Will We Miss Them

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Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species By
Alexandra Wright
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striking base word ending Beating,
hitting The boxer is striking his opponent
with his fist.
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arrived base word ending showed up My
birthday card from my aunt arrived at my house
two days before my birthday.
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bellowing base word ending roaring The
lions loud bellowing frightened the children.
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compete chunk try to win The two sisters
compete with each other for their mothers
attention.
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acrobat chunk A person who balances, swings,
and tumbles At the circus, we watched the
acrobat swing from a rope and flip through a hoop.
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grasping base word ending gripping Mia
was grasping her mothers hand tightly because
she did not want to be separated.
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valuable chunk having great worth Tia was
afraid that her most valuable items might be
stolen, so she kept them in a safe.
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disturbed base word ending bothered,
unsettled Tom did not want to be disturbed
while he was studying.
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The cougar of Arizona and New Mexico is the
largest and unspotted cat in North and South
America. It is over 8 feet long from the tip of
its tail to its nose and weighs over 200 pounds.
This huge cat can jump as high as a second-story
window. Wow, what a great jumper!
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• Team Talk- Day One
• What is the main idea of page 3?
• Bald eagles are not really bald.
• Bald eagles can spot small animals moving in a
  field a mile away.
• Bald eagles are endangered.
• The bald eagles good eyesight makes them good
  hunters.
• Where were bald eagles once found? Where do they
  live now?
• Which sentence restates the main idea on page 5?
• People make jewelry out of ivory tusks.
• Elephants are endangered for two reasons.
• African elephants are the largest land animals.
• Both A and B
• What supporting details helped you identify the
  main idea?
• 4. Why did people hunt whales? Are these still
  good reasons today?

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Partner Reading Read pages 2-7 aloud with your
partner.
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Team Talk Extender If you could ask the author
one question about the blue whale, what would it
be? Why?
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Adventures in Writing Write a letter to the
editor of the newspaper, telling people about the
bald eagle, the African elephant, or the blue
whale. In your opening sentence, tell the editor
the name of the animal and where it lives. In
the body of the letter, include at least two
details about the endangered animal. Also,
include a sentence that explains why this animal
is disappearing from the Earth and another
sentence telling people what they should do (or
not do) to save this animal from extinction.
Remember that a letter has a date, a greeting, a
body, a closing and a signature.
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Sample Graphic Organizer Opening Sentence The
bald eagle lives in Alaska and parts of
Canada. Detail Bald eagles build huge nests in
big trees. Detail 2 Bald eagles have better
eyesight than most animals. Bald eagles are
disappearing because they have nowhere to build
their nests. To save the bald eagle, we must
stop cutting down the big trees that they build
their nests in.
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Two Minute Edit
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• Team Talk- Day Two
• What is the main idea of page 10?
• There were once many Galapagos tortoises, but
  now only a few are left.
• Rats from visiting ships ate the Galapagos
  tortoise eggs.
• The Galapagos tortoise moves very slowly and can
  weigh up to 600 pounds.
• Both a and b
• What supporting details helped you identify the
  main idea?
• Using illustrations and information from the
  text, describe what the mountain lion looks like
  and what it does.
• Which of the following statements support the
  main idea that mountain lions are endangered?
• Mountain lions are fast and can climb trees.
• People kill mountain lions frequently because
  they fear them.
• The Florida panther sometimes spends its days in
  trees and usually hunts at night.
• None of the above
• According to the text, in which place(s) might
  you see a mountain lion?
• Florida B. Arizona

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Partner Reading Read pages 10-13 aloud with
your partner.
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Team Talk Extender How are the house cat and
the mountain lion the same? How are they
different?
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Two Minute Edit- Day Three
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• Team Talk- Day Three
• What do grizzlies do in the winter?
• What are manatees and where do they live?
• What dangers do manatees face?
• What is the main idea of the last paragraph on
  page 21?
• Forests are cut down everywhere, and the wood is
  sold to build homes.
• The muriqui lives only in the southeastern forest
  along the coast of Brazil.
• The muriquis are disappearing.
• All of the above.
• What are the supporting ideas that helped you to
  determine the main idea?

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Partner Reading Read pages 16-21 aloud with
your partner.
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Team Talk Extender How would your life change
if you slept during the winter like the grizzly
bear?
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Two Minute Edit- Day Four
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• Team Talk- Day Four
• How are mountain gorillas similar to humans?
• 2. How are the mountain gorillas different from
  other apes?
• 3. Are the baby crocodiles shown in the picture
  on page 26 in danger? Why or why not?
• 4. What is the main idea from page 26?
• Crocodiles grow bigger each day.
• Crocodiles carry their young in their mouths.
• Crocodiles have amazing mouths.
• All of the above
• What supporting details helped you to identify
  the main idea?

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Partner Reading Read pages 24-27 aloud with
your partner.
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Team Talk Extender Some crocodiles are
endangered. What is the one thing people can do
to save them? Use information from the text and
what you already know to support your answer.