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

A Symphony of Whales
by: Steve Schuch
Genre: Fiction
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues
Comprehension Skill: Generalize
Comprehension Strategy: Answer Questions
Review Concept Board
• Question of the week!
• How can people help animals that are in
danger?
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Helping Animals
• LOOKING BACK Remind students of the focus
question of the week: How can people help
animals that are in danger? Discuss how this
week’s Concept Web of vocabulary words
relates to the theme of helping animals. Ask
students if they have any words or categories to
add.
Discuss whether words and categories are
appropriately related to the concept.
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Helping Animals
• MOVING FORWARD Preview the title of the
next selection, Volcanoes: Nature’s Incredible
Fireworks. Ask students which Concept Web
words might apply to the new selection based
on the title alone. Put a star next to these words
on the web.
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Display the Concept Web
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Small Group Time
• Read Leveled Readers
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FLUENCY
• Assess Green Group
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Generalizations
• Sometimes when you read ideas about
several things you can see how they are
alike in some way. You can make a
general statement about all of them
together.
• Clue words such as most, many, all, or
few signal generalizations.
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Assess
• Have students work in pairs to find a
generalization the author makes on p. 363,
paragraph 3. Remind them to look for facts
and details that support the generalization.
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DEFINE GENERALIZATION
• Explain that a generalization is a broad
statement or rule that
applies to many examples. A valid
generalization is well
supported by facts and logic. A faulty one
is not well supported.
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DISCUSS CLUE WORDS
• Students should look for clue words that
signal generalizations
as they read. List words on the board:
• all
none
• most
few
• always
never
• generally
in general
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Look at this graphic organizer
about generalizations.
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Setting
• The setting is the time and place in which a story
takes place. The setting can be very
general or very specific. Setting can affect many
elements of a story, including the
characters, the plot, and tone, or mood.
– Looking at visual details like the illustrations can tell
us a lot about where and when
a story takes place.
– Visualizing, or picturing, the setting in our heads as
we read helps us understand the
events in the story.
• Look at the illustrations on pp. 358–373 and discuss
what they tell us about the setting
of the story.
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Assess Setting
• Have students skim pp. 358–373 and
identify details that tell about the setting.
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Language Objectives:
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Daily Fix-it
– Cant whales hear sounds underwater.
Can’t whales hear sounds underwater?
– A whale blow water from it's spout.
A whale blows water from its spout.
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• Present: Whales swim near the boat.
Past: They bumped into the side.
Future: They will stay away next time.
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Present, past, and future verbs.
Directions Tell the tense of the underlined
verb in each sentence. Write present, past,
or future.
1. A whale lives at the sea park.
2. It floats under the water.
3. The whale amazed its trainers.
4. People will cheer the clever whale.
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Writing objectives:
 The students will write an essay
that compares and contrasts two
things in nature.
Your subjects could be two plants,
animals, seasons, or weather
conditions. Use words that show
what you are describing.
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Compare & Contrast Essay
• A compare and contrast essay uses
transitions and details to show likenesses
and differences. Like a news story, a
compare/contrast essay includes details
that show likenesses and differences.
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Spelling Objective:
• Spell words with suffixes -ly, -ful, -ness,
-less.
• Test today! Do your very BEST!
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GREAT JOB!