1. A Symphony of Whales by: Steve Schuch
Genre:
Vocabulary Strategy:
Comprehension Skill:
Comprehension Strategy:
Fiction
Context Clues
Generalize
Answer Questions

2. Review Concept Board Question of the day!
What other kinds of music might the whales respond to that the people did not try?
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3. More Words to Know
neighboring
waterproof
yelping

4. anxiously uneasily; with fear of what might happen

5. bay a part of a sea or lake surrounded by land

6. blizzards blinding snowstorms with very strong, cold winds

7. channel a body of water joining two larger bodies of water

8. to cut or break off a thin piece of something
chipped
to cut or break off a thin piece of something

9. melody a pleasing or easily remembered series of musical notes; tune

10. supplies
the food and equipment necessary for an army exercise, camping trip, and so on

11. a long, complicated musical composition for an orchestra
symphony
a long, complicated musical composition for an orchestra

12. Reader Response
What did you think was the most exciting part of the story? Why was that part exciting?
MODEL I think the most exciting part was when the Russian ship was trying to get the whales to follow it out of the frozen bay. I liked it because I really wanted to know what was going to happen.
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13. Reader Response
The author begins his story with Glashka hearing music inside her head. How does that beginning get you ready for the rest of the story? Author
Think about the lives of the villagers and the lives of the whales. What does that say about how people and nature are connected? Generalize
At the end of the story, Glashka tells the sled dogs that they are good dogs. Why does she believe they are good dogs? Answer Questions
The list words symphony and melody are related to music. What other words from the story could you include in that group? Vocabulary
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14. Look Back and Write
The old ones talk about "other music." What is the "other music," and why is it important? Use story details to support your answer.
Example of a Top-Score Response The beluga whales will not follow the ship out to sea. Glashka listens to the whales and tells the old ones what she hears. The old ones realize that Narna wants to hear the music whales and humans once shared. Narna wants to hear this “other music.” They play some rock music for the whales. This doesn’t work. Then they play some folk music. This doesn’t work. The whales finally follow the ship when they hear classical music.
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15. Small Group Time
Read A Symphony of Whales pages
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16. Test Time
Do your very best!
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17. FLUENCY - Model
Listen as I read aloud the first two paragraphs on p Notice my reading rate. We will practice as a class by doing three choral readings.
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18. Language Objectives: Use present, past, and future tenses in writing.
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19. Daily Fix-it Kelly hopped she would see whales on her trip to hawaii.
Last year they visit friends near the Pacific ocean.
Kelly hoped she would see whales on her trip to Hawaii.
Last year they visited friends near the Pacific Ocean.
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20. USE VERB TENSES IN WRITING
Using present, past, and future tenses tell readers exactly when an action happened.
The whales will return to warm water in the winter.
By using the future tense in this sentence, the writer tells readers that the action will happen in the future.
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21. Present, past, and future verbs.
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22. Writing objectives:
Write a news story that answers the questions who, what, where, when, why, and how.
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23. READING-WRITING CONNECTION
A Symphony of Whales describes an event in a small village that could be the subject of a real-life news story.
Think about an event that took place in your town or neighborhood.
Now write a news story about it that answers the 5 Ws and How.
You can use page 375 in your book.
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24. Writing Test Tips
Begin by summarizing what happened. Then tell who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Add details about each part of the story.
Put events in time order and use time- order words.
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25. Ideas on how to get started.
Brainstorm a list of events in your school that would make good feature articles.
Write the article topic at the top of a page, then complete a chart answering who, what, when, where, why, and how.
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26. Spelling Objective: Spell words with suffixes -ly, -ful, -ness, -less.
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27. Generalization about spelling words with suffixes
When adding -ly, -ful, -ness, or -less, most base words stay the same: safely. When the base word ends in y, change y to i: beautiful. Adding suffixes usually does not change the pronunciation of the base word
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28. Write a story
You will write a story using at least four of the spelling words. Later, you can share your stories with the class by reading them aloud.
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29. Frequently misspelled words
These words are difficult for third-graders to spell because of the added suffix. Notice these frequently misspelled words and I encourage you to think carefully before you write them.
finally really
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30. Read the words with me. 1. beautiful 9. daily 2. safely 10. suddenly*
3. kindness 11. wireless
4. finally* 12. quietly*
5. spotless 13. fairness
6. worthless 14. cheerful
7. illness 15. painful
8. helpful
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31. Let’s do this part together.
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32. GREAT JOB!