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The Golden Lion
Tamarin
Comes Home
Theme 6
Animal Encounters
The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes
Home
 Genre: Nonfiction
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 Expository
nonfiction selection
about golden lion tamarins.
 Summary:
 Several captive-born golden lion
tamarins travel from the National
Zoo in Washington, D.C. to Brazil
for reintroduction into the
rainforest.
Background
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Remember
this theme
focuses on interconnections
between people and wild
animals.
We will read about efforts to
save the golden lion tamarin
from extinction.
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Read pgs. 626-627 “Rescue in the “Rain
Forest”
Background
Let’s
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discuss these key
vocabulary words.
habitat
extinction
dilemma
reintroduction
captive
Vocabulary
canopy:
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the high, sheltering
branches of rain forest trees
captive: captured; held
against one’s will
dilemma: a situation in which
one is given difficult choices
to make
Vocabulary
extinction:
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the condition of
having died out
genes: tiny pieces of matter
in cells that carry the
blueprints for characteristics
habitat: a natural environment
for native creatures
Vocabulary
 humid:
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containing a large amount of
water vapor
 observation: the act of paying close
attention
 predators: animals that prey on
others
 reintroduction: the process of
returning animals to their native
habitats
Vocabulary Link
 pesticide:
a chemical used to kill harmful
pests, such as certain insects
 declined: sank to a lower, weaker, or poorer
state
 preservation: the act of saving something
from danger or destruction
 restoration: the act of bringing something
back to its original state
 incubating: providing heat for eggs to hatch
Phonics
What
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are our
Phonics/Decoding skills?
They are chunking, words we
know, beginning and endings,
affixes, syllables, try
different vowel sounds, base
words or root words,
blending, look carefully
Phonics
…Dr.
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A. Coimbra-Filho, a
Brazilian biologist, warned of
its imminent extinction.
Help me figure this word out
using our Phonics/Decoding
Strategies.
Reading Strategy
Monitor/Clarify
 As
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you read, monitor your
understanding of how people are trying
to help the golden lion tamarin. If
necessary, reread or read ahead to
clarify.
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Think Aloud
 Remember
to read or read ahead if
you are having difficulty making
sense of statements in the selection.
Use
your other strategies.
Comprehension Skill
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Trans. 6-10
As
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you read focus on
identifying the topic, main
ideas, and key details.
Topic of the story is what all
or most of the paragraphs
tells about.
Topic, Main Ideas, & Details
 Topic
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is the subject all or most of
the paragraphs in a selection tell
about.
 Main idea is the main point a
paragraph or paragraphs make
about a topic.
 A paragraph can have both a topic
and a main idea.
Compare and Contrast
Compare
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is to find similarities
Contrast is to find differences
The ability to identify
likenesses and differences in
nonfiction will help you
better understand what you
read.
Topic, Main Ideas, & Details
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Trans 6-10
 Topic
of a story is the subject all
or most of the paragraphs in a
selection tell about
 Main idea is the most important
idea or point the author makes
about the topic
 Key details support or explain the
main idea
Making Generalization
 Statements
are generalizations b/c they
make general statements about a group of
people
 Overgeneralizations are broad statements
about all members of a group that doesn’t
come from facts.
 There are signal words: most, many, often.
 They
Decoding Longer Words
Three-Syllable Words
will grow accustomed to their
surroundings.
 Let’s divide this word: surrounding
 sur/round/ings
 They
burned the forest for sugar
plantations.
 Plan-ta-tions
 Using most obvious syllabication will not
always help decode a word.
 You might recognize the base word plant
Phonics
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Consonant Alterations
 Understanding
that the same
consonant in related words can be
pronounced differently can help you
decode unfamiliar words.
 Silent consonants can become
sounded, as in sign and signal
 The letter c can change between
the /s/ and the /k/ sound, as in
fact can factual
Decoding Longer Words
Three-Syllable Words
 Each member of the tamarin family
has its own distinctive tail marking.
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Help
me with this word.
permitted
assignment
potential
tentative
Phonics
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Consonant Alterations
 Tamarins
have long fingers and nails
for the extraction of food.
 Let’s
decode these words using
this strategies.
 extinct - extinction
 introduction - reintroduction
 simulate - simulation
 create - creation
Spelling
 To
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Three-Syllable Words
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spell three-syllable words, divide
the words into syllables and pay
special attention to syllables that
have less stress.
 vacation - va / ca / tion
 educate - ed / u / cate
 3 syllable words are usually stressed
on the first or second syllable.
Stressed/Unstressed
 Usually
the first is stressed
 A 3 syllable word, the last is not usually
stressed
 In a dictionary the stressed is bolded or
has an accent mark.
 If the vowel does its job, that is the one
that is stressed.
 If it is a weird sound that one isn’t
stressed.
Vocabulary
 popular
 Clipped
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Words
– what is a shorter word made
from this word that will make sense?
 They
are famous ________ singers.
 That’s correct! pop singers
 This
is a clipped word (a shorter form
of a longer word)
 What
are the clipped words – graduate,
dormitory, limousine, newspaper,
influenza
Vocabulary
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Proper adjectives
-by combining the proper noun Brazil with the
ending –ian = it becomes Brazilian.
Peru
-Peruvian
Chile
Chilean
Italy – Italian
Germany – German
Vietnam – Vietnamese
Mexico – Mexicans
Ireland – Irish
Holland - Dutch
Grammar Skills
Prepositions
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Trans 6-12
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preposition relates the noun
/pronoun that follows it to
another word in the sentence.
 The
object of the preposition is the noun
or the pronoun that follows the preposition.
A
preposition connects a
noun/pronoun with other words
in the sentence.
Top Prepositions
into,
by, with, to, at,
from, in, of, off, for,
on
Prepositions
Grammar Skills
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Trans 6-13
Prepositional Phrases
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prepositional phrase is
made up of a preposition, the
object of the preposition,
and all of the words in
between.
Improving Your Writing
Expanding Sentences with
Prepositional Phrases
 A good writer may add prepositional
phrases to sentences to make them
say more.
 We noticed fresh hoofprints beside
the river.
 Expanded: We noticed fresh
hoofprints in the soft mud beside
the river.
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Writing Skills
Compare/Contrast Essay
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Trans 6-14
What
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are some similarities and
differences between the golden
lion tamarin’s environment in a
zoo and in the wild?
Venn Diagram-what is it?
Compare
is likeness
Contrast is difference
Improving Your Writing
Combining Sentences with Prep.
Phrases
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Trans 6-15
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good way to streamline
your writing is to combine
short sentences that have a
repeated subject but
differing prepositional
phrases.
Spiral Review
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Compare and Contrast
Compare is to find similarities.
Contrast is to find differences.
On pg. 631 lets compare and
contrast the lives of wild and
captive golden lion tamarins.
Choose another pair of animals
we can compare and contrast.
Grammar
 Adjectives
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Adjectives
describe a noun or a
pronoun.
 An adjective can tell what kind (large,
old monkey) or how many (ten monkeys)
 a, an, and the are special adjectives
called articles.
 This, that, these and those are
demonstrative adjectives that tell
which one.
Adjectives
Adjectives describe
nouns and pronouns.
Grammar
 Use
Adjectives
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(cont)
a before a noun that begins with
a consonant
 Use an before a noun that begins with
a vowel sound.
 Add –er to most adjectives to
compare two things.
 Add –est to most adjectives to
compare three or more things.
 Use more and most, not –er and –est
with long adjectives.
Grammar
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Adjectives (cont)
 Use special forms of the adjectives
good and bad when making
comparisons.
 Use better and worse to compare
two things.
 Use best and worst to compare
three or more things.
 Good – better – best
 Bad – worse - worst
Spelling Test
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1. dangerous
2. history
3. vacation
4. popular
5. favorite
6. memory
7. personal
8. educate
9. regular
10. continue
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11. potato
12. natural
13. sensitive
14. energy
15. emotion
16. period
17. property
18. condition
19. imagine
20. attention
CHALLENGE WORDS
juvenile
astonish
ovation
amateur
obvious
Study Guide
 Monitor
and clarify
 Compare and contrast
 3 syllable words
 Consonant alternations
 Clipped words
 Prepositions
 Compare contrast
 Adjectives