Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson

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Arctic Explorer The Story of Matthew Henson

• Jeff Cole
• Bishop Elementary

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Background Matthew Henson

• Proper Nouns-Capitalization-Peary, Matthew,
  Eskimos, Inuits, Artic, North Pole
• Italicize titles such as North Greenland
  Expedition, Kite
• North Pole, 70 degrees north latitude
• (the Arctic Circle)

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Background Matthew Henson

• Greenland is the largest island in the world and
  is a part of the North American Continentthe
  continent where we live.

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Word Knowledge

• words that end with -s, -x, -ch, or -ss
• Walrus es walruses
• Fox es foxes
• Stitch es stitches
• Boss es bosses
• (read, questions, sentences, extention)

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Word knowledge

• Greenland Eskimos August Henson
• Proper Nouns begin with CAPITOL LETTERS but
  common nouns do not!
• (read, questions, sentences, extension)

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Word Knowledge

• Inexperienced impossible independent unfriendly
• in-, im, or un mean not
• Change meaning of root words
• Experienced possible dependent friendly
• Name other words with in, im, or or un.
• (read, questions, sentences, extension)

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Word Knowledge

• Handshake moonlight lifetime understand
• From anthology selection and are compound words
• Name some other examples.
• (read, questions, sentences, extension)

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Word Knowledge Sentences

• The startled walruses poked their heads out of
  the water.
• Identify the two words with the inflectional
  ending ed
• Startle as verb to startled used as an adjective
• Poke from present to poked, the past tense.

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Word Knowledge Sentences

• On June 21 Matt saw Greenland for the first time.
• (Identify proper nouns)
• They did find some unfriendly walruses
• what part of speech is unfriendly, which word
  does it describe
• (unfriendly is an adjective and it describes the
  noun walruses)
• My grandfather has seen many changes in his
  lifetime.
• (which are compound words)

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Vocabulary

• Ex-pe-di-tion
• Art-ic
• Gla-ciers
• Constellation
• Insulation

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Expedition

• Before he made this famous expedition he went on
  several trips to the artic with Robert Perry.
• Astronauts go on expeditions to find out more
  about space.
• Expedition a journey made to accomplish
  something
• Synonyms-outing, trip, excursion

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Arctic

• It was June 1891, Matt Henson wrote, that I
  started my first trip to the arctic regions.
• The trip to Greenland was Matt Hensons first
  trip to the arctic journey.
• Arctic having to do with the North Pole
• Synonyms-north, polar

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glaciers

• Matt saw glaciers that looked like thick, flowing
  cream, frozen into white walls.
• Glaciers, huge, slow moving masses of ice, can
  cause damage to large ships.
• Glaciers-large, slow moving masses of ice
• Synonyms- none

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constellation

• While he watched the starts the Eskimos explained
  that the constellation he called the Pleiades was
  really a team of dogs chasing a polar bear.
• The Little Dipper is a constellation, a group of
  fixed stars that have a name.
• Constellation a group of fixed stars that have
  a name

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Insulation

• Even though Matt always covered the inside of his
  boots with soft dry moss for insulation, his
  heels froze.
• Insulation is used in houses to make sure they
  dont lose heat.
• Insulation - a material that keeps heat from
  being lost

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Identify Main Idea and Details (Reading 3.2)Day
1 (334-339)- arctic, climate, crack, expedition,
explore, explorer, Greenland, ice, North Pole,
skill, supply, survive, unload

• Point to photograph on page 235
• How many woman are shown in this picture?
• _____________ shows_____________.
• (The picture shows one woman.)
• How many men are shown in the picture?
• _____________ shows ______________.
• (The pictue shows six men.)
• What is the main idea of this picture?
• The _____ shows that ______ woman and ______ men
  were in the expedition.
• (The picture shows that one woman and and seven
  men were in the expedition.)

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Identify Main Idea and Details (Reading 3.2)Day
1 (334-339)- arctic, climate, crack, expedition,
explore, explorer, Greenland, ice, North Pole,
skill, supply, survive, unload

• Point to the picture on page 337
• Does the map show that Pearys expedition
  happened in 1892 or 1982?
• The map shows that Pearys ______ happened in
  ___________.
• (The map shows that Pearys expedition happened
  in 1892.)

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Identify Main Idea and Details (Reading 3.2)Day
1 (334-339)- arctic, climate, crack, expedition,
explore, explorer, Greenland, ice, North Pole,
skill, supply, survive, unload

• Does the map show that they explored Ellesmere?
• The map shows that the expedition explored a very
  large island named _____________.
• (The map shows that the expedition
• explored a very large island
• named Greenland.)
• What is the main idea of this map?
• The ______shows that Perry's ________ explored
  Greenland in ______.
• (The made shows that Perry's expedition explored
  Greenland in 1892.)

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Identify Main Idea and Details (Reading 3.2) Day
2 340-345 Polar bear, seal, reindeer, caribou,
fox, Inuits, Eskimos, survive, hunt, fur, walrus
(2) The expedition needed Eskimo woman to use the
animal furs to make warm clothes to wear.
(3) The expedition needed the fur clothes to
survive in the cold climate of the Artic.
(1) The expedition needed Eskimo men to help them
hunt Animals for meat and furs.
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Main Idea The expedition needed the Eskimos to
help them survive in Greenland.

• While Matt finished the small wooden house, the
  other men went to find Eskimos to join their
  group. (The men would have to use sign language
  because none of them spoke Eskimo.) Peary (1)
  needed Eskimo men to help hunt polar bears and
  seals and walruses and reindeer and caribou and
  foxes for furs and meat. He (2) needed Eskimo
  women to chew the furs and sew them into pants
  and coats. The thickest wool coat from home would
  be useless in the Arctic (3) they had to have
  clothing made of the same fur that kept the
  arctic animals warm. In exchange for their work.
  Peary would give the Eskimos pots and pans,
  needles, tools, and other useful items.

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Day 3 (346-351)blubber, whip, fuel, chew, sledge,
sinew, igloo
The Eskimos used sledges pulled by dogs to
travel.
The Eskimos used the animal skins and furs to
make clothes and boots.
The The Eskimos used animal bones and sinew to
make needles and thread.
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Day 4 Identify Main Idea and Details (Reading
3.2) Pages 352-357 serious, share, law, war,
fear, cross, ice cap, frozen, heel, dangerous

• ____ did not _____ because______ .
• Why didnt Matt cross the ice cap?
• Matt did not cross the ______ because his _____
  froze.
• (Matt did not cross the ice cap because his heel
  froze.)
• Why didnt the Eskimos cross the ice cap?
• The________ did not cross he ice cap because
  they_______ an evil spirit there.
• (The Eskimos did not cross he ice cap because
  they feared an evil spirit there.)

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Day 4 Identify Main Idea and Details (Reading
3.2) Pages 352-357 serious, share, law, war,
fear, cross, ice cap, frozen, heel, dangerous

• Why didnt the rest of the men in the expedition
  cross the ice cap?
• The rest of the ____did not cross the ________
  because it was too hard and dangerous.
• (The rest of the men did not cross the ice cap
  because it was too hard and dangerous.)

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Day 4 Identify Main Idea and Details (Reading
3.2) Pages 352-357 serious, share, law, war,
fear, cross, ice cap, frozen, heel, dangerous

• What is the main idea that these details support?
• Only two ______ in the ________actually crossed
  the ice cap.
• (Only two men in the expedition actually crossed
  the ice cap.)

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Day 4 Comprehension Review Questions Pages
352-357 serious, share, law, war, fear, cross,
ice cap, frozen, heel, dangerous

• What did Matt learn how to build when he went
  hunting with the Eskimos?
• How do you think sharing helped the Eskimos live
  without laws and wars? (Answers will vary!)
• Who were the first men to cross the ice cap of
  Greenland?
• What island did the expedition explore?
• Who taught the explorers how to survive in the
  Arctic?
• Who led the expedition and was one of the first
  men to cross the ice cap in Greenland?
• What would you like about visiting the Arctic?
  What would you not like? Why?

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Day 5 Matthew Henson Quiz

• Picture pages 348-349
• What main idea about the Eskimos does this
  picture show?
• Picture pages 343
• What main idea about the expedition does this
  picture show?
• Picture 353
• What main idea about the Eskimos does this
  picture show?
• Map on page 337
• Why didnt the expedition find a way to get to
  the North Pole?