Question of the day ??

If you were writing a story about summer, what details would you use to add to the story?

Listening Comprehension

Magazine ArticlesTell about current events andOften include dialogue from interviews with real people

As I read “A Dinosaur Lives, Virtually” listen carefully to learn about

new developments in the study of dinosaur fossils.

Nonfiction Texts• Nonfiction texts give facts. • In a nonfiction text, some facts

and ideas are more important that others.

• To understand nonfiction text, you need to identify the most important ideas, or the main ideas.

• A lot of times, the first sentence in a paragraph tells you the main idea for the whole paragraph.

Summarizing What You Read

• When you read, pause periodically to summarize sections of text.

• Remember to look for the main ideas in each section of text.

To paraphrase is to retell what you have read in your own words Without

changing the meaning

• Replace some words with synonyms• Change the order of some words with

ideas• Be careful not to change the meaning

of the text.• Keep your paraphrased passage

about the same length as the original

Paraphrase• Example 1: Original Sentence• Long ago, people believed that the huge ancient

bones they found were the remains of mythical creatures.

• Words replaced with synonymsIn the past, people thought that the gigantic old bones

they discovered were the remains of legendary beasts.

Word order ChangedWhen people discovered gigantic old bones in the past,

they thought they had found the remains of legendary beasts.

Example 2: Paraphrase

• Example 2 ORIGINAL SENTENCE• We know of more than 1,000 species of

dinosaurs. More dinosaurs are being discovered every year.

• On a piece of paper and with your partner rewrite the sentence in example 2 replace with synonyms:

• Discuss how you could change with word order change. Look at example on next slide.

Example 2: Word order change

• More than 1,000 kinds of dinosaurs have been identified, and every year more dinosaurs are uncovered.

• Think Aloud: When you paraphrase, replace some words with synonyms. Also try changing the order of some words in the sentence. Make sure the meaning of the text is not changed.

VocabularyWords

A contraption is a strange-looking

machine or device.What kind of

contraption can vigorously mix

pancake batter?

If a creature roamed an area,

it wandered around there.What destinations would you like to

roam?

Something massive is very

large and heavy.

Why might a massive flag symbolize our

country?

If something is submerged, it is

beneath the surface of a body of water.

What aspects of a diver’s suit are useful

when submerged?

Something elegant is graceful and

pleasing to look at.

Could a gorgeous dress look elegant? Explain.

Obstacles are things that get in your way when you are going somewhere or trying to reach a goal.

How could an obstacle lead to misfortune?

Something that is complicated has many parts that are connected in ways to make it hard to understand.

Why would it be complicated to

reconstruct a dinosaur skeleton?

Something that is eerie is strange and makes people feel afraid.

Would a festive fair feel eerie?

Spelling Words: • subtle• scene• climbed• comb• exhibit• doubt• folks• exhaust• half• whistle

•island•lamb•numb•often•rustle•debt•knack•thumb•unknown•mortgage

Challenge Words: handsome, rhyme, thorough, cheetah, cupboard

Silent bSubtle

ClimbedCombDoubtLambNumbDebt

Thumb

Silent cscene

Silent hexhibitExhaust

Silent kknackUnknown

Silent sisland

Silent twhistleOftenRustlemortgage

subtle doubt island debtscene folks lamb knackclimbed exhaust numb thumbcomb half often unknownexhibit whistle rustle mortgage

Challenge Words

• Handsome• Rhyme• Thorough• Cheetah• Cupboard