4.6 Day 4

• language art

Review of Unit 4 Prefixes

-il  means "not"

-im means "not"

-in means "not"

-de means "not" or "opposite"

Review of Unit 4 Roots

bio-  means "life"

aud-  means "hear"

Text Feature- Maps

• p. 434
• The top map is of Australia and shows some of its cities and the location of the the Simpson Desert National Park and Regional Reserve.
• The bottom map shows the Simpson Desert contains a national park and reserve.  It also shows the size and shape or the park and reserve.

Text Feature- Maps

• By looking at the maps, you can see where the story is taking place.
• You can see that the park is in the desert.  

Setting p. 434

• The descriptions on 434 help us understand the colors, sounds, and extreme heat of this environment. 
• I know if I were there, I would feel like I was being baked in an oven.  
• I can picture the redness of the sand and the way it has giant ripples like waves.  
• I can imagine how bright everything is and how blue the cloudless sky must be.  

Author's Purpose

• The author's purpse is to inform because she has shared facts, explanations, descriptions, and definitions that explain how real animals have adapted to a particular habitat.
• It also contains text features, such as maps and illustrations, that show what the animals and habitat look like and where the events take place. 

Setting

• The author compares the sand dunes to cresting waves 
• Also, the ridges of sand to corduroy

• The illustrations help us see just how red and vast the desert is, and what colors the sky is at different times of day.
• It shows the vegetation (plants) are mostly small and scrubby.

corduroy

How do kangaroos adapt to the desert?

What is the main idea of “Survival at 120 Above”?

What does dormant mean?

How does the text support the idea that rain causes a desert to spring to life?

How do the frogs deal with extreme temperatures in “Survival at 120 Above” and “Survival at 40 Below”?

Read p. 450-451

You can listen on ConnectEd 

If a rain show is only ____, then flowers and plants will not get enough water.

1. saunter
2. fleeting
3. sensor
4. aquatic

A __ on a car might detect when the tire pressure is low.

1. saunter
2. surface
3. sensor
4. aquatic

You might ___ to school if you had left the house too early.

1. saunter
2. surface
3. blistering
4. aquatic

Most ______ animals have gills and fills.

1. nimble
2. surface
3. blistering
4. aquatic

Earth’s ____ is covered with a variety of features, such as mountains, plateaus, and plains.

1. nimble
2. surface
3. blistering
4. meandering

You might endure ____ heat if you visited Arizona in the summer.

1. nimble
2. swiftly
3. blistering
4. meandering

A ___ person would be especially good at dancing or gymnastics.

1. nimble
2. swiftly
3. secreting
4. meandering

A ___ stream would move in a curved or zig-zag pattern.

1. nocturnal
2. swiftly
3. secreting
4. meandering

If you wanted to move ___, you could ride a bike or sprint.

1. nocturnal
2. swiftly
3. secreting
4. equivalent

A part of the body that is ____ something is probably a gland.

1. nocturnal
2. swiftly
3. secreting
4. equivalent

You would most likely see a ___ animal hunting at night.

1. nocturnal
2. swiftly
3. secreting
4. equivalent

One meter is the ____ of 100 centimeters.

1. nocturnal
2. swiftly
3. secreting
4. equivalent

Now we will do  

Skills p. 75-76 on the next slides.  

We will not do it in our book. 

1. The heat ___ on the machine can detect the temperature.

1. nimble
2. sensor

2. Kim ___ put out the fire with a bucket of water.

1. swiftly
2. fleeting

3. Most of the pond’s residents are fish, but there are some ___ mammals here.

1. aquatic
2. blistering

4. We just have time to ___ through the park before sunset.

1. sensor
2. saunter

5. Tad only saw the rare warbler for a few ___ moments.

1. fleeting
2. secreting

6. The ____ gymnast kept her balance on the narrow bar.

1. meandering
2. nimble

7. One kilometer is the ___ of one thousand meters.

1. equivalent
2. surface

8. The pancreas is known for ___ the hormone insulin into the bloodstream.

1. secreting
2. meandering

9. Many animals could not survive in the __ heat of the desert.

1. nocturnal
2. blistering

10. The __ of the water was so smooth it looked like glass.

1. saunter
2. surface

11. I describe a graceful dancer.

1. saunter
2. nocturnal
3. nimble
4. equivalent

12. I am how you move when you are not in a hurry.

1. saunter
2. nocturnal
3. swiftly
4. equivalent

13. I describe a bat out looking for insects at night.

1. meandering
2. nocturnal
3. swiftly
4. equivalent

14. I am something that is equal to something else.

1. meandering
2. blistering
3. swiftly
4. equivalent

15. I describe something moving fast.

1. meandering
2. blistering
3. swiftly
4. aquatic

16. I am how a curvy stream moves.

1. meandering
2. blistering
3. surface
4. aquatic

17. I describe something that might be too hot to touch.

1. secreting
2. blistering
3. surface
4. aquatic

18. I describe something growing near the water.

1. secreting
2. blistering
3. surface
4. aquatic

19. I am on the outside of something.

1. secreting
2. blistering
3. surface
4. aquatic

20. I am what your body’s glands are doing.

1. secreting
2. blistering
3. surface
4. aquatic