Guide to Global Warming lessons.notebook

Guide to Global Warming lessons.notebook

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January 06, 2017

The DownToEarth

Guide to Global

Warming

Skill: Problem and

Solution, Author's Purpose and

Reading nonfiction


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Read Around the Text you have 5 minutes to preview the text and fill out the boxes. Cut out and glue into your interactive journal.

Heading DownToEarth preview

FYI Global Warming and Climate Change are sometimes synonyms.


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Turn to page 158 in your textbook.

Read the short passage in yellow that starts with Downtown car traffic...

Draw and fill out this chart:

Problem

Solution #1 Solution #2


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Read the paragraph in yellow at the bottom of page 158, What is the author's purpose?

Which words help you determine the author's purpose?


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The Down-To-Earth Guide to Global Warming Vocab Chart

WordPart of Speech

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

atmosphere

climate

environment

contribute

policy

extinct

pollution

recycle

New Vocab Chart Rating System:

1 I don't know the word at all

2 I've seen or heard the word

3 I know the word's meaning

4 I know the word and I use it.


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atmosphere (noun) the layers of gas that surround the earth.

Did you know that the atmosphere surrounding Earth is a very thin layer?


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climate‐ (noun)the usual weather in a place.

Cactuses live in the hot, dry desert climate, but I wouldn't want to!


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environment (noun) surroundings and conditions that affect the growth of living things.

Changes in the environment are forcing animals to search for new homes.


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contribute‐ (verb) to add or give, to aid in bringing about.

We made posters asking people to contribute time or money to the fall clean up project.


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policy‐ (noun) a rule or idea people use to make decisions and guide their actions.

In our school, there is a policy that there is no running in the hallways.


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extinct‐ (adjective) no longer living or existing; having died out

Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.


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pollution (noun)‐ anything that contaminates or dirties the environment.

The news report said that pollution is making our air unsafe to breathe.


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recycle (verb) breaking down used items such as paper and cans so they can be used again.

Our school recycles scrap paper and cans.


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Word Analysis

A Study of Suffixes

https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/rootsprefixesandsuffixes/

https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/rootsprefixesandsuffixes/


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Common Suffixessuffix- meaning- examples-


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What are some simple things we can do everyday to reduce the amount of energy we use?


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Begin reading The DownToEarth Guide to Global Warming on page 160

Read page 160163, stop and answer questions 15.


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Class discussion What have we

learned so far

about Global Warming.


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Read Pages 164167

Answer questions 610 in Trifold


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1. The Earth's climate is always changing. What do species have to do to survive these changes?

2. Why do some species go extinct as the Earth's climate changes?

3. Why is the rate of extinction expected to increase over the next 50 years?


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Read together page 168169


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Problem Solution

Common lightbulbs use a lot of electricity.

Leaving chargers plugged in wastes energy.


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Go back to your KWL and fill out

what you learned.


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