🔺Module 6 - W3 - Day 5 - ELA
Lesson Instructions
You will go through two lessons (one in grammar and one in reading).
GRAMMAR
Introduction
Today's reference material is the ATLAS. In Greek mythology, Atlas was a god who literally carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. An atlas carries maps of the world!
Video
Stop and Jot
In Your Notebook: Continue to copy down the chart.
Reference Materials |
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Dictionaries |
A book of words in alphabetical order |
Glossaries | Domain-specific vocabulary words in alphabetical order In the back of the reference material Give definitions |
Thesaurus |
A book of synonyms and antonyms in alphabetical order |
Almanacs |
A book of facts about a given year
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Atlas |
A book of maps (used to view a specific location or surface features) |
READING
Introduction
We are continuing our work on finding informational text features and understanding the purpose behind them. We used this visual to review:
Video
Stop and Jot
In Your Notebook:
Continue reading informational text and adding to your chart from the last reading session. If you are having trouble locating text features, use the graphic above to help you.
While you are reading your informational book, find text features and fill out the chart. Read for 30 minutes.
Text Feature | Why did the author include it? |
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