Space and TimeUnit 2 Week 2 Day 1

Question of the Week:

•What can we learn about the past by examining its relics?–What is a relic?–Pg. 202-203

– What kinds of relics are shown in these photographs?– What do you call a person who looks for relics?– Why is it often difficult to find relics?– What can we learn about the past by examining its

relics?

Main Ideas and Details

• The main idea of a passage is the most important idea about the topic–Gives the big picture

• Supporting details tell more about the main idea–Gives specifics

Can fish climb trees?  It sounds like a fishy story, but mudskippers living in swamps of Asia really can climb trees.  After filling their gills with air and water, they climb onto land.  Mudskippers use their front fins to move along the ground.  Suckers on their fins help them climb trees.  Mudskippers prove that fish really can climb trees!

Which is the main idea of that paragraph?

A. Mudskippers live in Asian swamps.

B. Mudskippers use their fins to move on land.

C. Mudskippers are the only fish that can climb trees.

D. Mudskippers can climb trees with the help their gills, fins, and suckers.

Underline the details

Can fish climb trees?  It sounds like a fishy story, but mudskippers living in swamps of Asia really can climb trees.  After filling their gills with air and water, they climb onto land.  Mudskippers use their front fins to move along the ground.  Suckers on their fins help them climb trees.  Mudskippers prove that fish really can climb trees!

Background Knowledge

•What you already know about a topic based on your reading or personal experiences

•Make connections to people, places, and things from the real world

•Use background knowledge before, during, and after reading

• EI.16: Definition

•Read “Artifacts” on p. 205

Tested Vocabulary

•pottery•superstitious•divine•restore•approximately

•excavated•watchfully•terra cotta•mechanical

Conventions: Possessive Nouns

• A possessive noun shows ownership– Greg’s car (the car of Greg)– Julie’s friend (the friend of Julie)

• To make a singular noun show possession, add an apostrophe and an –s– My sister’s idea– The dog’s paw

• To make a plural noun that ends in -s show possession, add an apostrophe– The two sisters’ ideas– The three dogs’ paws

• To make a plural noun that does not end in -s show possession, add an apostrophe and –s– The mice’s cheese– The women’s dresses

Independent Work

•Vocabulary assignment (due Wednesday)

• Spelling menu (due Friday)

•Rough draft (due Wednesday)

•Read choice novel