How the Night Came from the Sea
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Unit 3 – Patterns in Nature
Concept Question: What are some patterns in nature?
Week 3 – How the Night Came from the Sea
Weekly Question
Vocabulary Words
Skills & Strategy
Spelling Words
How have people explained the pattern of day and night?
darkness
Generalize
however
flowerpot
night creatures
Context Clues
mountain
scowl
prowl
Cause & Effect
mound
browse
brilliant
Visualize
scout
announce
chorus
Subject-Verb Agreement
shout
hound
coward
couch
trout
gleamed
towel
drowsy
shimmering
ounce
grouch
coward
eyebrow
outdoors
boundary
Challenge Spelling Words
cauliflower
allowance
foundation
counselor
surround
Concept Vocabulary
Think about what you know about the night sky and night creatures. List the information in the chart below.
Night Sky
Night Creatures
Generalize
- a broad statement or rule that applies to many examples
- clue words --> all, most, always, usually, generally, many
- valid generalizations - supported by facts
- faulty generalizations - not supported by facts
Read the statements below. Based on these facts, what generalization can you make about animals?
- Foxes hunt small animals, mostly at night.
- Owl hunt for rodents at night.
- Bats go out at night to eat insects.
- Raccoons look for food at night.
Build Background - Activate Prior Knowledge
Click on the file titled "Background Web" below to complete the word web.
Context Clues
When you come to a word you don't know use the context - the words and sentences around the unknown word - to figure out the word's meaning.
1. Look for a definition, synonym, or other clue to the word's meaning.
2. Say what the sentence means in your own words.
3. Predict a meaning for the unknown word.
4. Try that meaning in the sentence. Does it make sense?
Cause & Effect
- cause - what makes something happen
Ex: The ice on the sidewalk...
- effect - what happens
Ex: caused me to fall down and break my arm.
NOTE: There may be more than one effect as a result of the cause.
- clue words - because, so, since