2/14-2/17 Lessons

2/14-2/17 Lessons

By Anja Vukicevic

2/14 Lesson

By Anja Vukicevic

Poll

Would you rather...

• Get a dozen red roses?

• Get 12 chocolate doughnuts?

Multiple Choice

Who is this?

• Cupid

• Santa Claus

• Mrs. V

Multiple Choice

It is believed that Valentine's Day began in _____________.

• Italy in 210 AD

• Rome in 270 AD

• United States 270 AD

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

Who is the the mischievous winged child who's arrows pierce the hearts of his victims causing them to fall deeply in love?

• Cupid

• Santa

• Rudolf

• Harry Potter

Open Ended

Reader's Workshop Time! What are some features of Informational/Non-Fiction Texts?

Multiple Choice

2: Books that are fiction have characters, setting, and a plot.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

3: We read nonfiction books to learn about something.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Find the main idea  Being a clown isn't all fun and games.  Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform.  When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention.  In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider.  So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business

• Being a clown isn't all fun and games.
• Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.
• Rodeos are exciting.
• Clowns are good at riding bulls.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the following text?

The paths you choose today can shape you forever. It’s both frightening and exciting that we have to make so many vital decisions when we’re so young and full of hormones, but such is life. Imagine an eighty-foot rope stretched out before you. Each foot represents one year of your life. Teenagehood is only seven years, such a short span of rope, but those seven affect the remaining sixty-one, for good or bad, in such a powerful way.

• It is both frightening and exciting that you have to make so many vital decisions.

• Life is short like an eighty-foot rope.

• The paths you choose today can shape you forever.

Pick a resource to read

2/15 Lesson

By Anja Vukicevic

What is the most important in this section, put it in your own words! 

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What is the most important in this section, put it in your own words! 

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Open Ended

What is the most important in this section, put it in your own words! 

What is the most important in this section, put it in your own words! 

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Open Ended

What is the most important in this section, put it in your own words! 

Open Ended

This section of the article is mostly about___________________________

Open Ended

"Adaptions of Polar Bears" is mostly about______________________.

Pick a resource to read

2/16 Lesson

By Anja Vukicevic

Multiple Choice

Many people have not heard giraffes make noises.  Giraffes do not use sounds to “talk” with each other.  When hurt, giraffes make a low moo, something like a cow.  When frightened, they make a short, high sound.
What is the main idea?

• Giraffes do make noises
• Giraffes talk all the time.
• Cows and giraffes talk to each other.
• Lots of people have heard giraffes talk.

Multiple Choice

Tom started to reel in his line. The fish tugged and pulled hard. Judging by the weight of his catch, this fish could feed his family for three days. Tom struggled to stay in the boat and not be pulled over the side. Finally his catch came into view. He had snagged a snapping turtle!
What is the main idea?

• Tom finds enough food for his family.
• Tom gets pulled out of his boat by a huge fish.
• Tom didn't catch anything.
• Tom catches a snapping turtle while fishing.

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA

Nikola Tesla was an inventor and physicist who is best remembered for his contributions to the AC power system and radio, but he may have also built a death ray. At a 1937 luncheon in his honor, Tesla claimed to have created a weapon that could shoot a concentrated beam of energy capable of bringing down fleets of airplanes. He further claimed to have built, demonstrated, and used this weapon. When Tesla entered negotiations with the U.S., the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to sell his device, Tesla claimed that one of these parties had sent people to break into his room and steal his invention, but that this theft was impossible since the blueprint for the weapon was entirely in his mind. Unfortunately, Tesla died with the blueprint in his mind before anyone could get one. On second thought, maybe that’s not such a bad thing

• Tesla may have built a death ray but he died before it could be completed

• Nikola Tesla's inventions were ahead of his time

• The inventor of the AC power

• The power of the "death ray"

Open Ended

This section of the article is mostly about___________________________

Multiple Choice

At the opening ceremonies of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, teams of elite athletes from around the world enter the stadium under the flag of their home nation. They represent their country's finest examples of physical prowess, endurance, and discipline. The athletes are ready to compete. Their faces beam with pride as they smile and wave to the world.

Which words from the paragraph help the reader understand the meaning of the word elite?

• country's finest examples

• are ready to compete

• enter the stadium

• beam with pride

Greek and Latin Roots

Latin Roots Review

• audi- hearing

• port- to carry

• ject- to throw

• rupt- to break

• dict- speech/say/speak

Greek Roots Review

• auto- self

• bio- life

• graph- written down, drawn, described, or recorded

• hydro- water

• meter- measure

Multiple Choice

water

• auto

• bio

• hydro

Multiple Choice

self

• hydro

• auto

• bio

Multiple Choice

Life

• bio

• self

• graph

MY article is mostly about...