Transcript Unit 4 week 18 Rocks powerpoint

Our Story for
this week is
Rocks in His Head
by Carol Otis Hurst,
illustrated by James Stevenson
THIS WEEK
STUDENTS WILL LEARN
Comprehension Skill Generalize
Comprehension Strategy Prior Knowledge
Vocabulary Strategy Context Clues
Guided
Reading Groups
Biography
A biography. It tells the story of a
real person written by someone else.
I’m going to write about my
dad and how he taught me
to ride my bike.
When is it valuable
to have unique
interests?
Content Vocabulary
• forged heated metal until it is very soft
and then hammered it into shape
• mentor someone who gives advice and
shows you how to do or be something
• ornamental used as decoration
Vocabulary
attic
Attic the space
in a house just
below the roof
and above the
other room
board
Board a group
of people
managing
something.
chores
Chores small
tasks or easy
jobs that you
have to do
regularly.
labeled
Labeled put or
wrote a label on
something.
spare
Spare
means
extra.
stamps
Stamps are
small pieces of
paper with glue
on the back for
mailing letters
and packages.
Skills
When the prefixes pre-,
mid-, over-, and outare added to words,
the base word
stays the same:
prepaid, midnight,
overflow, outdoors.
Generalize
• When you read, you can sometimes
make a general statement about what
you have read.
• A general statement tells how some
things are mostly alike or all alike.
• Look for examples. Ask what they have
in common.
Use some of the vocabulary
words with the poster.
United Streaming Links
Three Rocks (11:00)
This video looks at three stones - a piece of igneous, a piece of sedimentary, and a piece of
metamorphic rock - and investigates how they formed, and how they relate to one another through the
rock cycle.
The Magic School Bus Rocks and Rolls (26:12)
To celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle’s class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding
father, Captain Walker. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain.
Ms. Frizzle turns the Bus into a huge boulder and the kids into rocks while bumping down the
mountain in a desperate attempt to save the statue.
Uses of Rocks and Minerals (18:00)
The rocks and minerals that form within the Earth are used to make many important materials.
Witness how rocks are mined, processed, and then constructed into glass, cement, bricks, houses,
roads, and other objects used in our everyday lives.