Dinosaur Ghosts

What Really HappenedTheme 2, Selection 3, Day 1

Taught By: Mr. Williams

The Search for Monsters of Mystery

Comprehension Skill:Text Organization

What information

does the article give

you?

How does the section

heading “Is the Loch Ness

Monster Really a

Fish?” help organize the

text?

Is the article organized by

main ideas and details or cause and

effect?

Erosion

Theory

Excavation

Extinct

Specimens

Geologists

Hypotheses

Paleontologists

• erosion– All the natural processes that

wear away earth and rock

• theory– A widely held scientific explanation

that is based on evidence but cannot be stated as fact.

• excavation– The process of finding something

by digging for it

• extinct– No longer living; having all died

out

• specimens– Samples taken for scientific study

• geologists– Scientists who study rocks and

the earth’s crust

• hypotheses– And educated or scientific guess

based on what we know so far

• paleontologists– A scientist who studies prehistoric

life

Key Background Vocabulary

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Dinosaur Ghosts

What Really HappenedTheme 2, Selection 3, Day 2

Taught By: Mr. Williams

• erosion– All the natural processes that

wear away earth and rock

• theory– A widely held scientific explanation

that is based on evidence but cannot be stated as fact.

• excavation– The process of finding something

by digging for it

• extinct– No longer living; having all died

out

• specimens– Samples taken for scientific study

• geologists– Scientists who study rocks and

the earth’s crust

• hypotheses– And educated or scientific guess

based on what we know so far

• paleontologists– A scientist who studies prehistoric

life

Key Background Vocabulary

Decoding: Inflectional Endings –al, -ive, -ous

investigate

mass

burry

comic

fame

carnivore

experiment

create

invent

marvel

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Dinosaur Ghosts

With your Suit partner, discuss questions 1-7 on page 208 of your text. You may look back in your text if you need to. When you're finished begin thinking about the following questions.

What do you think the author’s purpose was in writing the selection?

What Mystery does the selection attempt to explain?What kind of writing

is the selection an example of?

How did the author attempt to explain the mystery?

Why do you think the mystery fascinates people?

Dinosaur Ghosts

What Really HappenedTheme 2, Selection 3, Day 3

Taught By: Mr. Williams

• erosion– All the natural processes that

wear away earth and rock

• theory– A widely held scientific explanation

that is based on evidence but cannot be stated as fact.

• excavation– The process of finding something

by digging for it

• extinct– No longer living; having all died

out

• specimens– Samples taken for scientific study

• geologists– Scientists who study rocks and

the earth’s crust

• hypotheses– And educated or scientific guess

based on what we know so far

• paleontologists– A scientist who studies prehistoric

life

Key Background Vocabulary

Taki

ng T

ext A

part

Extreme Partner Reading

Step 1 •Read the Story Summery to yourself one time. •Be sure to use good hand gestures to help you as you read.

Step 2 •Turn to your shoulder partner and partner read the story with lots of expression. •Don’t forget the gestures that you have practiced.

Step 3 •Take turns asking and answering at least five questions each about the text. •Remember to both ask and answer questions with high enthusiasm.

Dinosaur Ghosts

What Really HappenedTheme 2, Selection 3, Day 3

Taught By: Mr. Williams

• erosion– All the natural processes that

wear away earth and rock

• theory– A widely held scientific explanation

that is based on evidence but cannot be stated as fact.

• excavation– The process of finding something

by digging for it

• extinct– No longer living; having all died

out

• specimens– Samples taken for scientific study

• geologists– Scientists who study rocks and

the earth’s crust

• hypotheses– And educated or scientific guess

based on what we know so far

• paleontologists– A scientist who studies prehistoric

life

Key Background Vocabulary

Doctor DinosaurWith your shoulder partner, read

pages 210-213 from your text using the skills mentions in the yellow column on the left of page 210. When you are finished discuss these questions with your partner and write your answers in complete sentences on a piece of lined paper..

Compare Jack’s research to the scientists studying Coelophysis?

3. What did the author mean when he said, “That leads to more questions.” Which is what science is all about.

4. Why is his discovery valuable even if his ideas turn out to be wrong?

2. How did his examination of nests challenge peoples beliefs about dinosaurs?

1. How did luck play a role in Jack’s discovery?

In the NewsChoose one of the Newspaper articles

available and on a piece of notebook paper, answer the following questions about the article you chose.

What is the article about?

Where and when is the article talking about?

Why did it happen and why is this important?

Who is the article about?

Dinosaur Ghosts

What Really HappenedTheme 2, Selection 3, Day 5

Taught By: Mr. Williams

Weekly Skills Test1. Make sure your name, date, and

assignment are written clearly on the top left of the paper.

2. Turn your test paper to me and put your answer key in the reading basket.

3. Finish your Mountain Language.

4. Finish any other unfinished work.