Literacy by Design: the Bake Sale Battle Level Q

Name Date

Super Winter Survivors: Level U

Here are this weeks Vocabulary Words

hibernation
instinct
transparent
torpor
migrate
temperatures
designed

Other words:

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Monday / Tuesday
Meet With Mr. O / Meet with Mr. O
Begin Super Winter Survivors / Cont. Super Winter Survivors
/14 / Complete vocabulary (pg. 2) / /20 / SW: Syllables (pg. 3-4 )
Class Strategy Worksheet / /20 / HW: Syllables (pg. 5 )
Wednesday / Thursday
Meet with Mr. O / Meet with Mr. O
Cont. Super Winter Survivors / Cont. Super Winter Survivors
/12 / SW: Expository Writing (6-7) / /28 / SW: Author’s Viewpoint (p. 10-11)
/12 / HW: Expository Writing (p 8-9) / /12 / HW: Author’s Viewpoint (p. 12-13)
Class Strategy Worksheet / Class Strategy Worksheet
Friday
Finish Agenda, Weekly quizzes / Literal /16 Inferential /16
Please Note: Early finishers: Once you have completed you may begin Independent Reading.

Super Winter Survivors

Vocabulary Words ___/ 14

Answer each of the following questions by writing

a vocabulary word.

1. Which words means to go into a deep sleep

for the entire winter?

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2. Which word means to move from one place to another?

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3. Which word means to allow light to pass through?

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4. Which word means a deep sleep for short periods of time?

______

5. Which word means to have a behavior that you are born with instead of being taught?

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6. Which word means a measurement of how hot or cold something may be?

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7. Which word means a distinctive mark, sign, or name?______

CC.1.2.4.J Acquire and use accurately grade appropriate conversational, 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. E04.B‐V.4.1.1 E04.B‐V.4.1.2.

Super Winter Survivors– Syllables

SEATWORK- Tuesday ___/ 20

Syllables:

All words have a syllable. A syllable is the part of the word that is said out loud as a single sound. Some words have one syllable such as "ball" and some words have two syllables such as "baseball." Many words have more than one or two syllables. Syllables can help you pronounce a word you do not know when you first see it.

vccv Rule

When a word contains more than one vowel, it could follow the vccv or vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel pattern. Divide the word into syllables by drawing a dash between the two consonants. These are called Closed Syllables

picture à pic ture napkin à nap kin garden à gar den

Double Consonants

When a word contains a double consonants, divide it between the consonants

kitten à kit ten happy à hap py letter à let ter

vcv Rule
When a word contains a vowel, consonant, and a vowel it will be divided based on the sound the first vowel makes.

If the first vowel is long, divide after that vowel. These are called Open Syllables

radar à ra dar hotel à ho tel pupil à pu pil

If the first vowel is short, divide after the consonant. Write each word on your paper and divide into syllables. Then click the arrow to check your work

cabin à cab in shiver à shiv er river à riv er

Compound Words

Compound words are divided into the original two words. e.g. tom-boy, wet-suit, beach-ball. If either or both of the original words have more than one vowel sound, that word should also be divided into syllables. e.g. bask/et-ball, book-keep/er, trans-at/lan/tic

Super Winter Survivors – Syllables

SEATWORK- Tuesday ___/ 20

Words with the vc/cv pattern

Look for the vc/cv pattern in the words below. Divide the words into syllables. Remember every syllable must have a vowel.

Word / syllable / syllable
observe
distort
artist
landscape
contrast
control
abstract
pattern
object
runner

Words with the v/cv parttern

Look for the vc/v or v/cv pattern in the words below. Divide the words into syllables. Remember every syllable must have a vowel.

Word / syllable / syllable
result
spider
palace
linen
minus
profit
meter
frigid
comic
even

CC.1.4.4.F Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. E04.D.1.1.1 E04.D.1.1.2 E04.D.1.1.3 E04.D.1.1.4 E04.D.1.1.5 E04.D.1.1.6 E04.D.1.1.7 E04.D.1.1.8 E04.D.1.2.1 E04.D.1.2.2 E04.D.1.2.3

Super Winter Survivors – Syllables

HOMEWORK- Tuesday ___/ 20

Words with the vc/cv pattern

Look for the vc/cv pattern in the words below. Divide the words into syllables. Remember every syllable must have a vowel.

Word / syllable / syllable
trumpet
seldom
sister
plastic
content
wonder
problem
public
number
contest

Words with the v/cv parttern

Look for the vc/v or v/cv pattern in the words below. Divide the words into syllables. Remember every syllable must have a vowel.

Word / syllable / syllable
prison
climate
siren
novel
gopher
talent
token
habit
punish
relay

Super Winter Survivors – Distinguish Genres: Expository Writing

Seatwork- Wednesday ___/ 12

Here is another example of expository writing. Read the passages and answer the questions that follow.

What is a Lotic Ecosystem?

Water is a vital part of our lives. We drink it. We wash with it. We use water for irrigating crops, for transporting goods, as well as, for generating energy at hydroelectric dams and nuclear power plants. We treasure our water for recreation like swimming, boating and fishing.

Ecologists divide continental waters into two categories Lentic and Lotic. A Lotic Ecosystem has flowing waters. Here are a few examples of a Lotic system.

A spring is a point where water flows out of the ground. A spring may flow the whole year or only sometimes. This depends on the water getting into the ground all of the time (rain) or only once in a while (snow melting). A spring often sends water down, along the land. This is how rivers start. Some springs produce water that is good for health reasons. Sometimes towns grow by these springs because many people who are ill come there to get better. Such towns are called spa towns.

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream-banks.
Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, burn, creek, crick, kill, lick, rill, river syke, bayou, rivulet, or run. Streams are important as conduits in the water cycle, instruments in groundwater recharge, and they serve as corridors for fish and wildlife migration.

A brook is another type of stream that is smaller than a creek, especially one that is fed by a spring or seep. It is usually small and easily forded. This means where one can cross by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle. A Brook is different from a stream in that a brook is characterized by its shallowness and its bed being composed solely of rocks.

A river may start from natural springs, or it may originate from a water source like a lake or a melting glacier. Falling rain also supplies the river with much of its water. Rivers flow until they reach a larger water source, such as the ocean. The place where a river meets the ocean is called the mouth of the river. Sometimes rivers join with other rivers along their path. The smaller rivers that feed into the main body of water are called tributaries. Rivers are very important to our world! Not only do they help drain the land of extra water, their energy can be used to generate power, and people can travel them in boats, even transporting goods from place to place.

As you can see Lotic systems can be diverse in their form, ranging from a spring that is only a few centimeters wide to a major river that is kilometers in width. But remember that despite these differences it is the fact that all Lotic systems always have running water.

Super Winter Survivors – Distinguish Genres: Expository Writing

Seatwork- Wednesday ___/ 12

What is a Lotic Ecosystem?

What is a lotic water system? Give at least three examples of lotic systems that were listed in the passage.

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Spells assigned words correctly

/ /8 / Responds to prompts in a focused manner / /8
Applies spelling skills in written work / /8 / Organizes thoughts in paragraph form / /8
Demonstrates use of mechanics / /8 / Writes legibly / /8
Identifies parts of speech / /8 / Presents content with elaboration and explanation / /8
Uses the writing process / /8 / Shows creativity in writing / /8

Super Winter Survivors – Distinguish Genres: Expository Writing

Homework- Wednesday

Here is another example of expository writing. Read the passages and answer the questions that follow.

What is a Lentic Ecosystem?

Pennsylvania is the habitat of thousands of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, flowers, trees and invertebrates all of whom depend on the water as much as people do.

As we learned earlier, ecologists divide continental waters into two categories Lentic and Lotic. A Lentic Ecosystem has still waters. Here are a few examples of a Lentic system.

What makes a lake? A lake is a body of standing water (not moving that is). This can include natural lakes or human made lakes, such as reservoirs and farm ponds. Lakes are a critical part of the environment, serving as the collection point for all of the water that falls in the area that travels down through what's called the watershed. The watershed is made up of all the streams and rivers that flow into a particular lake

What makes a pond different from a lake? Both are open bodies of fresh water in a depression in the ground. A pond is usually smaller and shallower than a lake. Because they are shallower than lakes, ponds have plants growing on the bottom of them from one side to the other. Most ponds are less than six or seven feet deep. Plants need sunlight to grow and lakes are usually too deep in the middle for plants to grow on the bottom. The temperature of the water in a pond is usually about the same from the top to the bottom and it changes with the air temperature. In really cold places, ponds can freeze solid from top to bottom! There are two types of ponds, permanent and temporary. Permanent ponds exist year-round. Temporary or vernal ponds usually develop in the spring when rain and melting snow fill in depressions in the ground. Vernal ponds dry up in the summer.

A marsh is another body of standing water. It is a wetland submerged by water. The water may be a few inches deep to two or three feet. The height of standing water in a marsh can range, depending on the location and the season, but the mud or clay that forms the base of the marsh is always heavily saturated. It provides traditional habitat for many birds like ducks, herons and shorebirds. Most marshes are low-lying areas around lakes, rivers and streams. They have grassy vegetation that can live and grow in the wet conditions. Higher ground also has trees and bushes that add to the diversity of food and shelter for wildlife.

Two other natural wetland categories that have standing water are seeps and vernal pools. Although Seeps and Vernal Pools have many differences, they also share some important features. All known examples of Seeps and Vernal Pools are small, usually less than one half acre. These two wetland community types typically occur in depressions and at the bases of slopes in areas of upland forest. Although Seeps and Vernal Pools only contain occasional trees, both are exist in shaded areas.

So there you have it! You have now learned about two important ecosystems in Pennsylvania. Just remember that A Lentic Ecosystem has still waters while a A Lotic Ecosystem has flowing waters.

Super Winter Survivors – Distinguish Genres: Expository Writing

Homework- Wednesday ___/ 12

What is a Lentic Ecosystem?

What is a lentic water system? Give at least three examples of lentic systems that were listed in the passage.

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Spells assigned words correctly

Super Winter Survivors – Author’s Viewpoint

Seatwork- Thursday ___/ 28

A writer may show his or her attitude or feelings on a topic by giving readers important clues. Among these clues are an author’s word choices, opinions, focus and purpose for writing. Any combination of these clues can help to show an author’s viewpoint

Read this article. What is the author's viewpoint? Look for clues. (4 pts . each)