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the average wieght of a pyramids stone blocks is two and a half tons thats the weight of two medium

sized cars some block however weigh up to 15 tons thats as much as five

elephants

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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

Presidents

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