Lesson 8: How to Eat Like a Cat - Part A
Completion requirements
Unit 3
How Does the Human Body Work?
Lesson 8
Reader's Notebook
How to Eat Like a Cat
Pages 146 to 151 of Literacy in Action 5A.
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Think about the following questions. You do NOT have to record your responses (unless you want to).
- Do you remember a time when you had to complete a science experiment or do a project for science class?
- Did you work alone, with a partner, or in a group?
- How did you start your project?
- What were some things you had to remember about researching a topic?
How to Eat Like a Cat, the selection you will be reading, is a short play about grade five students who are involved in performing a science experiment.
- Open Literacy in Action 5A to page 146 and read the pre-reading question in the green box.
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Look over the entire selection, paying attention to the headings and visuals.
- Use the information to come up with two questions about this topic.
- Open your KWL Chart and add these new questions.
Notice that the before the play begins, the author shows you who the characters are and tells you that this play is set in in a Grade 5 Science class.
- Answer Question 1 in the During Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: How to Eat Like a Cat.
- Read the selection How to Eat Like a Cat on pages 147 to 151 of Literacy in Action 5A.
Download PDF
- Download the document Reader's Notebook: How to Eat Like a Cat.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document Reader's Notebook: How to Eat Like a Cat.
- Print the document.
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KWL Chart
When you have finished reading, go back to your KWL Chart. Were the two questions you wrote down earlier in this lesson answered? If so, put the answers to the questions in the What I Learned category.
When you have finished reading, go back to your KWL Chart. Were the two questions you wrote down earlier in this lesson answered? If so, put the answers to the questions in the What I Learned category.
Reader's Notebook
Answer Questions 1 to 4 in the After Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: How to Eat Like a Cat.
Answer Questions 1 to 4 in the After Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: How to Eat Like a Cat.
Grammar
Authors use apostrophes in their writing to show:
Authors use apostrophes in their writing to show:
- possession - that someone owns something (for example, Mary Catherine's stuffed nose or the cat's taste buds)
- that one or more letters is missing in a contraction (for example, do not becomes don't)
Reader's Notebook
Answer Questions 5 and 6 in the After Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: How to Eat Like a Cat.
Answer Questions 5 and 6 in the After Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: How to Eat Like a Cat.
Vocabulary Chart
Have you added any words to add to your Vocabulary Chart from this selection? A few words from this selection have been added for you. Make sure you fill in the chart for these words.
Have you added any words to add to your Vocabulary Chart from this selection? A few words from this selection have been added for you. Make sure you fill in the chart for these words.
Think About It
- Do you learn better when you read about an experiment or when you perform the experiment?
- How does what you know (your background knowledge) help you when you conduct an experiment?
Save
How to save a file:
- Scan the document to your computer.
- Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
- Name your Reader's Notebook: How to Eat Like a Cat file in this format: jsmith_rneatlikecat and save the file to your Documents folder.
Compare your responses with those in the Key by clicking here.