1. Unit 2-Week 3, Day 1 Theme Question: How can we protect Earth’s resources? How can we use natural resources wisely? (Wk 1) How can we discover and use new sources of energy?(Wk 2) How can we protect Earth’s plants and animals? (Wk 3) What can we do each day to help protect Earth? (Wk 4)

2. Theme Vocabulary  keen  rescue  cautiously

3. A Symphony of Whales Predictions:

4. Homophones Homophones are words that are pronounced in the same way but have different spellings and meanings. youryou’re

5. Week 3, Day 2 Theme Question: How can we protect Earth’s resources? How can we use natural resources wisely? (Wk 1) How can we discover and use new sources of energy?(Wk 2) How can we protect Earth’s plants and animals? (Wk 3) What can we do each day to help protect Earth? (Wk 4)

6. Theme Vocabulary  keen  rescue  cautiously

7. Make Predictions My PredictionWhat Actually Happened My Revised Prediction Villagers will try to find food to feed the whales. The icebreaker came. The icebreaker will break the whales free. The whales won’t follow the icebreaker. They try playing songs. They will find a song that the whales follow.

8. Reading  Preview and Predict  pp. 114-128  Purpose  Find answers to the Theme Question  Set your own purpose.

9. Week 3, Day 3 What is the theme question? Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings.

10. Dictionary and Glossary  Readers can use a dictionary or a glossary to find meanings of unfamiliar words.  Dictionaries and glossaries tell a word’s pronunciation, part of speech, and meaning.  Words are listed in alphabetical order.

11. Recall and Retell  Recalling and retelling the events in a story in the reader’s own words helps readers understand and remember what they read.  Use Theme Reader pages 100- 102 to recall and retell what was read.

12. Figurative Language  Figurative language is language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words by using interesting or unusual comparisons that appeal to the reader’s senses.  Examples – Was the water really “heaving and boiling” as the whales swam through it?  Are those words more effective or less effective than if the author had simple written “the water moved”?

13. Noun Suffixes -or -er -ent -ist

14. Week 3, Day 4 What is the Theme Question? Name the three theme vocabulary words and their meanings.

16. Make Predictions My Prediction What Actually Happened My Revised Prediction Villagers will try to find food to feed the whales.

17. Text Evidence: How can we protect Earth’s resources? A Symphony of Whales Page Number Text Evidence

18. Noun Suffixes educateerase pianoelevate tourdebt presideclimb