Wonders Story of Snow
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Joseph Anderson
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The Story of Snow questions & answers
The Science of Winter's Wonder
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Author's Craft: Text Structure
The word also signals a comparison.
Read the first two sentences of the paragraph on page 217.
What is the author comparing?
How are they alike?
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Author's Craft: Text Structure Answers
The word also signals a comparison.
Read the first two sentences of the paragraph on page 217.
What is the author comparing?
Answer: Air and water vapor.
How are they alike?
Answer: We can't see them.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
To find the main idea on page 218, study the key details. The main idea is what the key details have in common.
What do the key details have in common?
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details Answer
To find the main idea on page 218, study the key details. The main idea is what the key details have in common.
What do the key details have in common?
Answer: They all tell about how snow develops.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
To find the main idea on page 218, study the key details. The main idea is what the key details have in common.
Talk about what the main idea and key details are.
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Skill Main Idea and Key Details
Main Idea: Snow has a developmental process
Detail #1: Clouds contain tiny particles of dirt, ash, salt, and bacteria
Detail #2: A snow crystal needs a speck to start growing
Detail #3: The specks are smaller than the eye can see
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Vocabulary: Greek Roots
The word microscope on page 219 has a prefix and a Greek root. The prefix micro- means "small," and the root scope means "see or watch."
Use this information, along with context clues, to figure out the meaning of microscope.
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Vocabulary: Greek Roots Answer
The word microscope on page 219 has a prefix and a Greek root. The prefix micro- means "small," and the root scope means "see or watch."
Use this information, along with context clues, to figure out the meaning of microscope.
Answer: A microscope is an instrument used to help people see very small things.
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Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions
As we read, we should pause from time to time to ask and answer questions to check my understanding.
One question we can ask ourselves is how snow crystals get their arms. To find the answer, we can look at the diagram again and reread the captions.
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Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Continued
The fifth caption has the word branches and the sixth has the word arms, so we should pay special attention to them.
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Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Continued
Then we can paraphrase the text the in the captions to make sure we understand it: Snow crystals grow their arms because they grow faster on their corners. This causes six branches to grow
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Genre: Expository Text
Which features of expository text do you see on pages 220-221?
Talk about how the photographs help you understand the text.
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Genre: Expository Text Answers
Which features of expository text do you see on pages 220-221?
Answer: Detailed photographs and captions
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Genre: Expository Text Answers
Talk about how the photographs help you understand the text.
Answer: The photographs in the captions help the reader picture the information described in the text. The enlarged photographs allow the reader to see the details. The author describes in the text.
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Genre: Expository Text Continued
Why do you think the authors also choose to include a photograph of the actual size of a snow crystal?
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Genre: Expository Text Continued Answer
Why do you think the authors also choose to include a photograph of the actual size of a snow crystal?
Answer: It helps the reader remember how small snow crystals really are.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
What are the key details on this page?
What do the key details on this page have in common?
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details Answer
What are the key details on this page?
Answer: Snow crystals usually have six arms that reach out from a center point. The center point is where the speck started the crystal. The arms may look alike, but are almost never the same.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details Answer Continued
What do the key details on this page have in common?
Answer: They tell about how snow crystals are shaped and formed.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
What is the main idea?
What are the details to support it?
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Main Idea: Snow crystals have a shape and form.
Detail #1: Snow crystals usually have six arms that reach out from a center point.
Detail #2: The center point is home to the speck that started the crystal.
Detail #3: The arms of crystals look alike, but are almost never exactly the same.
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Author's Craft: Text Structure
Read the first sentence on page 222.
What are the authors comparing and contrasting here?
How are they alike?
How are they different?
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Author's Craft: Text Structure Answer
What are the authors comparing and contrasting here?
Answer: Plate crystals and star crystals
How are they alike?
Answer: They are both thin
How are they different?
Answer: Plate crystals don't have arms
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
What is the main idea of the text on page 223?
How do the details support the main idea?
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details Answer
What is the main idea of the text on page 223?
Answer: Column-shaped snow crystals have a unique shape and forming process.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details Answer Continued
How do the details support the main idea?
Answer: They all tell about column-shaped snow crystals
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Text Features: Diagrams
Use the diagram on page 224 to explain how a larger hexagonal crystal forms from water molecules shaped like hexagonal rings.
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Text Features: Diagrams Answer
Use the diagram on page 224 to explain how a larger hexagonal crystal forms from water molecules shaped like hexagonal rings.
Answer: The hexagonal rings join together to make a larger crystal.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Reread page 225, focusing on the main idea.
Is the main idea stated directly on the page?
How do you know what the main idea is?
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details Answer
Is the main idea stated directly on the page?
Answer: No
How do you know what the main idea is?
Answer: We know what the main idea is because the details on the page all explain that snow crystals develop into many forms
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Main Idea: Snow crystals can develop into many forms.
Detail #1: It's rare for snow crystals to turn out perfectly.
Detail #2: A droplet of water can cause one arm to grow faster.
Detail #3: Snow crystals can have twelve arms.
Detail #4: Snow crystals can have bumps called rime.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
How do the details support the main idea?
What is the main idea?
What are the details to support it?
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
How do the details support the main idea?
Answer: The details are all about snow crystals sticking together.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Main Idea: Hundreds or thousands of snow crystals can make one snowflake.
Detail #1: Snow crystals bump into each other and stick together.
Detail #2: Snowflakes can be just one crystal. They are very small and hard to see.
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
The main idea is not directly stated in the text, so we have to determine it ourselves.
What do all the details on the page have in common?
What is the main idea?
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Skill: Main Idea and Key Details Answer
What do all the details on the page have in common?
Answer: They describe the way things in nature are different.
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Main Idea: Most things in nature aren't exactly alike, including snowflakes.
Detail #1: Simple plate crystals may appear alike.
Detail #2: More complicated snow crystals aren't exactly alike.
Detail#3: No two leaves, flowers, or people are exactly alike.
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