Dispatch: Knowledge Rating

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Vocabulary Review

cavityDefinition: A hole in a tooth

Sentence: He thought he had a cavity because his tooth hurt.

dentistDefinition: Doctor who cleans and repairs

teeth.

Sentence: The dentist told him he needed to stop eating so much candy.

fillingDefinition: Metal or other material used to fill

a cavity.

Sentence: You could see his silver filling when he opened his mouth.

invaderDefinition: Person who enters a country by

force to attack it or to steal.

Sentence: The people of earth did not know what the invaders from space planned to do.

invasionDefinition: Act of entering a country by force.

Sentence: After the invasion started, the people of earth found out what the “fat men” wanted.

launchDefinition: To send into the air by force.

Sentence: NASA plans to launch the Space Shuttle next week.

receiveDefinition: Get

Sentence: What did they receive as a reward for finding the dog?

spacemanDefinition: Man who comes from another

planet.

Sentence: The spaceman looked funny, not scary.

stationDefinition: Place that sends out radio

signals.

Sentence: The filling had made the boy’s mouth a radio station.

stay tunedDefinition: Stay on the same radio station.

Sentence: The man on the news said to stay tuned for more information about the bad weather.

This Selection’s Reading Strategy –

How to IdentifyElements in the Plot

Reading Strategy – page 50 How to Identify Events in the Plot• The order of events in a story is the plot.

In many stories, the first event begins with a problem that the main character has. Each following event in the story carries the plot to it’s conclusion, or end. If you understand the plot, you know the beginning, the middle and the end of a story.

Reading Strategy – How to Identify Events in the Plot

As you read, ask yourself:

1. Who is the main character?

2. What is the character’s problem?

3. What events lead to the conclusion of the story?

Reading Strategy Practice – Loomie Visits the Planet Meepar Part 1The people on the

planet Zaxton are lonely and want to meet some new people. One day Loomie, the queen on Zaxton, looks through a telescope and sees people on the planet Meepar. She wants them to come and live on Zaxton.

Reading Strategy Practice– Loomie Visits the Planet Meepar Part 2

Loomie flies to the planet Meepar and meets the king. He says Meepars are lonely just like the people of Zaxton and puts her in a cage and keeps her there.

Reading Strategy Practice – Loomie Visits the Planet Meepar Part 3

Many Meepars come to see Loomie and hear about her problem. Finally, they suggest a solution. For six months some Meepars will go to Zaxton to visit. Then some people from Zaxton will visit Meepar for the next six months. That way everyone will always have company. Everyone likes the solution and Loomie flies back to Zaxton in a spaceship full of new Meepar friends.

Identify Events in the Plot

________ Conclusion

________ Event 3

________ Event 2

________ Event 1

________ Problem

Meepars visit her.

Loomie goes to Meepar; gets put in cage.Zaxton

people are lonely.

All agree to visit each other.

Loomie goes back with friends.

Fat Menfrom Space

When William visits his dentist, he gets a new filling in his tooth. Soon he discovers that the filling can pick up messages from the radio – and even from outer space

Fat Men From Space- Together

Before You Move On Questions p.531. List all of the words in the first paragraph on

page 52 that describe a feeling or taste.The words in the first paragraph that describe a feeling

or taste are _______, _____, _____, and _______.

2. What did William hear as he was lying in bed? What happened when he touched his tooth with his tongue?

William heard _____________ as he was lying in bed. When he touched his tooth with his tongue ___________________________________________.

3. Which parts of the story so far could happen in real life? Which parts could not really happen?

So far, the parts of the story that could happen are _______________________.The parts of the story that could not really happen are ___________.

Fat Men From Space- Partners

Section 21. Why do you think that William could

hear the spacemen’s messages from his filling?

2. What were the conversations about?

3. Do you think this story is funny or serious? Explain your answer.

Fat Men From Space- Partners

Before Your Move On Questions p.541. I think William could hear the spacemen’s

messages from his filling because ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. The conversations were about ___________ _________________________________________________________________________.

3. I think the story is serious/funny because _____________________________________ ____________________________________.

Fat Men From Space- Together

Section 3 Questions1. What were some of the things the fat

men from space wanted?

2. Why couldn’t most people on Earth get anything to eat but eat lean meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables?

3. In your own words, tell how the story ends.

Fat Men From Space- Together

Before Your Move On Questions p.581. Some of the things the fat men from space

wanted were __________________________ ____________________________________.

2. Most people on Earth couldn’t get anything to eat except lean meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables because ___________________ ____________________________________.

3. The story ends ________________________ _________________________________________________________________________.

Grammar Mini-Lesson: Compound Sentences

Exs.) William rubbed his tongue against the filling. The volume dropped.

William rubbed his tongue against the filling, and the volume dropped.

A independent clause has a subject and a verb. It can stand alone as a sentence. When you join two independent clauses, you make a compound sentence.

Some conjunctions used in compound sentences (from Handbook, pg. 430):

Number off by 6’s. Use your number conjunction to write a compound sentence about Fat Men from Space.

Do Practice Book pg. 24

1 2 3 4 5 6

and but or for nor Yet

Grammar Mini-Lesson: Subject-Verb Agreement

The verb in a sentence must agree with its subject. Singular means “one.” A singular subject names one person and needs a singular verb.

Plural means “more than one.” A plural subject names more than one person and needs a plural verb. -see Handbook pg. 427 for more info.

Practice: Choose the verb that agrees with the subject. 1. I (am/are) interested in science fiction.2. These novels (is/are) full of details about outer space.3. The writer (is/are) also a scientist.4. Often his characters (is/are) comical.

Do Practice Book pg. 25

Singular Plural

Iyouhe, she, it

amareis

we

youthey

areareare

Fat Men from Space Sum it Up

Event

Event

Conclusion

Problem

Fat Men From Space Summary

William’s problem was that ______________ ________________. The first thing that happened was that _______________________ ______________________________________________. Then, ________________________ _______________________________________________. After that, ____________________ ___________________________. The story ended when ____________________________ ____________________________________________________.