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L.4.6 Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and
phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of
being, and that are basic to a particular topic
RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and how it is supported by key
details; summarize the text
Today’s Objectives
Content Objective
We will use context
clues and pictures to
identify the meaning
of domain-specific
vocabulary.
Language Objective
Using domainspecific vocabulary
accurately, I will
determine the main
idea and supporting
details to summarize
the text.
What is needed to survive?
Most Living Things Need
Sunlight
Water
Food
Shelter
Let’s Discuss the Benefits of the Sun
Let’s Discuss the Benefits of Water
Let’s Discuss the Benefits of Food
Wait… Wait… WAIT!
If all living things need food, how do plants
survive without eating?
Photosynthesis
https://www.youtube.com/ WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
Photosynthesis
What was the primary
TOPIC of the video? What
were the MAIN IDEAS and
their SUPPORTING
DETAILS?
Photosynthesis
With your A/B partner, discuss how
plants create their own food in order
to survive.
https://www.youtube.com/PHOTOSYNTHESIS SONG
Okay, do we now understand…
If all living things need food, how do plants
survive without eating?
Photosynthesis
Let’s review how photosynthesis works and why it
is important.
https://www.youtube.com/Review
Why is photosynthesis important
for PLANTS? Is it also helpful for
PEOPLE?
An organism (a.ka. a living thing) is…
any independent living thing.
It can be as small as a single celled bacteria,
or as large as a whale!
3 Primary Categories of Organisms
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
They all depend on each other to survive and thrive.
Producers
get their food and energy from the sun.
Producers make their food through a
process called PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
PRODUCERS (a.k.a. PLANTS)
Consumers
need to eat their food to get
energy.
CONSUMERS
(a.k.a. ANIMALS)
3 Types of Consumers
Carnivores
Herbivores
Omnivores
Its all about what you eat!
Carnivores
only eat meat (other animals).
Carnivores
Herbivores eat only plants.
HERBIVORES
Omnivores eat both meat (animals) and plants.
OMNIVORES
Stop…Review…Check…
Turn to your A/B partner and state the meaning of each word.
Also give two examples of each.
Carnivore:
Herbivore:
Omnivore:
Food Chain
linear sequence that starts with a producer and
ends with a predator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pasB5FxhVUk
https://www.youtube.com/Food Chain Song
Food Web
consists of all of the food chains in an ecosystem
(environment)
https://www.youtube.com/ecosystem
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Decomposers
eat dead things and turn them back into
dirt or soil.
 Examples:
 Mushrooms
 Worms
 Bacteria
 Mold
 Insects
https://www.youtube.com/decomposers
Decomposers
What would the world look like without
decomposers?
https://www.youtube.com/decomposers
How they relate?
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd1M9xD482s
Stop…Review…Check…
Turn to your A/B partner and state the meaning of each word.
Also give two examples of each.
Producers:
Consumers:
Decomposers: