Big Question: How do we decide the value of different resources? Author: Sarah Angliss Genre: Expository Nonfiction.
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Big Question: How do we decide the value of different resources? Author: Sarah Angliss Genre: Expository Nonfiction Story Sort Vocabulary Words: Arcade Games Study Stack Spelling City: Vocabulary Spelling City: Spelling Words • mileage • moisture • heroism • storage • passage • organism • journalism • failure • mixture • postage • luggage • departure • patriotism • optimism • acreage • percentage • enclosure • voltage • temperature • mannerism • metabolism • impressionism • patronage • brokerage • architecture Vocabulary Words More Words to Know characteristic rivet engulfed log cabin corrode exploit extract hoard solvents lumber miners prospect Question of the Day How do we decide the value of different resources? Build Concepts Main Idea Text Structure Build Background Vocabulary Fluency: Phrasing Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure Resources Listen as I read “Children of the Gold Rush.” As I read, notice how I emphasize the chunking of groups of words together into meaningful units. Be ready to answer questions after I finish. Why do the Andersons move to the Klondike? How did the narrator’s experiences during the gold rush affect the rest of her life? log cabin – a small roughly-built house made of logs lumber – timber that has been roughly cut into boards and prepared for use miners – people who work in a mine prospect – to explore a region for oil, gold, or other minerals (Next Slide) Concept Vocabulary (To add information to the graphic organizer, click on end show, type in your new informion, and save your changes.) Minerals Resources Forests Water Main Idea and Details, Text Structure Turn to Page 600 - 601. Properties Gold Uses Where it’s found This week’s audio explores gold prospecting. After you listen, we will discuss what surprised you the most about people who still prospect for gold today. Vocabulary Words characteristic – distinguishing one person or thing from others; special corrode – to wear or eat away gradually engulfed – swallowed up; overwhelmed exploit – to make use of extract – to pull or draw out hoard – what is saved and stored away rivet – a metal bolt with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into another head after insertion solvents – substances, usually liquids, that can dissolve other substances (Next slide) Grammar Comparative and Superlative Adjectives at increased tempuratures, gold can be stretched in to fine wire At increased temperatures, gold can be stretched into fine wire. golds atoms bond together loose Gold’s atoms bond together loosely. Gold is 19.3 times denser than water. Denser is a comparative adjective. It is used to compare two things, gold and water. Comparative adjectives are used to compare two people, places, things, or groups. Add –er to most short adjectives to make their comparative forms. Use more with longer adjectives. Superlative adjectives are used to compare three or more people, places, things, or groups. Add –est to most short adjectives to make their superlative forms. Use most with longer adjectives. Adjective Comparative small smaller Superlative smallest precious more precious most precious Never use more or most with –er or –est. No: most longer, most amazingest Yes: longer, most amazing –er or –est to an adjective that ends in e, drop the e: large, larger, largest. If the adjective ends in y, change the y to i: merry, merrier, merriest. When adding If the adjective ends in a single consonant, double the consonant: hot, hotter, hottest Some adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms: good, better, best; bad, worse, worst; much, more, most; little, less, least Adjective fancy rare delicate thin rugged lovely good Comparative Superlative My ring is (more beautiful, beautifuller) than my sister’s ring. more beautiful There is (more, most) brass than gold in this goblet. more Terri put her charm bracelet in the (most safe, safest) place she could find. safest I tightened the clasp to make the necklace (securer, more secure) than before. more secure • mileage • moisture • heroism • storage • passage • organism • journalism • failure • mixture • postage • luggage • departure • patriotism • optimism • acreage • percentage • enclosure • voltage • temperature • mannerism • metabolism • impressionism • patronage • brokerage • architecture Question of the Day Why do you think gold is no longer used to make coins for everyday use? Context Clues Main Idea Cause and Effect Vocabulary Fluency: Echo Reading Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure Social Studies: Gold as World Currency Resources Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues Turn to Page 602 - 603. Gold Turn to Page 604 - 609. Turn to page 613. As I read, notice how I group together the words that form independent clauses and prepositional phrases. We will practice as a class doing three echo readings. Grammar Comparative and Superlative Adjectives pure gold are one of us most precious metals Pure gold is one of our most precious metals. can gold be shaped in their pure form Can gold be shaped in its pure form? A comparative adjective is used to compare two persons, places, things, or groups. Add –er to a short adjective. Use the word more with a longer adjective. A superlative is used to compare three or more persons, places, things, or groups. Add –est to a short adjective. Use the word most with a longer adjective. • mileage • moisture • heroism • storage • passage • organism • journalism • failure • mixture • postage • luggage • departure • patriotism • optimism • acreage • percentage • enclosure • voltage • temperature • mannerism • metabolism • impressionism • patronage • brokerage • architecture Question of the Day Why is it unlikely that a gold rush would occur today? Text Structure Context Clues Vocabulary Fluency: Phrasing Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure Science: Gold Leaf Resources Gold Turn to Page 610 - 614. Turn to page 606, paragraphs 1-2. As I read, notice how I use punctuation as a guide to chunking words into meaningful groups. Now we will practice together as a class by doing three echo readings. Grammar Comparative and Superlative Adjectives most metal ores they have a high percentege of impurities Most metal ores have a high percentage of impurities. bank vaults is safest than other places to store gold bullion Bank vaults are safer than other places to store gold bullion. A comparative adjective is used to compare two persons, places, things, or groups. Add –er to a short adjective. Use the word more with a longer adjective. A superlative is used to compare three or more persons, places, things, or groups. Add –est to a short adjective. Use the word most with a longer adjective. You can add variety and color to your writing by using comparative and superlative adjectives, in addition to positive adjectives, in your descriptive writing. The movie was interesting. Comparative: The movie was more interesting than my brother’s one-of-a-kind reptile collection. Positive: • mileage • moisture • heroism • storage • passage • organism • journalism • failure • mixture • postage • luggage • departure • patriotism • optimism • acreage • percentage • enclosure • voltage • temperature • mannerism • metabolism • impressionism • patronage • brokerage • architecture Question of the Day What other valuable “nuggets” might someone find from prospecting for gold or by pursuing other manmade resources, such as money? Online Reference Sources Reading Across Texts Fluency: Partner Reading Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure Social Studies: Make a Collage “The California Gold Rush” Turn to Page 616- 619. Turn to page 606, paragraphs 1-2. Read this three times with a partner. Be sure to group words into meaningful units and offer each other feedback. Grammar Comparative and Superlative Adjectives gold never loses it’s lusster Gold never loses its luster. gold is an heavy metal than others Gold is a heavier metal than others. A comparative adjective is used to compare two persons, places, things, or groups. Add –er to a short adjective. Use the word more with a longer adjective. A superlative is used to compare three or more persons, places, things, or groups. Add –est to a short adjective. Use the word most with a longer adjective. Test Tip: When taking a test, never use more and –er or most and –est together. Incorrect: Gold is one of the most valuablest metals. Correct: Gold is one of the most valuable metals. • mileage • moisture • heroism • storage • passage • organism • journalism • failure • mixture • postage • luggage • departure • patriotism • optimism • acreage • percentage • enclosure • voltage • temperature • mannerism • metabolism • impressionism • patronage • brokerage • architecture Question of the Day How do we decide the value of different resources? Build Concept Vocabulary Main Idea and Details Paraphrase Context Clues Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Spelling: Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure Type Formats Resources The supporting details in a paragraph all contribute to the main idea. The main idea is always a complete sentence, which may or may not be directly stated. When you paraphrase a passage of writing, you put it in your own words. A paraphrase should reflect the author’s ideas and opinions but be easier to read than the original. Paraphrasing is an important skill that students use to study for tests, to gather research for reports, and to retell stories. You can use the context, or words and phrases around an unfamiliar word, to help determine meaning. List any unknown words you find as you read Gold. Create a chart showing the unfamiliar word, helpful context clues, and a definition based on these clues. You can use a dictionary or glossary. Word Context Clues Meaning Different type formats are used to make printed information more clear and easier to read. Boldface is used to draw attention to words and phrases. Titles of selections, headings, and vocabulary words often appear in boldface. Italics are used for titles. Underline is sometimes used to draw attention to words. Type size can be varied to make titles and headings stand out. Bullets are often used to set off a series of steps or main points. Grammar Comparative and Superlative Adjectives over 100,000 “fourty-niners’ went to california hoping to find there fortunes Over 100,000 “forty-niners” went to California hoping to find their fortunes. most prospectors in the california gold rush was failers Most prospectors in the California Gold Rush were failures. A comparative adjective is used to compare two persons, places, things, or groups. Add –er to a short adjective. Use the word more with a longer adjective. A superlative is used to compare three or more persons, places, things, or groups. Add –est to a short adjective. Use the word most with a longer adjective. • mileage • moisture • heroism • storage • passage • organism • journalism • failure • mixture • postage • luggage • departure • patriotism • optimism • acreage • percentage • enclosure • voltage • temperature • mannerism • metabolism • impressionism • patronage • brokerage • architecture Story test Classroom webpage, Reading Test AR Other Reading Quizzes Quiz #