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Reading Response

Symphony of Whales

Answer each question using part of the question and support from the text. Score your answer using the rubric in the box provided.

1.  What is the problem?______

What is the solution?______

What is the setting? ______

2.  Glashka checks the dog’s feet and rubs their ears and necks before heading home. Why do you think she does this? Support your answer. (Drawing conclusions)

Question 2
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3.  Cause: The bay in which the whales are trapped is slowly freezing over. Name one effect this is having on the whales. Support your answer. (cause and effect)

Question 3
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4. Think about the lives of the villagers and the lives of the whales. What does that tell you about how the people and nature are connected? (What do they do to help or for each other?) Support your answer using information from the text.

Question 4
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Reading Reteach- Generalizations

A Symphony of Whales

Generalizations are broad statements that apply to many things. Words such as always, all, never and no often signal a generalization.

Read the sentences and decide if it is a generalization (G) or not.

1.  No one should go out in a blizzard without gloves. ______

2.  Some people carry umbrellas when it rains. ______

3.  All living things need food and water. ______

4.  My plant died because I forgot to water it. ______

5.  Everyone needs a bicycle. ______

6.  All people like summer the best. ______

7.  A robin flies south for the winter. ______

8.  All birds fly south for the winter. ______

9.  Never cross the street without a parent. ______

10. It always snows in the winter. ______

Chose one generalization and support it with three examples of why it could be true.

GENERALIZATION:

Example 1 / Example 2 / Example 3