Apes Are Great Day 3-4

Apes Are Great Day 3-4

Finding the Main Idea & Details

Vocabulary

• covered- coated

• prefer- favor

• head- leader

• weaker- less strong

• clever- smart

• harmed- hurt or injured

• threat- danger

Writing a 100 point Meaningful Sentence

Mmmm. Cupcakes!😋

Poll

Look at this meaningful sentence for the word weaker. Give it a score.

I weaker.

Poll

Give this meaningful sentence a score.

I don't like to work out, so my brother can beat me in arm wrestling because I am weaker than him.

Open Ended

Type a meaningful sentence for the word weaker.

Finding the Main Idea & Details

Main Idea tells what the section is MOSTLY about.

Details give more information about the main idea.

Main Idea

The main idea of page 37 is that apes work together.

I know this because the author is telling me in the heading that apes work together and telling me the different ways they work together.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following supports the main idea of page 37 that apes work together?

• a. Sometimes apes gather food and share it with other apes in their group.

• b. Bananas grow on trees and apes like bananas.

• c. Apes are hair because they are mammals.

Open Ended

Write-On.📝 Tell one more detail that supports the main idea that apes work together.

Hint: Look in the first paragraph.

R- Controlled Vowels

ar & er

We can use r-controlled vowels to help us sound out words.

Try these words:

garden

clerk

Multiple Select

Choose all the words that have the r-controlled vowel : ar

• tarp

• hammer

• garden

• lemon

Multiple Select

Choose all the words that have the r-controlled vowel: er

• car

• spider

• book

• clever

Author's Intent- WHY did the author write the text?

• Persuade- to try to convince

• Inform- to give facts and info about a topic

• Entertain- to make us laugh with good/funny stories

Multiple Choice

What is the Author's intent? Why did he write the text Apes are Great?

• a. to entertain us with funny stories about apes

• b. to inform us all about Apes

• c. to persuade us to save apes

What does the whole text tell us about Apes?

• Hint: Think about the headings on each page.

  
  

• Apes are mammals

• Apes work together

• Apes are like Humans

Open Ended

Tell two ways you know the author's intent is to give us information about apes?

Multiple Choice

What does a Gorilla do when threatened?

• They run away.

• The roar and bang their arms on the ground.

• The swing from tree to tree.

Main Idea & Details

• Look at the first sentence of this paragraph

• What word do we see repeated?

What is the main idea of this page? Support your answer.

• The main idea of this page is that gorillas are the biggest apes. The author tells us that some gorillas are more than 6 feet tall. Another detail is that the biggest, oldest male is called the silverback gorilla.

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Open Ended

Now, you try!

What is the main idea of page 38?

Type:

The main idea is_____________________________.

Open Ended

What is one detail that supports the main idea?

Multiple Choice

What does the word shaggy mean in the sentence?:

They have shaggy, reddish-orange fur.

• Shaggy means short.

• Shaggy means long and thick.

• Shaggy means silly.

TOPIC

The topic of this book is apes. I know because the author tells us about how apes are mammals. Apes stick together. There are different apes.

Multiple Choice

What is the topic of this WHOLE text/book?

Think about what we learned about on EACH page.

• The topic is apes.

• The topic is mammals.

• The topic is only about bonobos.

Open Ended

How do you know the topic of this text is Apes?

Type:

I know the topic is apes because the author tells us ________________.