Trapped by the Ice!

Monday

Text Organization

• Title• Headings• Paragraphs• Captions• Photographs/Illustrations

Going West: Children on the Oregon Trial

I am going to read aloud a nonfiction article that describes what it was like for pioneers to travel west on the Oregon Trail.

Comprehension Skill: Predicting Outcomes

What is the topic of this selection?

What kind of information

does the opening

question of this

paragraph, What was it like to travel west on the

Oregon Trail in 1844?

What details support the main idea:

There was a lot to keep you busy along the

trail?

It’s time for . . .

These are words. . .

We use them for . . .

Vocabulary

we want to know

Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

•barren: having little plant or animal life

•crevasse: deep hole or crack

•deserted: empty; not lived in, or having few or no people

•floes: large sheets of floating ice

•grueling: very tiring

•impassable: not able to be crossed or traveled through

•perilous: very dangerous

•terrain: land, ground, or earth

TRAPPED BY THE ICE!

Trapped by the Ice! Is a true story about a voyage to Antarctica.

Trailer: http://main.wgbh.org/imax/shackleton/popup.html

Watch: Behind the News: Antarctica

Text Organization

Readers can use text organization to recognize the main ideas in a selection. Features of text organization include title, headings, and illustrations.

PB pg. 121TE pg. 251A

You are Great

Readers!

Trapped by the Ice!

Tuesday

It’s time for . . .

These are words. . .

We use them for . . .

Vocabulary

we want to know

Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

•barren: having little plant or animal life

•crevasse: deep hole or crack

•deserted: empty; not lived in, or having few or no people

VCCV Pattern

• When you come to an unfamiliar word, one good strategy for decoding is to look for the VCCV syllable pattern.

custom

Open Syllables

go

Closed Syllable

t

person

lumber

distance

welcome

ragged

landing

We Do

I Do

We Do

Homophones

• Words that sound alike but have different meaning and spellings are called homophones.

You are Great

Readers!

Trapped by the Ice!

Wednesday

It’s time for . . .

These are words. . .

We use them for . . .

Vocabulary

we want to know

Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

•terrain: land, ground, or earth

•floes: large sheets of floating ice

•grueling: very tiring

Text Organization

• Finish “Group Choral Reading the Story”• Do AIMS Prep: Text Structures and Features together

Find: April 24, 1916

Find where the main idea is: Preparing for the Trip to South Georgia Island

You are Great

Readers!

Trapped by the Ice!

Thursday

It’s time for . . .

These are words. . .

We use them for . . .

Vocabulary

we want to know

Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

•impassable: not able to be crossed or traveled through

•perilous: very dangerous

Read pgs. 248-251, then play Jeopardy!