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the average wieght of a pyramids stone blocks is two and a half tons thats the weight of two medium
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PyramidsFrom Kids Discover
Team Cooperation Goal
Explain Your Ideas/Tell Why
Title: PyramidsReading Goal: Main Idea and Supporting DetailsTeam Cooperation Goal: Explain Your Ideas/Tell WhyGenre: ExpositoryAuthor: From Kids Discover
concealed: hidThe baby concealed himself from his
mother, he hid from her under his bed.
massive: enormousJoanna reserved the massive ballroom for her wedding reception, it was enormous!
security: safetyThe police officer’s job was to make sure there was security
during the game, he ensured safety for all the fans.
inspired: encouragedRhea explained that she loved reading the poems about nature
because they inspired her to write her own poems, she felt encouraged by other peoples’ writing.
valuable: of great worthJudy took special care of her valuable
jewelry, it was of great worth.
connected: joinedThe railroad connected the two cities, it
joined them together.
Review Vocabulary with Partner
Can you say it?Can you define it?Can you say it in a sentence?
Vocabulary Vault
Let’s continue to read this book and try to listen if there are clues as to what the text structures are
so far in this book.
•Living in the troposphere, we feel the weather in the temperature of the air•Tropo means change•Weather is what's happening at the bottom of the atmosphere.
Living on planet Earth there are different types of weather
happening
PresidentsThe sun not warming
the Earth evenly
•The atmosphere lets the sunlight pass through.•Sunlight heats the ground•The heat warms the surface that dissipates toward the atmosphere•This is called the greenhouse effect
How do we know that the Earth is actually getting hotter due to the Greenhouse Effect?
•At the equator, it is hotter since it is closest to the sun•The unequal heating of the earth sets the atmosphere in motion•Exchange of the warm and cold air between the equator creates the atmospheric patterns
Earth’s atmosphere is driven by the Sun’s
heat
Nothing in the earth is simple
•Earth spins rapidly from East to West•The irregular spin of the Earth, differing amounts of water and air create the wind patterns.•They create the jet streams
Pyramids
Text Structures• Pyramids is also divided into sections and
headings that help you as a reader figure out main ideas and supporting details.
• Usually texts in this format are expository. • There are many pictures• There are captions attached to pictures
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Where exactly in the world are the pyramids located?
•The oldest stone building in the world.•The biggest pyramids is taller than a 40 story building.•More than 80 pyramids still stand today.
The Pyramids of Egypt The Pyramids of Egypt
•Early Egytians buried under piles of rocks•Mastabas were tombs made of sunbaked mud•Imhotep created the stone pyramid•Around 2500 B.C. the greate pyramid at Giza was erected
What a good question to ask a “friendly” who just happened to
walk in?
Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?
Team Talk Questions
1. Why did the Egyptians need the Nile River to build the pyramids? (Write)
2. Why do you think experts wanted to know how the pyramids were built? (Write)
3. How did the pyramid builders decide where to build a pyramid?
Partner Read- 15 minutesWrite 2 unfamiliar words in your journalRead and restate pages 312-315Discuss with team words you clarified Find vocabulary wordsIf done early with your reading, work on filling
in your tree map
Tree Map
• Decide as a group what the main idea was for each section
• Provide at least 3 details to support your main idea
Team Discussion-15minutes
• Discuss answers to team talk questions• Team Talk procedures will be up!• Write answers to question 1 and 2
#2Reads the Question
#3Answers the
Question
#4Agrees or disagrees with evidence from
the text
#1Summarizes what
the groups discussed
Class Discussion
• What words did your group clarify?• How were the words clarified?
Writing Adventures- 15 min
Think about the things you do each day. What tools or items do you use each day? What do you do with these tools? How do these tools or items make your life easier? How would your life be different without these tools or
items?
Scoring Guide
You answer the question 25 pointsYour answer explains or describeswith at least two details 25 pointsYour answer makes sense and hasPart of the question in it 20 pointsYour answer is written in complete,correct sentences 20 pointsYour writing has correct capitalizationand punctuation 10 points
Vocabulary Practice-10 min
• Divide your words with partner. Choose a word from your list to use in a meaningful sentence.
Fluency – 5 min
• Page 309 or 315
Fluency Rubric
100 points ExpressivenessSmoothnessRate and correctness
90 points SmoothnessRate and correctness
80 points Rate and correctness70 points Correctness
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