Letters Home from Yosemite

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Letters Home from Yosemite

• Written and Illustrated by
• Lisa Halvorsen
• Visit the Author

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Summary

• Yosemite National Park is an amazing place. In
  one visit, you can see giant trees, towering
  mountains, and interesting wildlife.

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Study Skills

• Genre Narrative Nonfiction
• Comprehension Skill Main
  Idea
• Comprehension Strategy Graphic Organizers
• Comprehension Review Skill Fact and Opinion
• Vocabulary Suffixes

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Genre Narrative Nonfiction

• Narrative nonfiction tells the story of real
  people, places, or events. The narrator, or
  teller of the story, presents information in
  sequence. Notice this sequence as you read
  about Yosemite National Park.

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Comprehension Strategy Graphic Organizers TE
112

• Using a graphic organizer can help you to
  understand what you read.
• Examples of graphic organizers are webs, charts,
  and diagrams.
• A sequence chart can help you see the sequence of
  an article and often you can fill these charts in
  as you read.

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Comprehension Skill Review Fact and Opinion TE
125

• A fact is a statement that can be proved true or
  false.
• Statements of opinion tell about a persons
  beliefs, feelings, or way of thinking that cannot
  be proved.

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Vocabulary Strategy Suffixes ist and -ive Te
114

• You can use suffixes to help figure out the
  meaning of words.
• The suffix ist can make a word mean one who is
  an expert in____, as a biologist, an expert in
  biology.

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Vocabulary Strategy Suffixes ist and -ive Te
114

• The suffix -ive can make a word mean tending or
  inclined to_____, as in active, which means
  tending to act.

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Question of the WeekTE 66m

• How does Yosemite reflect the unique qualities of
  the West?

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Vocabulary- Say It!

• glacier
• impressive
• naturalist
• preserve
• slopes
• species
• wilderness

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glacier

• a great mass of ice moving very slowly down a
  mountain or
  along a valley

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naturalist

• a person who studies living things

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impressive

• able to have a strong effect on the mind or
  feelings

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preserve

• to keep from harm or change protect

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species

• a set of related living things that share certain
  characteristic and that can be interbred

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slopes

• and that goes up and down at an angle

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wilderness

• a wild region with few or no people living in it

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Denali Nation Park in Alaska has more than 6
million miles of wilderness.
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Denali Nation Park in Alaska has more than 6
million miles of wilderness.
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More than 650 species of flowering plants live in
Denali!.
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More than 650 species of flowering plants live in
Denali!.
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The park was established to preserve the land and
the plants and animals.
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The park was established to preserve the land and
the plants and animals.
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Thats what the naturalist on the guided tour
told us about this park.
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Thats what the naturalist on the guided tour
told us about this park.
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We skied up the lower slopes of Mt. McKinley.
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We skied up the lower slopes of Mt. McKinley.
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We could see a giant glacier looking like a huge
field of ice.
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We could see a giant glacier looking like a huge
field of ice.
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The glacier was a very impressive sight.
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The glacier was a very impressive sight.
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The sequoia tree is the largest species of tree
in the world.
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The sequoia tree is the largest species of tree
in the world.
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Day 2 - Question of the Day

• Why did Congress establish Yosemite as a
  national park?

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Letters Home from Yosemitep. 118-119

• Reread p. 119, paragraph 2. What is the main
  idea and one supporting detail?
• Based on what you have read, what can you
  conclude about the author? Give reasons to
  support your answer.

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Letters Home from Yosemitep. 120-121

• How is a visit to Yosemite today different from
  when the first tourists arrived? How is it
  similar?
• Use word structure to identify the base word for
  impressive on p. 121 and then give its meaning.

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Letters Home from Yosemitep. 122-123

• Determine the main idea and supporting details on
  p. 122, paragraph 1.
• Why do you think the author includes the names of
  several giant sequoias on p. 122?

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Day 3 - Question of the Day

• How does the author support her opinion that
  Yosemite is one of the most awesome places on
  Earth?

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Letters Home from Yosemitep. 124-125

• Which sentences in the first paragraph under the
  heading Glacier Point are statements of opinion?
  How can you tell?
• The photograph on p. 125 shows El Capitan. Use
  it to draw a conclusion about the people who
  climb El Capitan?

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Letters Home from Yosemitep. 126-127

• What does the author mean that all together
  Yosemite Falls are the highest in North America?
• What causes more water to go over Yosemite Falls
  in the spring and early summer than near the end
  of summer?
• What important ideas and details have you learned
  about the physical features of Yosemite?

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Day 4 - Question of the Day - Review

• What might prompt someone to write a song like
  This Land is your Land?

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Review Questions

1. How can you tell this was written to
   inform?
2. What is one way Yosemite is a unique place?
3. What are some impressive wonders in Yosemite?

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Review Questions

1. What is the time setting of this story?
2. How did the author organize this story? Why do
   you think she did that?
3. What attraction did the author go see right after
   Glacier Point?

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Postcard TE 87g-h

• A postcard is a brief message, with a picture on
  one side, sent by mail to friends or family.
• Often a post card gives detail about a place you
  are visiting on vacation and describes your
  feelings about being there.

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Writing Assignment

• Pretend that you are on vacation. Write a
  postcard to a friend or family member describing
  where you are. The place can be real or
  imaginary.

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Spelling Words Long u Sounds

• cruise
• juice
• scooter
• afternoon
• threw

• smooth
• mood
• flute
• huge
• usual

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Spelling Words Long u sounds

• curfew
• duty
• humor
• confuse
• groove

• pupil
• excuse
• cruel
• bruise
• truth

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CHALLENGE

• influence
• aluminum
• nutrition
• accumulate
• igloo

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Weekly Fluency Check -Phrasing TE 133a

• Phrasing helps to keep related words group
  together. Phrasing makes sentences easier to
  understand.
• Practice reading page 120 using groups of words
  in phrases to make it easier to understand.

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Research/Study Skill Print Sources TE 133L

• Print sources include textbooks, trade books,
  encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases,
  magazines, newspapers, newsletters, pamphlets and
  other printed sources.
• Think about the purpose of each source when doing
  research.

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Research/Study Skill Print Sources TE 133L

• To find information in a print source, think
  about its organization.
• The table of contents, index, or headings show
  what information the sources includes and how it
  is organized.

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Research/Study Skill Print Sources TE 133L

• As the teacher shows you several types of print
  sources, decide what the purpose of each is.
• How is it organized?

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Fun Stuff

• Yosemite for Kids
• Photographs of Yosemite
• Spelling List