Transcript Dinosaur Ghosts - Vocabulary and Skillsx

Dinosaur Ghosts
What Really Happened
Theme 2, Selection 3, Day 1
Taught By: Mr. Williams
The Search for Monsters of Mystery
Comprehension Skill:
Text Organization
What information
does the article give
you?
How does the
section heading
“Is the Loch Ness
Monster Really a
Fish?” help
organize the text?
Is the article
organized by main
ideas and details or
cause and effect?
Erosion
Theory
Excavation
Extinct
Specimens
Geologists
Hypotheses
Paleontologists
Key Background Vocabulary
• erosion
– All the natural processes that wear
away earth and rock
• theory
– A widely held scientific explanation
that is based on evidence but cannot be
stated as fact.
• excavation
– The process of finding something by
digging for it
• extinct
– No longer living; having all died
out
• specimens
– Samples taken for scientific study
• geologists
– Scientists who study rocks and the
earth’s crust
• hypotheses
– And educated or scientific guess based
on what we know so far
• paleontologists
– A scientist who studies prehistoric life
Dinosaur Ghosts
Dinosaur Ghosts
What Really Happened
Theme 2, Selection 3, Day 2
Taught By: Mr. Williams
Key Background Vocabulary
• erosion
– All the natural processes that wear
away earth and rock
• theory
– A widely held scientific explanation
that is based on evidence but cannot be
stated as fact.
• excavation
– The process of finding something by
digging for it
• extinct
– No longer living; having all died
out
• specimens
– Samples taken for scientific study
• geologists
– Scientists who study rocks and the
earth’s crust
• hypotheses
– And educated or scientific guess based
on what we know so far
• paleontologists
– A scientist who studies prehistoric life
Decoding: Inflectional Endings –al, -ive, -ous
investigate
-al
experiment
mass
burry
-ive
create
invent
comic
fame
carnivore
-ous
marvel
What Happened?
Dinosaur Ghosts
With your Suit partner, discuss questions 1-7 on
page 208 of your text. You may look back in
your text if you need to. When you're finished
begin thinking about the following questions.
What Mystery does
the selection
attempt to explain?
What kind of writing is
the selection an example
of?
What do you think the author’s
purpose was in writing the
selection?
Why do you think the
mystery fascinates
people?
How did the author
attempt to explain
the mystery?
Dinosaur Ghosts
What Really Happened
Theme 2, Selection 3, Day 3
Taught By: Mr. Williams
Key Background Vocabulary
• erosion
– All the natural processes that wear
away earth and rock
• theory
– A widely held scientific explanation
that is based on evidence but cannot be
stated as fact.
• excavation
– The process of finding something by
digging for it
• extinct
– No longer living; having all died
out
• specimens
– Samples taken for scientific study
• geologists
– Scientists who study rocks and the
earth’s crust
• hypotheses
– And educated or scientific guess based
on what we know so far
• paleontologists
– A scientist who studies prehistoric life
Taking Text Apart
Extreme Partner Reading
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
• Read the Story Summery to yourself one time.
• Be sure to use good hand gestures to help you as you read.
• Turn to your shoulder partner and partner read the story with lots
of expression.
• Don’t forget the gestures that you have practiced.
• Take turns asking and answering at least five questions each about
the text.
• Remember to both ask and answer questions with high enthusiasm.
Dinosaur Ghosts
What Really Happened
Theme 2, Selection 3, Day 3
Taught By: Mr. Williams
Key Background Vocabulary
• erosion
– All the natural processes that wear
away earth and rock
• theory
– A widely held scientific explanation
that is based on evidence but cannot be
stated as fact.
• excavation
– The process of finding something by
digging for it
• extinct
– No longer living; having all died
out
• specimens
– Samples taken for scientific study
• geologists
– Scientists who study rocks and the
earth’s crust
• hypotheses
– And educated or scientific guess based
on what we know so far
• paleontologists
– A scientist who studies prehistoric life
Doctor Dinosaur
With your shoulder partner, read pages 210-213
from your text using the skills mentions in the
yellow column on the left of page 210. When you
are finished discuss these questions with your
partner and write your answers in complete
sentences on a piece of lined paper..
1. How did luck play a role in
Jack’s discovery?
2. How did his
examination of nests
challenge peoples beliefs
about dinosaurs?
3. What did the author
mean when he said,
“That leads to more
questions.” Which is
what science is all
about.
4. Why is his discovery
valuable even if his ideas
turn out to be wrong?
Compare Jack’s research
to the scientists studying
Coelophysis?
In the News
Choose one of the Newspaper articles available
and on a piece of notebook paper, answer the
following questions about the article you
chose.
Where and when is the
article talking about?
What is the article
about?
Why did it happen and
why is this important?
Who is the article about?
Dinosaur Ghosts
What Really Happened
Theme 2, Selection 3, Day 5
Taught By: Mr. Williams
Weekly Skills Test
1. Make sure your name, date, and
assignment are written clearly on the top
left of the paper.
2. Turn your test paper to me and put your
answer key in the reading basket.
3. Finish your Mountain Language.
4. Finish any other unfinished work.