Noting Significant Details

Noting Significant Details

Lesson 3

Achoo

 by Cynthia Sherwood 

We all sneeze sometimes. Sneezing is a reflex that your body does automatically. That means you cannot make yourself sneeze or stop one once it has started. When you sneeze, your body is trying to get rid of bad things in your nose, such as bacteria. You have extra germs when you have a cold, so you sneeze a lot more.

You might also sneeze when you smell pepper! Inside your nose, there are hundreds of tiny hairs. These hairs filter the air you breathe. Sometimes dust and pollen find their way through these hairs and bother your nasal passages. The nerves in the lining of your nose tell your brain that something is invading your body. Your brain, lungs, nose, mouth, and the muscles of your upper body work together to blow away the invaders with a sneeze. When you sneeze, germs from your nose get blown into the air.

Using a tissue or “sneezing into your sleeve” captures most of these germs. It is very important to wash your hands after you sneeze into them, especially during cold and flu season. Do you ever sneeze when you walk into bright sunlight? About 25% of people experience this phenomenon. Scientists believe that the brain gets confused when signals from the optic nerve trigger the sneezing reflex in direct sunlight.

 

This usually runs in families. If someone nearby sneezes, remember to tell them “Gesundheit!” That is a funny looking word which is pronounced “gezz -oont-hite.” It is the German word that wishes someone good health after sneezing.  

 

Note details by answering the questions below. 

Learning Task 1

Open Ended

1. Which parts of your body work together when you sneeze?

brain, lungs, nose, mouth, and the muscle of your upper body

Multiple Choice

2. What does the German word gesundheit mean?

• I wish you good health.

• I wish you God's blessings.

• I wish you a good day.

• I wish you would stop sneezing.

Open Ended

3. Why do some people sneeze when they walk into bright sunlight?

Lesson

the brain gets confused when signals from the optic nerve trigger the sneezing reflex in direct sunlight

 Have you seen an owl? Read the selection and find out details about this wonderful creature. Then, choose the letters of the correct answers.

Learning Task 2

My name is Jerry. I am an owl. Have you heard an owl hoot before? I have a big face and large eyes. I have strong legs and sharp claws called talons. I have big wings and soft feathers. I sleep during the day and hunt for food at night. I like to catch rats. I can see and hear things that are very far away. I have very special feathers that allow me to fly without making a sound. Did you know that a baby owl is called an owlet? My home is in a nest in a tree. How about you, where do you live? 

 

Multiple Choice

1. Who is Jerry?

• an owl

• a robin

• an eagle

• a sparrow

Multiple Choice

2. What are his claws called?

• toes

• nails

• talons

• fingers

Multiple Choice

3. What does Jerry like to catch?

• hams and sandwiches

• fish and chips

• pizza

• rats

Multiple Choice

4. What is a baby owl called?

• a hen

• an owlet

• a calf

• a piglet

Multiple Choice

5. What does Jerry do during daytime?

• He sleeps.

• He hoots loudly.

• He haunts for food.

• He cleans his feather

Multiple Choice

6. Why are Jerry’s feather special?

• They don’t make a sound.

• They are shiny.

• They are soft.

• They are heavy.

This is Jessa. She will share with you why she is proud of her family. Are you also proud of your family? Read the lesson below and answer the questions on the next page.

Learning Task 3

 Hi, my name is Jessa. I am 10 years old and I live in a small house in Santo Angel. I have a wonderful family whom I love very much. There are six members of my family. My grandparents, my parents, I and my brother. My grandfather is a very wise man who gives us great advice in every situation. My grandmother is a talented cook and kind woman. My father is a farmer who has fed a lot of people in our barangay. My mother is a vegetable seller. She is always there for us, and I am grateful to her for this. My brother, Tristan, is six years old and we get along very well. This is my family and I am proud of them. 

Open Ended

1. How old is Jessa?

She's 10 years old.

Open Ended

2. How many members are there in her family?

6 members

Open Ended

3. Where does Jessa live?

Santos Angel

Open Ended

4. What job does Jessa’s father have?

farmer

Open Ended

5. Is Jessa’s mother a teacher?

no

Open Ended

6. How many brother has Jessa got?

1

Open Ended

7. Is Tristan older than Jessa?

no

Open Ended

8. Who gives great advice in the family?

grandfather

Open Ended

9. What kind of a girl do you think is Jessa?

Open Ended

10.Why do you think Jessa is proud of her family?

Details

 are small pieces of information that support the main idea. They tell something about people, events, things, time, objects, circumstances, situations and manner. There are two types of details: implicit and explicit. 

 

 Implicit 

details are used to describe or define a general state. These are the details that we can’t really see. These are details that are implied but not easily expressed

Explicit

details are the specific details that we can see and are measurable. These details are stated clearly. 

Noting Details 

 is a reading comprehension skill that involves picking out, from a piece of text information to achieve a given purpose. These details are the ones that good readers notice and authors use to emphasize the events, characters and other details in texts.  

 

Basic Types of Texts 

 

 Informational or factual text 

informs, instructs, or persuades reader by giving facts and information. Its purpose is to describe a place or thing using facts. It retells events which may have already happened in time order. It classifies, describes, and gives factual information about people, animals, things, or phenomena. It also gives instructions on how to make or do something.  

 

 Literary text 

entertains or elicits an emotional response by using language to create mental images. Literary texts purpose are to describe people’s characters, places, events and things in an imaginative way. It retells events from novels, plays, films and personal experiences to entertain others. 

 

Read this selection and note the details by answering the questions below. 

Learning Task  4

Uwang and Salagubang 

“Uwang” (Rhinoceros Beetle in English) is one of the few beetles called by name in the Philippines. Other beetles are referred to as “salagubang”, the generic Tagalog word for beetle. Although we can see various pictures of Rhinoceros Beetle online, nothing can compare to seeing one up close and personal.

From experience, I can tell you that if one gets on your clothing, it’s really impossible to get it off easily. The variety found in the Philippines is the Asiatic Rhinoceros Beetle. They may seem formidable and vicious, but appearance can be deceiving. They have sharp claws and those claws can only hurt you if you get pinched by them. Other than that, they are practically harmless. They also have horns and there is a difference in length depending on whether it’s a male or female. From what I understand, it’s the strongest insect in the world. I’m not willing to test the assertion. 

 

Open Ended

What are the names of the two types of beetles which are foun in the Philippines?

Uwang and Salagubang

Open Ended

2. What variety of beetles do those two types come from?

Rhinoceros bee

Open Ended

3. How did the author describe the claws of “uwang” and “salagubang” ?

sharp

Open Ended

4. Do you think you will be hurt once you see an “uwang” or “salagubang”

yes

Open Ended

5. What do you think is the purpose of the selection?

educate/ informative

What do you usually imagine? Have you ever experienced strange things in your classroom? Find out as you read the story; then, answer the questions that follow

Learning Task 5

Walking on the Moon  

When I was in Grade 3, I got to take a trip to the moon. I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was one of the strangest experiences I’d ever had. It all started when Miss Reyes, our Grade 3 Science teacher, was showing a video about the different planets in the solar system. Halfway through the video, I noticed a sparkling metal disc, about the size of a peso coin, lying on the floor. I kept trying to pay attention to the video, but found myself bending over to pick up the shiny disk that was next to my desk. 

As soon as I touched the metal disk, something strange happened. I wasn’t in the classroom anymore. I was hovering in the air, way above the school. I could see the whole or rather the rooftops of the whole city. I was a little nervous, but also pretty excited. What was happening? How could I be floating? It was then when I remembered the metal disk I’d picked up from the floor earlier. Did it I have something to do with the strange things that were happening to me right now? I opened my palm and looked closely at the disk. On the disk were these words: “Floating through the air, like a helium filled balloon, your travels will not stop, until you reach the moon” 

The next thing I knew, I was soaring through space, dodging satellites and asteroids. Oddly enough, I wasn’t cold and I was able to breathe just fine. Before I knew it, I was standing on the moon. It was amazing! It looked very different from the Earth. No trees, water, nor houses. There wasn’t even any wind . For each step I took I would bounce way up into the air. Every step  took left a huge footprint in the dust. I had to be careful and make sure I didn’t jump into a crater because I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get out. Sometimes I couldn’t even see the bottom. I was bounding over to something in the distance that looked very out of the place. When I got there, I realized it was a flag. On the flag were the words: “To go to Earth, close your eyes and think of what you’ve learned. You will find in no time at all, you will be returned”. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go back just yet, but I knew it might get dark soon and I didn’t want to be on the moon by myself in the dark. I decided to close my eyes and think of the weather and other characteristics of the moon I’d learned that day.  

When I opened my eyes I was sitting on my seat in my Science classroom. Miss Reyes was turning on the lights because the video was over. I sat there wondering about what just happened. I opened my hand to look at the metal disk, but it was gone! Did I really take a trip to the moon or was it just a dream? 

 

Multiple Choice

1. Where is the setting of the story?

• Saturn

• outer space

• a town

• a Science classroom

Multiple Choice

2. In the sentence, “ I was hovering in the air, way above the school” what does the word hovering mean?

• floating

• dreaming

• walking

• jumping

Multiple Choice

3. Why are the words “Floating through the air, like a helium filled balloon, your travels will not stop, until you reach the moon” written in italics?

• The teacher thinks they are important.

• They are words the student says.

• They are words from the video.

• The words on the disk are important.

Multiple Choice

4. In which sentence does the word bound have the same meaning as the sentence “ I was bounding over to something in the distance…”?

• The sticks were bound in a bundle.

• The rabbit will bound through the field.

• My book was bound at the printers.

• There is a bound to be a change of plans.

Multiple Choice

5. Why does the main character NOT know if the trip really happened?

• The main character was sitting in a desk when the video ended.

• The metal disk was gone and the main character did not have any proof.

• The main character had difficulty remembering the order of events.

• The solar system video is still being shown. 6

Multiple Choice

6. Which event happened first in the story?

• The main character is hovering above the town.

• The main character reads the word on the disk

• The main character picks up a sparkling metal disk.

• The main character is sitting at a desk.

Multiple Choice

7. What would be another title for the story?

• The Great Class Field Trip

• The Living Moon

• The Magic Metal Disk

• The Solar System

What have you learned from todays lesson?

Open Ended

What have you learned from todays lesson?

Thank You!