RI 3.3 week 24

RI 3.3 week 24

Language Standard

• L.3.5c - Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describes states of mind or degrees of certainty.

  
  

  
  

I Can Statements

• I can distinguish shades of meaning between words.

Multiple Choice

“All matter has both physical and chemical properties and chemical properties.Physical properties are those that can be observed without changing the make-up, or identity of the matter. For example, clay is malleable, which means it will bend or flatten when squeezed. Squeezing changes the shape of the clay but does not change what the clay is made of. Malleability is an example of a physical property.Chemical properties describe matter based on its ability to change into a new kind of matter with different properties. For example, paper is flammable: it is capable of burning in the presence of oxygen. Flammability is a chemical property of paper. A chemical property of iron is its tendency to rust. Rusting occurs when iron reacts with oxygen to produce iron oxide. Reactivity to acid and to water are two more examples of chemical properties.”

• Description
• Problem & Solution
• Compare & Contrast
• Cause & Effect

Multiple Choice

In the passage, how is the information organized?

In many parts of the world, people do not have enough water to drink. It is the biggest problem of the next 100 years. Earth is not running out of water. There is plenty of it. But most of it is in the oceans. Ocean water is too salty to drink. What if there was a way to make ocean water drinkable? There is. It is called desalination. Desalination is a way of taking the salt out of ocean water. Water that goes through a desalination plant can be used on farms and in homes. For some large cities, desalination offers a quick way out of a bad situation.

• Descriptive

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

• Sequence

Multiple Choice

What Happened to the Dinosaurs?

There are many theories about why the dinosaurs vanished from the planet. One theory that many people believe is that a gigantic meteorite smashed into the Earth. Scientists believe that the meteorite was very big and that the impact may have produced a large dust cloud that covered the Earth for many years. The dust cloud may have caused plants to not receive sunlight and the large plant eaters, or herbivores, may have died off, followed by the large meat eaters, or carnivores. This theory may or may not be true, but it is one explanation as to why these giant reptiles no longer inhabit the Earth.

• Sequence

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

• Compare and contrast

Multiple Choice

“Earthquakes happen all over the world in areas called seismic zones. Seismic zones occur where the plates of crust covering the Earth’s surface meet each other. Inside the Earth, the mantle is always moving, which in turn moves the plates. These plates push against each other, building up tension between them. When the tension between plates becomes too great, they grind against each other, causing the Earth’s surface to tremble and shake.”

• Description
• Problem & Solution
• Chronological Order
• Cause & Effect

Multiple Choice

Directions: Read the passages, identify the main pattern of organization used in each paragraph, and highlight the signal words for each pattern. Patterns to choose from: Sequence, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, and Compare and Contrast

Creating a Dinosaur Sculpture

Wouldn’t you like a scary dinosaur model on your desk to protect your pencils and textbooks? You can easily make one by following these simple directions. First, bend your pipe cleaner to make the frame of your dinosaur. I suggest you create a tyrannosaurus frame by using one long pipe cleaner as his neck, spine, and tail, and then bend another into a u-shape to make his feet. Wrap the feet around the spine piece. Next, roll out clay to wrap around the pipe cleaners. Let the clay dry overnight. The next day you may want to paint your dinosaur using non-toxic paint. His eyes should be white, but feel free to color your dinosaur as you wish. Nobody really knows how dinosaurs were colored, so don’t let anyone tell you that your dinosaur can’t be pink. Lastly, put him on your desk and watch as he or she scares away bullies and pencil thieves.

• Sequence

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

Multiple Choice

“Imagine you have a solid substance, such as ice. Heat it, which makes its temperature rise. When it reaches a certain level, the temperature stops rising and the substance begins to turn into a liquid. This temperature is called the substance’smelting point. You keep heating. When all the solid has turned to liquid, the temperature begins to rise again. Eventually the temperature stops rising and the liquid begins to turn into a gas. The temperature at which this happens is called the boiling point. If you keep heating the temperature stays the same until all the liquid is gone. Then the temperature begins to rise again.”

• Description
• Chronological Order
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution

Multiple Choice

“The earth’s crust is made up mostly of hard, rocky substances, though some of these substances have crumbled into dirt from years of exposure to wind and rain and roots of plants. That crust is many miles thick (though the part under the ocean is thinner than the part on the land). Underneath the crust is a layer called the mantle.The mantle is about 1,800 miles thick. Below the mantle is the earth’s core, which is made up of two layers called the inner core and outer core.”

• Description

• Chronological Order

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution