Embedded Files
Anchor Text
The Albertasuarus Mystery:
The Albertasuarus Mystery:
Phillip Currie's Hunt in the Badlands
Phillip Currie's Hunt in the Badlands
by T.V. Padma
Genre - Informational Text
Paired Text - Finding Fossils for Fun
Genre - Informational Text
Essential Question:
What can fossils tell about the past?
Reading Goals
Target Skills - conclusions, point of view
Target Strategy - visualize
Fluency - stress
Phonics
words with /j/ and /s/
Skill Links
The Making of a Paleontologist
Language Goals
Spelling - words with /j/ and /k/
age space change jawbone
jacket giant pencil circle
once large dance jeans
bounce huge nice place
excited gigantic
Skill Links
Vocabulary
Strategy - suffix - ly
fossils - the remains or traces of a plant or animal of an earlier age
fossils - the remains or traces of a plant or animal of an earlier age
clues - something that helps to solve a problem or mystery
clues - something that helps to solve a problem or mystery
remains - all or part of a dead body
remains - all or part of a dead body
prove - to show to be true by backing up with facts
prove - to show to be true by backing up with facts
fierce - wild and savage, dangerous
fierce - wild and savage, dangerous
evidence - facts or signs that help one find out the truth or decide
evidence - facts or signs that help one find out the truth or decide
skeletons - the framework of bones in the body of a human being or an animal having a backbone
skeletons - the framework of bones in the body of a human being or an animal having a backbone
uncovering - to reveal or remove the cover from
uncovering - to reveal or remove the cover from
buried - cover from view, hide
buried - cover from view, hide
location - a place where something is or can be found
location - a place where something is or can be found
Skill Links
Grammar
adjectives that compare
Skill Links
Match the Adjective to the Picture
Free Degrees of Comparison Worksheets
Writing
Focus Trait - voice
Writing Type - opinion (opinion paragraph)
Skill Links
Report abuse