The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse

HawkinsBy Barbara Kerley

Unit 3 Week 3

Day 1 – How can paleontologists help us understand the past? Video –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LssXGFdueFM

p. 388 – 389 What are the

scientists looking at?

What is the boy looking at?

How do you think the model was created?

Concept MapRead Aloud: Graveyards of the Dinosaurs Amazing Words: fossils, paleontologists, uncanny, sandstone

What are some challenges for paleontologists?

Comprehension Skill: Fact and Opinion

Comprehension Strategy: Predict and Set Purpose

Dinosaurs

Vocabulary Use and online dictionary to define the words

below. erected foundatio

nsmold

Vocabulary

Check your vocabulary definitions with the definitions above!

Spelling – Take your pretest on SpellingCity

Conventions – Finish WS 13 after starting together

Handwriting – Work on the next two pages in your cursive packet

Day 2 – Content KnowledgeOral Vocabulary

How can paleontologists help us understand the past? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjhDV_GzTM8 Day in the life of paleontologist Thomas Carr “He laid his backpack on a rock and headed down into the little

valley. He walked a dozen paces, straight to where a fossil was poking out of a sandstone ledge.” – “Graveyards and Dinosaurs”

What does sandstone mean? What happens when Sereno gets to the sandstone? Was the way he found this fossil unusual? Why did the author

include it?

Concept MapAmazing Words: remains, model

In “Graveyards and Dinosaurs” the word remains refers to what the paleontologists found. What does remains mean?

What types of remains might a paleontologist find?

Discuss with a partner:What are some remains that might be left over from lunch?

Vocabulary Use and online dictionary to define the words

below. occasion proportio

ntidied workshop

Vocabulary

Check your vocabulary definitions with the definitions above!

Word Analysis: Suffixes -tion, -sion

Suffixes –tion and –sion are added to verbs to form nouns of action or condition.

In your reading spiral choose a base word from the first column and a suffix from the sound column to form a noun.

Vocabulary Skill: Homonyms

Example: Jenny checked the main every day, but the letter did not arrive.

Mail can have two meanings.1. letters 2. armor made of metal plates or rings.

Use context clues to understand the meaning of mail.

Vocabulary Skill: Greek and Latin Roots

Read ‘The Artist of the Hour” on page 393.

Words to Know: mold, tidied, workshop, erected, foundations, occasions, proportion

In your reading spiral write an explanation and the steps you would take to make a model of a dinosaur. Use words from your Words to Know list.

A biography tells the story of a person’s life that is written by another person. Authors present major events from a person’s whole life or from a particular period in the person’s life.Look through the story. Make predictions on what you think will happen. Read pages 394 – 401

Spelling – Practice your words on Spelling City

Conventions – WS 203

Vocabulary – WS 202

Day 3 – Content KnowledgeOral Vocabulary

How can paleontologists help us understand the past? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOs6Xy9I8SA Paleontologist theories that turned out to be true “Just so for the megalosaurus. Start with its jawbone.

Compare it to the anatomy of a lizard. Fill in the blanks. And voila! A dinosaur more than forty feel long.” –The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

What does the word anatomy mean? How was Waterhouse using the fossils of a megalosaurus

and the anatomy of a lizard to create the model? How was Waterhouse helping people understand the

past?

Concept MapAmazing Words: extinct, illustration

Yesterday we read about Waterhouse’s models of dinosaurs that were extinct.

How did Waterhouse learn about animals that were extinct?

Discuss with a partner:Why might some animals become extinct? Do you know if any animals right now that are close to extinction?

Literary Terms: Flashback

A flashback is an interruption in the narrative to explain an event that happened earlier.

A flashback is a literary device used to give background or to show how a past event affects a character’s actions or feelings in the present.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElhbTsKsrosJessie’s flashback

As you finish The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins look for examples of flashback.

Why was Waterhouse Hawkins an appropriate person to be creating models of dinosaurs?

Read pages 402-413

Think Critically – Answer the think critically questions on page 412

Conventions – WS 146

Type to Learn – Practice your typing for 15 minutes

Day 4 – Content KnowledgeOral Vocabulary

How can paleontologists help us understand the past?

“Waterhouse hurried to the lake and waited for the crowd to arrive. First two, then ten, then a dozen more… Gasped! Shrieked! Laughed and cried: So this was a dinosaur!” – The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

Who are the two, ten, and a dozen? The three periods in the second paragraph are a single

punctuation mark called an ellipsis. An ellipsis can show that text is missing or can show a pause in reading. Why might the author use an ellipsis here?

Concept MapAmazing Words: replica, archaic

Yesterday we read about how the queen and other scientists reacted to Waterhouse’s replica of a dinosaur.

Why do you think so many people came to see Waterhouse’s replica of a dinosaur?

Discuss with a partner:Where could you see a replica today?

Vocab and Listening Idioms An idiom is a phrase whose

meaning cannot be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words that form it. For example, at the eleventh hour means “very late.” You can use context to determine the meanings of common idioms.

Look at the idiom “bits and pieces” on page 398. What does this idiom mean? What words help you understand it? Find other common idioms in the story.

• Introduction• An introduction is an opener

that announces a speaker or subject. Introductions should grave the audience’s attention, and then explain what the subject is and why it is important, using details as evidence.

• Prepare a speech introducing Waterhouse’s dinosaur display as the Crystal Palace. make your introduction informative and dramatic. Use words that describe what the audience is about to see.

Spelling – Practice your spelling words quietly with a partner and a dry erase board

Conventions – WS 210

Vocabulary - WS

Day 5 – Content KnowledgeOral Vocabulary - Concept Map

Amazing words: paleontologists, fossils, uncanny, sandstone, remains, model, extinct, illustration, replica, archaic

Use the concept map and what you have learned from this week’s discussions and reading selections to form and AMAZING IDEA – a realization or big idea about inventors and artists.

In your spiral write down a few sentences about your AMAZING IDEA beginning with, “This week I learned…”

Extra Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

c_DCP4cLVNg Discusses Fossilization. The first 4 and a half

minutes are one way a creature is fossilized. Video could be stopped there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCZQGmb_pZk

Discusses a new mega-predatory dinosaur

REVIEW: Fact and OpinionComprehension Skill

Facts can be proven true or false by verifying them with previous knowledge, asking an expert, or checking a reference source.

Opinions give ideas or feelings, not facts, and cannot be proved true or false

Look through The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins and look for a statement of face and a statement of opinion. Write them in your reading spiral. Decide if the opinion is well supported or poorly supported. Explain how you can find out of the fact is true.

Extra Practice WS 148

REVIEW: HomonymsVocabulary Skill

Use context clues to understand the meanings of homonyms. Example:

We learned how to bow in front of the Queen. What does the word bow mean in the sentence? What is another

meaning of bow? Write three sentences that use the homonym bow. Then

exchange pages with a partner and have them determine the meaning of bow for each sentence.

If you have extra time, create sentences with your own homonyms and have your partner explain their correct meaning.

REVIEW: Suffixes –tion, -sion

Word Analysis Morpheme: Smallest unit of language that carries meaning, such as a suffix or base word.Base word: basic meaning of a word. (root word)Suffix: a morpheme added at the end of a word.

A verb changes when a suffix is added. For example, in the word divide the suffix –sion can be

added to form a new verb division. This is the act or process of separating something into parts.

-tion forms nouns of action and condition. Use this strategy to determine the meanings of

permission, production, and description.

REVIEW: FlashbackLiterary Terms

Flashback is a past event that is recounted out of chronological order to show how it impacts a current situation.

Find the flashback that describes Waterhouse’s childhood. Discuss the author’s purpose in using the flashback.

Write a short story about a real person’s life. Include a flashback that connects a past event to a present situation in his or her life.