were allowed to camp anywhere they wanted.

8. hazardous base word + ending harmful, dangerous The road was closed because a truck carrying hazardous materials crashed into a tree.

9. convert chunk change Javon and his brother wanted to convert the old shed into a playhouse.

10. Team Talk- Day One 1.How is rainfall in the rain forest different from rainfall in the desert? 2.What causes little sunlight to reach the rainforest’s floor? 3.Look at the map on page 9. Which biome listed below is the largest? A.Tropical rain forestB. Tundra C. Deciduous forestD. water

11. Partner Reading- Day One Read pages 8-10 aloud with your partners.

12. Extender Question Animals ans plants that live in the desert have traits that help them use less water. Can you name any plants or animals that live in the desert? What traits do these plants or animals have?

13. Adventures in Writing Imagine you are a comicstrip writer for your school newspaper. Your publisher wants you to write a comic strip about an animal. Choose an animal that lives in a marine, desert, or rainforest biome as your main character. Write a comic strip about the animal encountering a problem. Include at least three steps the animal takes to solve the problem. Tell how the problem is finally solved. Use pictures, boxes, and speech bubbles to show what happens. The comic strip should be written in six frames. Include an interesting title that will grab the readers’ attention.

14. Sample Graphic Organizer- Adventures in Writing Frame 1: Title Sloth and the Mighty Python Ladder Frame 2: Problem Sloth falls out of a tree and hits his head. He has forgotten how to climb. Frame 3: Step 1 Brother tries to lower a branch. Sloth can’t reach it. Frame 4: Step 2 Large parrot tries to fly him up. Sloth is too heavy. Frame 5: Step 3 Large python slides by. Asks what’ s wrong. Offers to help. Frame 6: Solution Python calls friends. They form a ladder and sloth climbs up.

15. Two Minute Edit-Day Two Their are six major land bimes. they have they’re own climate soil plants and animals. (7)

16. Team Talk- Day Two 1.Why do large herds of caribou migrate over long distances? 2. Which biome does most of the paper in the United States and Canada come from? A.grasslandB. taiga C.TundraD. Desert 3. Why does most soil stay frozen in the tundra?

17. Partner Reading-Day Two Read pages 12-15 aloud with your partner.

18. Team Talk Extender Look at the pictures on pages 14-15. Describe an original toy you could make from reused trash. What material would you use? What would the toy look like?

19. Two Minute Edit- Day Three Winters in the tundra are lowng and cold summers are short and mield (5)

20. Day Three- Team Talk 1.What can happen as a result of deforestation? 2.How can landfills be a problem? 3.Why is it important for us to recycle and reuse our trash?

21. Partner Reading- Day Three Read pages 18-19 aloud with your partner.

22. Team Talk Extender What are some things you can do to help conserve paper?

23. Two Minute Edit- Day Four Deforestation is the removal of larje numbers of tree from a forest millions of acres of the tropical rain forest be cleared away each year (6)

24. Team Talk- Day Four 1.What effect will bioengineering have on solving the problem of oil spills? 2.What causes acid rain? 3.Which choice below is not a way to reduce air pollution? A. Driving your car more B. Taking the bus daily C. Walking to work D. Biking to work

25. Partner Reading- Day Four Read pages 22-25 aloud with your partner.

26. Team Talk Extender How does technology harm our environment? How does it help our environment?