1. Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon
In what ways are
PINK DOLPHINS
mysterious?
Compiled by:
Terry Sams PES
by Sy Montgomery

2. Study Skills Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize
Comprehension Review Skill: Generalize
Vocabulary: Multi-Meaning Words

3. Summary
One of the most mysterious animals on the planet is the pink dolphin. Meet this unique and fascinating creature as you explore the rain forest with your South American guide.

4. Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Expository Nonfiction provides factual information about a topic. As you read, look for facts about pink dolphins to add to your knowledge of animals.

5. Comprehension Skill Tested: Compare and Contrast – TE416
A Comparison tells how two or more things are alike.
A Contrast tells how they are different
Clue words such as like or as show similarities.
Clue words such as but or unlike show differences.

6. Compare and Contrast PB 163
Australian Rain Forest
South American Rain Forest
Alike
many animals live here
1.____________________________
Different
scarlet macaw
4.______________________
5.______________________
Different
birds of paradise
2._____________________
3.______________________

7. Grammar Review – Pronouns
Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns.
Pronouns that take place of a singular noun are singular pronouns
I, me, he, she, him, her, and it
Pronouns that take the place of plural nouns are plural pronouns.
we, us, they, them

8. Grammar Review – Subject and Object Pronouns TE 439e
A subject pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence.
I, you, he, she, it, we, and they
Object pronouns is used in the predicate of the sentence after an action verb or with a preposition.
me, you, him, her, it, us ,and them
Using pronouns makes writing less wordy by avoiding repeated nouns.

9. Comprehension Strategy Visualize TE 416
Good readers visualize as they read.
This means they create pictures in their minds.
Sensory words such as sticky and crackle can help you experience what you are reading.

10. Comprehension Skill Review Generalize TE 425
A generalization is a broad statement or rule that applies to many examples.
Clue words: all, most, always, usually, generally

11. Comprehension Skill Review Generalize TE 425
Some generalizations are valid, which means that they are supported by facts or details. Some are faulty. Which means that they are not supported.

12. Vocabulary Skill: Multiple-Meaning Words
When you read you may find the meaning of a word you know does not make sense in a sentence
This is because the word is a multiple-meaning word, or a word with more than one meaning.
For example, story can mean “an account of what happened.” It can also mean “a lie, or falsehood.”

13. Research/Study Skills – Poster/Announcement TE 439L
An announcement tells about an
upcoming event. It usually answers
the questions Who? What? When?
Where? Why? and How?
A poster is a type of announcement that is large. It often uses colors and large type to emphasize information and to grab readers’ attention.

14. Fun Stuff and Practice Multi-meaning Words Compare and Contrast
Compare Contrast PowerPoint
Rain Forest
Pronouns
About Pink Dolphins
More Facts

15. Weekly Fluency Check - Fluency TE 439a
Fluency is when you group words that go together, pausing after phrases and sentences.
This makes reading sound smooth and helps convey meaning.
Read aloud the last 4 paragraphs of pg. 428.
Have students echo read.

16. Question of the Week TE 416m
What can explain animal behavior?

17. Day 2 - Question of the Day
Why do you think a pink dolphin is called encantado, or “enchanted’?

18. Day 3 - Question of the Day
Why do you think the pink dolphins’ behavior remains a mystery today?

19. Day 4 - Question of the Day - Review
Do you think it is important to find out more about the “Mysterious Animals? Why or why not?

20. Review Questions How are pink dolphins and ocean dolphins alike?
Why would ocean dolphins not be able to survive in the Amazon River?
Why was one section called “Nightmare Dream World”?
Why are pink dolphins difficult to study?

21. Review Questions Why do dolphins send out beams from their foreheads?
How are pink dolphins and people alike according to this selection?
How are dolphins and submarines alike?
Why does this author seem to speak directly to the reader?

22. Vocabulary - Say It dolphins flexible aquarium enchanted surface
pulses
aquarium
surface
glimpses
dolphins

23. More Words to Know destination teem submerged agility endowed
relationship

24. the top of the ground or soil, or of a body of water or other liquid
surface
the top of the ground or soil, or of a body of water or other liquid

25. aquarium
building used for showing collections of live fish, water animals, and water plants

26. regular, measured beats
pulses
regular, measured beats

27. dolphins
any of numerous sea mammals related to the whale, but smaller. Dolphins have beaklike snouts and remarkable intelligence.

28. short, quick views or looks
glimpses
short, quick views or looks

29. delighted greatly; charmed; magical
enchanted
delighted greatly; charmed; magical

30. easily bent; not stiff; bending without breaking; stretchable
flexible
easily bent; not stiff; bending without breaking; stretchable

31. to be full of; abound; swarm
teem
to be full of; abound; swarm

32. place to which someone or something is going or being sent
destination
place to which someone or something is going or being sent

33. put under water; covered with water
submerged
put under water; covered with water

34. the ability to move quickly and easily; nimbleness
agility
the ability to move quickly and easily; nimbleness

35. relationship
condition that exists between people or groups that deal with each other

36. born with; provided with some ability, quality, or talent
endowed
born with; provided with some ability, quality, or talent

37. Pink dolphins live in rivers, not in the ocean.

38. Pink dolphins live in rivers, not in the ocean.

39. The cat was endowed with a mysterious sense of geography.

40. The cat was endowed with a mysterious sense of geography.

41. Pink dolphins are so flexible they can even touch their tail to their nose.

42. Pink dolphins are so flexible they can even touch their tail to their nose.

43. If you take an expedition to an aquarium or zoo, you will most likely see bottle-nosed dolphins.

44. If you take an expedition to an aquarium or zoo, you will most likely see bottle-nosed dolphins.

45. Dolphins can also send out pulses of sound from inside their foreheads.

46. Dolphins can also send out pulses of sound from inside their foreheads.

47. The tangarana tree’s hollow stems teem with thousands of stinging black ants.

48. The tangarana tree’s hollow stems teem with thousands of stinging black ants.

49. Moises finally reveals the destination at dolphin lake.

50. Moises finally reveals the destination at dolphin lake.

51. All you can see at first is a pink shimmer on the water’s surface.

52. All you can see at first is a pink shimmer on the water’s surface.

53. Maybe the three glimpses you had were all the same dolphin.

54. Maybe the three glimpses you had were all the same dolphin.

55. These pink dolphins of the rain-forest swim in a submerged jungle.

56. These pink dolphins of the rain-forest swim in a submerged jungle.

57. Encantado means enchanted in Portuguese and in Spanish.

58. Encantado means enchanted in Portuguese and in Spanish.

59. The pink dolphins move with agility through the submerged jungle.

60. The pink dolphins move with agility through the submerged jungle.

61. The cat, Sugar, bonded with the Woods, and their relationship grew over the years.

62. The cat, Sugar, bonded with the Woods, and their relationship grew over the years.

63. Writing Assignment Write an Advertisement
Think of a place you know and like.
Imagine you have been asked to write a description of this place for a travel brochure.
Describe the place using sensory words.
Make it sound appealing and attractive.

64. Spelling Words Final le, al, en
frighten
tangle
mumble
oval
marble
spiral
animal
paddle
diagonal
threaten

65. Spelling Words Final le, al, en
national
jungle
given
eleven
chicken
citizen
single
needle
natural
several

66. strengthen cubicle knuckle individual three-dimensional
CHALLENGE
strengthen
cubicle
knuckle
individual
three-dimensional

67. This Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week:

68. Let’s review our Spelling words
Let’s review our Spelling words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We can clap as we spell the word, or we might just practice reading the words.

69. chicken

70. eleven

71. given

72. jungle

73. national

74. several

75. natural

76. needle

77. single

78. citizen

79. threaten

80. diagonal

81. paddle

82. animal

83. spiral

84. marble

85. oval

86. mumble

87. tangle

88. frighten

89. strengthen

90. knuckle

91. cubicle

92. individual

93. three-dimensional