Unit 4

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Reader's Notebook

Young fossil hunter attends a "dino-mite" camp

Read Young fossil hunter attends a "dino-mite camp" on page 14 in Literacy in Action 4B.


Ask yourself what facts you already know about fossils and dinosaurs. What you know about these things can help you read and understand the article.

Think about one way that you can use what you already know to help you read.


This could be making predictions or looking at pictures and captions.
Open

Open Your File

Go to your Documents folder and open your Reader's Notebook: Reading News Articles that you have saved there.

Write your answers to the questions in the section Young Fossil Hunter Attends A Dino-mite Camp.

Save

How to save a file:

  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Reading News Articles file in this format: jsmith_readingnewarticles and save the file to your Documents folder.

Read the title and the first paragraph.


Now, on your saved worksheet, sketch a stick figure/picture of yourself at a dino-mite camp. Include a thought bubble.

Read the remainder of page 14. When you finish, draw a sketch of Jade at the camp and include speech or thought bubbles. How is this sketch similar to or different from the one you drew of yourself? Save this page to your Documents folder.

Save

How to save a file:

  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Reading News Articles file in this format: jsmith_readingnewsarticles and save the file to your Documents folder.

Synthesize

  1. What three important facts did you discover about this kind of camp?
  2. Write a statement or conclusion about this summer camp from your synthesized information.

Article Syntheses


Synthesize information in all three articles you just read by answering the following question:

  1. What three facts about camps are similar in all three news articles?
  2. Write a statement or conclusion about summer camps in general from your synthesized information.

Save

How to save a file:

  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Reading News Articles file in this format: jsmith_readingnewsarticles and save the file to your Documents folder.