Word Knowledge

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Word Knowledge

• Monster Tracks

Open Court Anthology Grade 2
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Word Knowledge

• 1. seashells facedown cardboard
  watercolors
• 2. slowly carefully completely gently
• 3. rest cast mold left (multiple
  meanings)
• 4. roamed interesting deepest squeezed
• 5. brush bright front frisky

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1. Seashells and seaweed were scattered along the
beach.

• 2. Your sand casting most likely wont look
  exactly as you expected, but the results are
  always fun to see.

3. The fox had a tail like a brush.
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Word Knowledge

• 1. seashells facedown cardboard
  watercolors
• 2. slowly carefully completely gently
• 3. rest cast mold left
• 4. roamed interesting deepest squeezed
• 5. brush bright front frisky

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Build Background
Not everyone has found or held a fossil. The
dinosaur bones in a museum are kept far from
reach, and most of us have not been on an
archeological dig.
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Build Background
Genre Expository Text How does a fossil look
close up? How does it feel? How are fossils
made?
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Build Background
Genre Expository Text Remember that some
fossils are tracks or footprints that have turned
to stone or are imprints in stone.
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Expository Text

• Expository text gives information. It tells
  people something.
• It uses facts about real events or people.
• It presents information in a clear way.
• It gives events in the order in which they
  happen.
• It may be organized by topics.

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Monster Tracks
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Open Court Vocabulary for

• Monster Tracks

Genre Expository Text
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imprint
( to mark by applying pressure )

• The cougar left an imprint of its paw in the mud.

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clues
( hints that help solve a puzzle )

• Clues help solve a mystery.

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mold
( a hollow form that material is poured into to
make a shape )
We will pour the melted chocolate into the mold
to make toy and animal shaped candies.

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prehistoric
( belonging to a time before people started
writing history )

• The dinosaur is a prehistoric animal because it
  lived before people wrote history.

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embed
( set in )

• We will embed the seashells in the sand.

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ooze
( mud )

• We walked in the ooze and it squished between our
  toes.

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shallow
( not very deep )

• We need a shallow pan to bake the brownies in.

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reverse
( opposite )

• When you are making a sand casting you have to
  think in reverse. What goes in sticks out.

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instructions
( directions )

• You will have to follow the instructions to make
  this airplane.

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facedown
( level in the ground )

• These shells are face up. You have to put a shell
  facedown to make a good imprint.

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• Monster Tracks

Making sand castings will help you understand how
imprint fossils happened.
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Comprehension StrategiesGood Readers

• Summarize
• Keep track of what you have read and focus on
  important details
• At the beginning of the story
• Then

• Make Connections
• Use their own experiences to better understand
  the characters feelings and actions
• This reminds me of
• That part made me think of

• Monitor and Clarify
• STOP and reread to determine the meaning of words
  and more difficult ideas or passages.
• Wait a minute! I didnt understand that. Let me
  stop and reread for clarity.
• I am confused by that. I need to clarify.

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Monster Tracks
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• Clues
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Wonderings Page ___- Page ___- Page ___-