1. How does facing challenges help us learn about ourselves?
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How does facing challenges help us learn about ourselves?
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What challenges are the mountain climbers facing?
Imagine that the man who is trying to start a fire is lost and alone in the woods. How might he feel?
What could the people in the canoe be doing to face a challenge?

2. Learning about ourselves through challenges
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Learning about ourselves through challenges
External Challenges
Internal Challenges
Actions

3. Amazing Words Listen for the following words as I read Arctic Lights:
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Amazing Words
Listen for the following words as I read Arctic Lights:
Camouflaged
Solstice
Ptarmigan
hibernating

4. The ptarmigan was white and blended into the snow.
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Camouflaged: In Arctic Lights, we learn that snowshoe hares have camouflaged bodies.
What does a soldier wear to be camouflaged? How might a lizard be camouflaged in the desert?
Ptarmigan – any of several kinds of birds with feathered feet that live in mountainous and cold regions.
The ptarmigan was white and blended into the snow.
What animals have protective coloration?
Solstice – either of two times of year when they sun appears to be the farthest north or south in the sky.
June 21 or 22 is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
What are the dates for the winter solstice?
Hibernating – to spend the winter in sleep or an inactive condition.
The hibernating prairie dogs were nowhere to be seen.
What other ways to animals survive winters, besides hibernation?

5. Sequence Background Knowledge
Read and Comprehend
Sequence
Sequence tells us the order of events in a story. What clue words help us understand the sequence of events?
Sometimes events happen at the same time. What clue words tell us events are happening simultaneously?
As you read Incident at the Street Fair on page 333, look for clue words that show the sequence of events.
What clue words did you find?
Background Knowledge
What do you know about fairs?
Think about celebrations in Leslie that are similar. What background knowledge do you have that help you understand the passage?

6. Listen as I read paragraphs 3-4 of Incident at the Street Fair.
Read and Comprehend
Fluency Practice
Listen as I read paragraphs 3-4 of Incident at the Street Fair.
Read these paragraphs out loud to your partner. Switch roles and read it again.

7. Hardened, toughened, solidified Light, catch fire, burst into flames
Read and Comprehend
Vocabulary
Think about the following categories. Which vocabulary word fits the group?
Saw, ax, chisel
Needle, thorn, barb
Hardened, toughened, solidified
Light, catch fire, burst into flames
Dawned, became clear, made an impact
Careful, diligent, meticulous
Glowed, toasted, smoked
Fill in the correct vocabulary word and explain the relationship
Ice is to freeze as fire is to _______
Softened is to stiffened as careless is to ___________
Steam is to hot chocolate as _____ is to wood.
Hammer is to dull as _____ is to sharp.

8. crescent language vehicle exhibit examine Michigan parachute unique
Language Arts
Spelling Pre-test
Put your heading on a sheet of paper.
crescent
language
vehicle
exhibit
examine
Michigan
parachute
unique
conquer
rhyme
penguin
exertion
exotic
brochure
symptom
antique
exhausted
heirloom
rhinoceros
bureau

9. Language Arts
Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

10. Language Arts
Speech Writing
A speech is a talk given in public for a specific purpose.
Read the speech: Scorpion…Feared or Famed?

11. Key Features of an Expository Speech
Language Arts
Expository speeches focus on one main idea, provided in a thesis statement. Find and circle the thesis statement.
Why might a good speech include a variety of sentence types?
Each paragraph includes a strong topic sentence and supports its topic sentence with details.
Draw boxes around topic sentences and underline important supporting details.
Key Features of an Expository Speech
Includes a thesis statement focusing attention on the main idea
Gives information about real people, things or events
Supports thesis with details, examples or explanations
Grabs the audience’s attention in the opening sentences
Written with the intent to deliver in front of an audience