Unit 4 – Puzzles & Mysteries

Concept Question: Is there an explanation for everything?

Week 2 – Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon

Concept Vocabulary

• agility - the ability to move quickly and easily; nimbleness

      (ex: A cat is agile.  Jack is nimble.)

• endowed - born with; provided with some ability, quality, or talent

      (ex: A cat is endowed with a sense of geography.)

• relationship - conditions that exists between people or groups that deal with eachother

      (ex: The relationship between animals and their owners

             is usually very strong.)

Compare & Contrast

Compare - tell how two or more things are ALIKE

-           clue words like and as

Contrast - tell how two or more things are DIFFERENT

-           clue words but, instead, unlike

Venn Diagrams are helpful graphic organizers that compare and contrast.

http://www.fcatexplorer.com/media/parent/tiplister/flash/tip114a.swf

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/comparecontrastl.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/m/comparecontrastl.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/comparecontrastl.cfm

Building Background

Fill in the KWL Chart below by writing down as many facts you already know about dolphins.  Then, write down 3 questions you want to still know about dolphins.  After reading the story, go back and fill in what you learned about dolphins.

Watch this short video clip for more information about pink dolphins.  http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/dolphins-and-porpoises/dolphin-pink-river.html

For more information about the pink dolphin click on the links below.

• http://www.isptr-pard.org/dolphin.html

• http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.amersol.edu.pe/ms/7th/7block/jungle_research/new_cards/14/pinkdolphin.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.amersol.edu.pe/ms/7th/7block/jungle_research/new_cards/14/report14hm.html&usg=__Jfo6-Z0Zxp0rLrh10uXBsCnryyo=&h=549&w=789&sz=85&hl=en&start=3&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=gLkzRblNuDazhM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpink%2Bdolphin%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1T4ADBS_enUS294US298%26tbs%3Disch:1

• http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Bottlenose/whatisadolphin.html

Vocabulary

The prefix aqua- in the word aquarium comes from the Latin root meaning “water.”  Other words include aquamarine, aquatic, aquaplane, aqueduct

• Click on the file below to complete a vocabulary CLOZE activity.

Context Clues Game

Click on the link below to play a game to determine word meaning using context clues.

http://www.quia.com/rr/151544.html

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

Rain Forest Webquest

• Test your knowledge of the rain forest by taking the quiz on this website.  Be sure to read through the different layers of the rain forest and the animals that reside there before taking the quiz.

• http://www.mrnussbaum.com/amazonintscav.htm

Pronouns

Click on the link below to review pronouns.

Video:

http://www.schooltube.com/video/cf3e7fff3db76def26a8/School-House-Rock-Rufus-Xavier-Sarsaparilla-Grammar-Rock

Interactive Pronoun Games

https://sites.google.com/site/easygrammar4kids/pronouns

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pronoun_fair/index.html

http://www.abcteach.com/free/g/grammar_pronouns_a.pdf