DOL level 4 week14

• Analogy

1. weep : cry – weary : ______

2. : - :

1. the hair stylist she has setted the young girls hair

2. did you pledge Allegiance on monday july 2010

tired

Pledge

Objectives day 1

Students willIdentify Homographs and distinguish

them based on their meaning.Review spelling changes associated

with inflectional endings.Review Latin roots in words.

Word Structure day 2

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

floated underground great-grandmother

Tyrannosaurus rex

moving movement memorable remember

several picture illustration illogical

friendly rude crumbling dying

tear staring noticed incredibleLine 5

Word Structure day 1

• Latin root words plus affixers

moving movement memorable rememberLine 2

Vocabulary lesson 4

brittle circulate

Easily brokenTo flow around freely

burrow

Hole in ground that animal lives in

decays

To slowly break down (present tense of decay.

The leaves became old and brittle. Your blood will circulate through the body.

The rabbit would hide in its burrow. The old plant decays and returns to the earth.

Vocabulary lesson 4

droop predator

To sink; to hang downAn animal that lives by hunting

another animal for food

shrivel

To wrinkle and become small

swarming

To gather or live in large group

When he is sad his head will droop The fox is a predator of the rabbit.

In the fall, leaves shrivel up and fall to the ground. The bees are swarming to the hive.

Vocabulary lesson 5

ancestors smoldering

Direct family relations from a previous generation Burning and smoking without flames

clinging

To hold on tight

dangle

To hang; to swing loosely

I’m sure I get my good looks from my ancestors. The campfire embers were smoldering

He was clinging to the rocks to keep from falling Her large earrings would dangle from her ears.

Vocabulary lesson 5

wither pollinate

To dry up; to shrivel To spread pollen from flower to flower

oxygen

A gas in the atmosphere we must breathe to live.

The leaves wither and die. The bees pollinate the flowers

He needed extra oxygen to breathe betterstart

A jump due to a surprise.

He jumped with a start when he heard the noise.

Summary

Summarizing is a way to organize and remember information. When summarizing we should paraphrase, or put into our own words, what the author is saying.

Summarize your favorite selection from the unit.

The snowflake; A

Water Cycle Story Energy Makes Things Happen

Who Eats What?

Food Chains a

nd

Food W

ebs

What Rot! Nature’s Mighty Recycler

The Great Kapok Tree

Revising/ EditingTransparency - Skills Practice 1 page 124

• Do not offer an opinion without providing facts and examples to back it up.

• Writing “I think” or “in my opinion” too often weakens the impact of persuasive writing.

• Do not ignore the other side of the argument. Instead, students can acknowledge other opinions and then explain why these points view are less accurate than their opinions.

• Look for incorrect use of any writing conventions: spelling, punctuation, grammar, and usage.

Inquiry process

Practice the following;• Appropriate use of voice for their topic, audience,

and occasion• Proper use of eye contact with the audience• Suitable body language, movements, and gestures

for the audience and occasion.Learning does not end with the presentation. Write any more questions into your writer’s

notebook for future investigations,.

Purpose

BigIdea

What role do you play in natures delicate balance?

Fluency

6 min. reading solution

Spellingpandemic epidermis contradict transcribe dictionary dwelling

teammate enormous compliment predator flexible compress

excuse separate