A Symphony of Whalesby: Steve Schuch


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A Symphony of Whalesby Steve Schuch

• Genre
• Vocabulary Strategy
• Comprehension Skill
• Comprehension Strategy

Fiction Context Clues Generalize Answer Ques
tions

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Review Concept Board

• Question of the day!
• What other kinds of music might the whales
  respond to that the people did not try
  

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More Words to Know

• neighboring
• waterproof
• yelping

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anxiouslyuneasily with fear of what might
happen
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baya part of a sea or lake surrounded by land
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blizzardsblinding snowstorms with very strong
cold winds
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channel a body of water joining two larger
bodies of water
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chipped to cut or break off a thin piece of somet
hing
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melodya pleasing or easily remembered series of
musical notes tune
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supplies the food and equipment necessary for an
army exercise camping trip and so on
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symphony a long complicated musical composition
for an orchestra
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Reader Response

• What did you think was the most exciting part of
  the story Why was that part exciting
  
• MODEL I think the most exciting part was when the
  Russian ship was trying to get the whales to
  follow it out of the frozen bay. I liked it
  because I really wanted to know what was going to
  happen.

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Reader Response

• The author begins his story with Glashka hearing
  music inside her head. How does that beginning
  get you ready for the rest of the story Author
  
• Think about the lives of the villagers and the
  lives of the whales. What does that say about how
  people and nature are connected Generalize
  
• At the end of the story Glashka tells the sled
  dogs that they are good dogs. Why does she
  believe they are good dogs Answer Questions
  
• The list words symphony and melody are related to
  music. What other words from the story could you
  include in that group Vocabulary
  

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Look Back and Write

• The old ones talk about other music. What is
  the other music and why is it important Use
  story details to support your answer.
  

Example of a Top-Score Response The beluga whales
will not follow the ship out to sea. Glashka
listens to the whales and tells the old ones what
she hears. The old ones realize that Narna wants
to hear the music whales and humans once shared.
Narna wants to hear this other music. They play
some rock music for the whales. This doesnt
work. Then they play some folk music. This
doesnt work. The whales finally follow the ship
when they hear classical music.
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Small Group Time

• Read A Symphony of Whales
  pages 368-374

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Test Time

• Do your very best!

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FLUENCY - Model

• Listen as I read aloud the first two paragraphs
  on p. 366. Noticemy reading rate. We will
  practice as a class by doing three choral
  readings.

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Revisit the concept web

• Do you have any words to add to our concept web

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Language Objectives

• Use present past and future tenses in writing.
  
  

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Daily Fix-it

• Kelly hopped she would seewhales on her trip to
  hawaii.
  
• Last year they visit friendsnear the Pacific
  ocean.

Kelly hoped she would see whales on her trip to
Hawaii.
Last year they visited friends near the Pacific
Ocean.

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USE VERB TENSES IN WRITING

• Using present past and future tensestell
  readers exactly when an actionhappened.
  
• The whales will return to warm water in the
  winter.
  
• By using the future tense in this sentence the
  writer tells readers that the action will happen
  in the future.
  

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Present past and future verbs.
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Writing objectives

• Write a news story that answers the questions
  who what where when why and how.

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READING-WRITING CONNECTION

• A Symphony of Whales describes an event in a
  small village that could be the subject of a
  real-life news story.
  
• Think about an event that took place in your town
  or neighborhood.
  
• Now write a news story about it that answers the
  5 Ws and How.
  
• You can use page 375 in your book.

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Writing Test Tips

• Begin by summarizing what happened. Then tell
  who what where when why and how.
  
• Add details about each part of the story.
• Put events in time order and use time-order
  words.
  

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Ideas on how to get started.

• Brainstorm a list of events in your school that
  would make good feature articles.
  
• Write the article topic at the top of a page
  then complete a chart answering who what when
  where why and how.
  

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Spelling Objective

• Spell words with suffixes -ly -ful
  -ness-less.
  

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Generalization about spelling words with suffixes

• When adding -ly -ful -ness or -lessmost base
  words stay the same safely. When the base word
  ends in y change y to ibeautiful. Adding
  suffixes usually does not change the
  pronunciation of the base word

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Write a story

• You will write a story using at least four of the
  spelling words. Later you can share your stories
  with the class by reading them aloud.
  

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Frequently misspelled words

• These words are difficult for third-graders to
  spell because of the added suffix. Notice these
  frequently misspelled words and I encourage you
  to think carefully before you write them.
• finally really

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Read the words with me.

• 1. beautiful 9. daily
• 2. safely 10. suddenly
• 3. kindness 11. wireless
• 4. finally 12. quietly
• 5. spotless 13. fairness
• 6. worthless 14. cheerful
• 7. illness 15. painful
• 8. helpful

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Lets do this part together.
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GREAT JOB!