UNIT X UNIT 7 | 243 Critical Viewing Ask and answer Read each question aloud. Guide students to answer in full sentences. ANSWERS Sample answers: 1. I see three students, water, rocks, grass, and birds. 2. I think they are near the ocean because I see seagulls. 3. They are collecting something in the water with the net and studying it. 4. I think they will find small animals that live in shallow water. MY GOALS for this unit • Preview content In this unit, students will use viewing, active listening, oral language, and reading and writing to discover how people and animals depend on the environment. They will read informational texts about biomes, plant systems, rain forests, waste management, and irrigation. They will also sing a song about the Earth and draw a picture of a landscape. Finally, students will write a science fiction story. • Preview vocabulary Have students closely view the unit goals. Preview challenging vocabulary, such as waste, irrigation, area, and volume. Read each term aloud and have students repeat it. Ask students to share the meanings of the terms if they know them. Assure them that if they do not need to understand these terms now, they will learn about them in the unit. DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Emphasize to students that oral communication is very important in the classroom. Give them the opportunity to rehearse their responses with a partner before sharing with the class. Provide students with sentence frames like these for the Critical Viewing activity: I see _____. They are_____. I think they will find _____. Amplify Ask students to share what they already know about the vocabulary words found in the goals in the unit. For example, say: In this unit, we will learn how to manage waste. Does anyone know what manage means? What are some examples of waste? CONNECT TO THE THEME People and animals live on Earth together. They need clean air and clean water. 1. Look at the picture. What do you see? 2. Where do you think they are? 3. What are they doing? 4. What do you think they will find? MY GOALS for this unit Reading • Read an informational text • Identify cause and effect Language Arts • Read science fiction • Use dialogue Science Explore how to manage waste Social Studies Explain irrigation Math Measure area and volume Music Listen and sing Art Discover landscape photography Writing Write a science fiction story 243 UNIT 7 UNIT 7
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