4.3.2 adelina's whale

Big Question: What patterns in
nature guide the lives of animals?
Author:
Chris Van
Allsburg
Genre:
Photo Essay

Story Sort

Vocabulary Words:
 Arcade

Games
 Study Stack
 Spelling City: Vocabulary
 Spelling City: Spelling Words

• piece
• peace
• break
• brake
• threw
• through
• by
• bye
• beat

• beet
• thrown
• throne
• aloud
• allowed
• past
• passed
• weight
• wait

there
• their
• principal
• principle
• symbol
• cymbal
• stationary
• stationery
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Vocabulary Words
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biologist

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More Words to Know
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encounter

bluff

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exhaling

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lagoon

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altitude

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massive

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ascent

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rumbling

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swans

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tropical

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zone

Question of the Day

What patterns in nature
guide the lives of
animals?

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Build Concepts
Fact and Opinion
Graphic Organizers
Build Background
Vocabulary
Fluency: Model Tone of Voice
Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs
Spelling: Homophones
Animal Migration

 Listen

as I read “The Trumpet of the
Swans.”
 As I read, notice how I vary my tone
of voice as I read dialogue to reflect
characters’ emotions and make the
reading lively.
 Be ready to answer questions after I
finish.

 Father

Swan says, swans “leave their
nesting site at summer’s end and
travel south…” Is this a statement
of fact or an opinion? How do you
know?
 Father Swan says nature designed
the Red Rock Lakes “especially for
swans.” Is this a statement of fact?
How did you decide?

altitude – height above sea level
 ascent – act of going up
 swans – large water birds with long,
slender, curving necks
 zone – any of the five great regions
of Earth’s surface, bounded by
imaginary lines parallel to the equator
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changes.)

Flying

Animal
Migration

Where
animals
go

Animals
that
migrate

K (What do you know?) W (What would you like L (What did you learn?)
to learn?)

 This

week’s audio explores the
lives of whales. After you listen,
we will discuss what you found out
about whales and why they need
to be protected.

 biologist – scientist who studies living

things, including their origins,
structures, activities, and distribution

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bluff – a high, steep slope or cliff
lagoon – a pond or small lake,
especially one connected with a larger
body of water

 massive – big and heavy; bulky
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rumbling – making a deep, heavy,
continuous sound
tropical – of or like the regions 23.45
degrees north or south of the equator
where the sun can shine directly
overhead

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encounter – an unexpected meeting

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exhaling – breathing out

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the average wait of a gray whale is
from 30 to 40 tons
The average weight of a gray whale
is from 30 to 40 tons.
a gray whale tail measures 10 to 12
foot across
A gray whale tail measures 10 to 12
feet across.

 The

whales are swimming in the

bay.
 Are swimming is a verb phrase.
It consists of a main verb
(swimming) and a helping verb
(are).

A

verb that has more than one word is
called a verb phrase. A verb phrase is
made up of a main verb and one or
more helping verbs.

 The
 The

main verb shows action.

helping verb or verbs tell more
about the action.

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Common helping verbs are am, is, are, was,
were, will, would, should, has, have, had,
do, does, did, can, and could.
In the following sentenced, the main verb
is underlined once and the helping verb is
underlined twice.

Adelina has lived in La Laguna all her life.
 The whales were swimming under the boat.
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The helping verbs am, is, and are show
present time.

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Was and were show past time.

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Will shows future time.

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The helping verbs has, have and had show
that an action started in the past.

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In the following sentences, the helping
verb have shows action that started in the
past, and the helping verb will shows
future time.

The whales have returned to La Laguna
every year.
 The whales will continue their journey
north.
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Adelina’s grandfather will photograph the
whales.

will photograph
The whales are playing in the bay.

are playing
One whale is swimming close to the boat.

is swimming

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Many people could visit the bay.

could visit
I am writing a letter to Adelina.

am writing

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Adelina has learned a lot about whales.

has learned
More visitors have arrived in buses.

have arrived
Everybody is taking photographs.

is taking
Some whales are diving deep into the bay.

are diving

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Those whales were watching us.

were watching
I will look at a whale up close.

will look
The village of La Laguna did become
famous.

did become

Question of the Day

What is the migration
pattern of the gray
whales Adelina sees?

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Context Clues
Fact and Opinion
Graphic Organizers
Generalize
Vocabulary
Fluency: Choral Reading
Science: Tides
Migration
Animal Migration

 Turn

to page 301, paragraph 1.
 As I read, notice how I convey
Adelina’s pride and affection.
Notice how my tone of voice matches
the content and mood of the text.
 We will practice as a class doing
three echo readings of this page.

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gray whales swim threw the water.
At around 3 to 5 miles per hour
Gray whales swim through the water
at around 3 to 5 miles per hour.
they migrate from the bering sea too
baja california
They migrate from the Bering Sea to
Baja, California.

A

verb of more than one word is
called a verb phrase.

A

verb phrase consists of a main
verb and a helping verb.
verbs include am, is, are,
was, were, will, has, had, and have.

 Helping

Question of the Day

What mysteries of the
whales might Adelina try
to unlock some day?

Graphic Organizers
 Context Clues
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Tone of Voice
 Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs
 Spelling: Homophones
 Science: Animal Communication
 Whales
 Animal Migration
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 Turn

to page 302.
 As I read, notice how my tone
changes from a whisper to excitement
as the grandfather’s story builds.
 Now we will practice together as a
class by doing three choral readings.

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you can see the whales, when they be
swimming close to shore
You can see the whales when they
are swimming close to shore.
if you is looking for a exciting trip go
on a whale watch
If you are looking for an exciting
trip, go on a whale watch.

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Using common verbs such as say, go, and
get too often makes writing dull.
Dull: The shark is going through the

water.
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Vivid: The shark is cutting through the

water.
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Review something you have written to see
if you can improve it by replacing dull main
verbs with more powerful, vivid verbs.

Question of the Day

Does your family visit a
favorite lake in the
summer or travel to
Florida every winter?

 Expository

Nonfiction/Text Features
 Reading Across Texts
 Content-Area Vocabulary
 Fluency: Partner Reading
 Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs
 Spelling: Homophones
 Times for Science: Salmon Life
Cycle

 Turn

to page 302.
 Read this page three times with a
partner. Read expressively, vary
tone of voice, and offer each
other feedback.

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the people of La laguna is enjoying
the visiting whales
The people of La Laguna are enjoying
the visiting whales.
the whale’s like the people two
The whales like the people too.

 Test

Tip: No matter what the order
of the words in a sentence is or how
many helping verbs the sentence has,
the main verb of the verb phrase is
always the last verb.

 The

whales are swimming fast.
 Are the whales swimming fast?
 How fast the whales are swimming!

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Build Concept Vocabulary

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Fact and Opinion

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Author’s Viewpoint

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Context Clues

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Readers’ Guide

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Animal Migration

A statement of fact can be correct or
incorrect. You can check it by doing
research.
 A statement of opinion should be
supported. A valid opinion is supported by
facts or good logic. A faulty opinion is
not.
 Some sentences contain both statements
of fact and statements of opinion.
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The author’s viewpoint is the way an
author looks at his or her subject.
 Look at the statements of opinion an
author expresses and the statements of
fact the author chooses to include.
 Try to figure out the author’s viewpoint
even when it is not stated directly.
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Homonyms are words that are spelled the
same but have different meanings and
origins. For example, story can be a tale
or a level of a building.
 You can use context clues to determine
appropriate meanings.
 Use the chart to provide other homonyms
from Adelina’s Whales. List two meanings
for each word and circle the meaning used
in the story.
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Word from Story
light (p. 298)
kind (p. 298)
trails (p. 299)

calf (p. 299)

Meaning 1

Meaning 2

 How

can you locate articles on whales
or animal migration in recent issues of
magazines?

Readers’ Guide of Periodical
Literature lists articles and other

 The

writing published in magazines and
journals.

 This

reference is published in a series
of volumes organized by date.

 Researchers

can search for articles
by subject or by author name.
entry shows the article name,
the author, the title and date of the
source it is in, and the page(s) on
which the article appears.

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whales have huge brains and it “talk”
to each other in clicks and rumbles
Whales have huge brains, and they
“talk” to each other in clicks and
rumbles.
what amazing creature they is
What amazing creatures they are!

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Story test

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