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Lesson 7 MR

Lesson 7 MR

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4th Grade

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CCSS
6.NS.B.3, RL.5.2, RI.4.2

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14 Slides • 31 Questions

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Lesson 7 RI.4.2

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Open Ended

What is "main idea" and why is it important???

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Drag and Drop

What are different names for "main idea"???​
Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above
central idea
theme
topic
message

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Multiple Choice

Can a story have more than one main idea???

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yes

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no

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Multiple Choice

What do "key detail" or "Supporting details" do?

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Prove the theme of the story

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supports or proves the main idea

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Supports the characters in the story

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tells the order of the story

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Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this story?

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a great treat! They are simple to make, and tastey too! To make a PBandJ sandwich, you need to first grab two slices of bread. Next, grab a butter knife and your favorite peanut butter. Spread the peanut butter on the first slice of bread. Next, grab another butter knife for the jelly and spread the jelly on the second slice of bread. Put the two slices of bread together, and wha-la! You have a delicious PB&J sandwich!

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PB&J sandwiches are delicious.

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How to buy ingredients for a PB&J sandwhich.

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Everyone loves PB&J sanwiches.

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How to make a great PB&J sandwich.

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Multiple Choice

Now that we know the main idea, what is a key detail for our main idea?

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a great treat! They are simple to make, and tastey too! To make a PBandJ sandwich, you need to first grab two slices of bread. Next, grab a butter knife and your favorite peanut butter. Spread the peanut butter on the first slice of bread. Next, grab another butter knife for the jelly and spread the jelly on the second slice of bread. Put the two slices of bread together, and wha-la! You have a delicious PB&J sandwich!

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You have a delicious PB&J sandwich.

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Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a great treat!

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Spread the peanut butter on one slice of bread.

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They are simple to make and tasty too!

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Now, let's get to the real stuff!

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Open Ended

We have been talking about inventions in this unit. How can people use technology to solve problems?

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Open Ended

What problem did the smartphone solve?

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MR pgs. 120-123

Googly-Eyed and Gobbling Garbage

In this lesson, we are going to read about an invention that solved a major problem. We are going to determine the main idea and find key details to support our main idea.

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Quick Check....
Where can we look in a story or paragraph to help us find a main idea??? 

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STOP AND DISCUSS!!!!


........WITH A LITTLE QUIZ

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Multiple Select

What is Mr. Trash Wheel compared to in Paragraph 1?

Mark all that apply.

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A soda can

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a snail

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a school bus

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a monster

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Open Ended

What words make Mr. Trash Wheel seem alive?

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Open Ended

What problem did Kellett think about everyday?

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Let's continue reading...

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Multiple Choice

What words in paragraph 5 help you understand the word "prototype"?

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The original prototype needed work.

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imagined a water wheel that picked dup trash

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,or a rough model of an invention

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...guzzled more than one million w

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Open Ended

Why do you think Kellett designed his machine to look like a monster?

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But what's the big idea?

Let's discuss how to find the main idea

Let's go back and make our "baby summaries" and find some details that support it. Then, we can fill in our chart on page 122.

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Open Ended

So, what is the main idea of the whole story???

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Less

Replace this with a sub-header that can be in multiple lines. ​

Duplicate this text as many times as you would like.

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Multiple Choice

What is main idea?

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The lesson of the story.

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The setting of the story.

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What the story is mainly about.

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The problem of the story.

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Let's discuss the main idea and find some supporting details on page 127

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Open Ended

Is there a theme to this story? What is it???

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Let's meet Stevie! MRpgs 129-132

We are going to learn about how a robot helps people. Then, we are going to show what we know by discussing the main idea and supporting details.

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Stevie can't help you on this quiz ;)

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Multiple Select

What can Stevie do that most robots can't do?

Mark all that apply.

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Say kind words

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cook

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Dance

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Smile

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Multiple Choice

Why might people enjoy a social robot?

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It is fun to have a robot do your chores for you

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It is fun to communicate with a robot and see his emotions

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Because it costs a lot of money

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It isn't fun at all

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Multiple Choice

What does thhe author want you to know?

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All robots are like Stevie

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The author wants everyone to buy a robot like Stevie

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Robots like Stevie can respond and show emotions

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Robots like Stevie only work in nursing homes

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Multiple Choice

What did Stevie do when he was asked to do chores?

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He said no

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He did them without showing any interaction

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He only did the ones he wanted

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He danced around

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Multiple Choice

How did researchers figure out residents wanted a social robot?

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They bought everyone a social robot

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The asked on Facebook

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They asked the residents how they felt about having a social robot

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They sent out a survey for residents to complete

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Multiple Choice

What did Stevie do during the sing along?

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He ran away

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He malfunctioned

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He danced like a robot

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He sung louder

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Now, let's look at your questions on page 131...

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Multiple Choice

What is the Main idea of the story?

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Stevie is one of the only robots that has the same feeling that humans have

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Researchers built Stevie so it could teach people how to dance at sing alongs

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Stevie is helping researchers understand how robots can be useful for retirement communities

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Researchers created Stevie to answer questions from people who live in retirement communities

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Multiple Choice

Which detail best supports the main idea from question A?

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"Researchers are working hard to learn what staff and residents might want from a Robot

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For example, tell Stevie you are sick andit frowns and says, "I'm sorry to hear that"

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Stevie can answer about 100 common questions, such as "How are you?"

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Phil led singing while Stevie's arms circled around, doing its best to copy the dance moves

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Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word "hosts" in paragraph 1?

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plays with

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entertains guests

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listens to musicians

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watches closely

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Multiple Choice

What did Stevie do at the bingo game?

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Stevie helped the residents

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Stevie answered the questions

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Stevie called out numbers

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Stevie danced and sang

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Multiple Choice

What did researchers discover residents wanted
STevie to do?

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to roll away from them

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to take orders frrom them

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to help them with chores

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to keep them company

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Open Ended

What are some ways we can find the main idea?

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Open Ended

What are key details and why are they important?

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Stop and discuss....and quiz!

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Multiple Choice

What is a chemist?

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the strongest fibers ever made

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a scientist who studies materials in the world around us

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a doctor

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a chemical made of stuff

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Now, paragraphs 5-8....did Kwolek do it??

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