Embedded Files
Greensburg Goes Green
VIDEOS
2) Greensburg: The First 12 Hours Part 1
3) Greensburg: The First 12 Hours Part 2
4) Greensburg: The First 12 Hours Part 3
6) Story of Greensburg going Green
Question of the Week: How are people rethinking Earth's resources?
Book Online: Go to your online textbook to hear the story and/or concepts read to you and for you to practice.
Vocabulary Words:
Skills/Concepts:
- Genre: Expository Text
- Sequence
- order of events or the steps in a process
- dates, times, and clue words such as first, next, then, and last can help you determine sequence
- read on, review, or reread in order to learn the correct sequence
- Main Idea
- the most important or central thought
- Monitor and Clarify:
- keep on reading
- confusion is often cleared up when you've read the entire section or text.
- go back to the confusing part and reread the text
- Unknown words - Dictionary/Glossary
- when you come across a word you don't know and can't use context clues to figure out the word's meaning, use a dictionary or glossary for help
- open the dictionary or glossary
- find the entries in ABC order
- read all the meanings for the word
- choose the meaning that makes the best sense in the sentence
- Fluency: Accuracy
- you read without errors or mispronunciations
- increase accuracy by previewing and identifying unfamiliar words before you begin to read aloud
- Listening and Speaking: Persuasive Speech
- formal talk given for the purpose of persuading the audience to think or act in a way the speaker explains and supports
Small Groups:
- leveled readers
- main selection reading
- reinforce skills/concepts
- expand the skills/concepts
- extend the skills/concepts
- independent practice
“There is more treasure in books, than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”
-Walt Disney
Contact Info:
Mrs. Gail Boe
6th Grade Teacher
gboe@newulm.k12.mn.us
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