Letters Home from Yosemite

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Letters Home from Yosemite
Compiled by Terry Sams PES

• Written and Illustrated by
• Lisa Halvorsen
• Visit the Author

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Summary

• Yosemite National Park is an amazing place. In
  one visit, you can see giant trees, towering
  mountains, and interesting wildlife.

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Study Skills

• Genre Narrative Nonfiction
• Comprehension Skill Main
  Idea
• Comprehension Strategy Graphic Organizers
• Comprehension Review Skill Fact and Opinion
• Vocabulary Suffixes

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Genre Narrative Nonfiction

• Narrative nonfiction tells the story of real
  people, places, or events. The narrator, or
  teller of the story, presents information in
  sequence. Notice this sequence as you read
  about Yosemite National Park.

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Comprehension Strategy Graphic Organizers TE
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• Using a graphic organizer can help you to
  understand what you read.
• Examples of graphic organizers are webs, charts,
  and diagrams.
• A sequence chart can help you see the sequence of
  an article and often you can fill these charts in
  as you read.

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Comprehension Skill Review Fact and Opinion TE
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• A fact is a statement that can be proved true or
  false.
• Statements of opinion tell about a persons
  beliefs, feelings, or way of thinking that cannot
  be proved.

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Vocabulary Strategy Suffixes ist and -ive Te
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• You can use suffixes to help figure out the
  meaning of words.
• The suffix ist can make a word mean one who is
  an expert in____, as a biologist, an expert in
  biology.

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Vocabulary Strategy Suffixes ist and -ive Te
114

• The suffix -ive can make a word mean tending or
  inclined to_____, as in active, which means
  tending to act.

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Review Questions

• How can you tell this was written to
  inform?
• What is one way Yosemite is a unique place?
• What are some impressive wonders in Yosemite?

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Review Questions

• What is the time setting of this story?
• How did the author organize this story? Why do
  you think she did that?
• What attraction did the she go see right after
  Glacier Point?

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Fun Stuff

• Yosemite for Kids
• Photographs of Yosemite
• Spelling List

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Vocabulary- Say It!

• glacier
• impressive
• naturalist
• preserve
• slopes
• species
• wilderness

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More Words to Know

• altitudes
• formations
• reservoir
• earthquake
• eruptions
• volcano

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glacier

• a great mass of ice moving very slowly down a
  mountain or
  along a valley

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naturalist

• a person who studies living things

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impressive

• able to have a strong effect on the mind or
  feelings

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preserve

• to keep from harm or change protect

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species

• a set of related living things that share certain
  characteristic and that can be interbred

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slopes

• and that goes up and down at an angle

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wilderness

• a wild region with few or no people living in it

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earthquake

• a shaking or shifting motion of Earths surface.
  It is caused by the sudden breaking of masses of
  rock along a fault.

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eruptions

• acts or processes of bursting or throwing forth

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volcano

• opening in Earths crust through which steam,
  ashes, and lava are forced out in periods of
  activity

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altitudes

• heights about Earths surface

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reservoir

• a place where water is collected and stored for
  use

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Denali Nation Park in Alaska has more than 6
million miles of wilderness.
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Denali Nation Park in Alaska has more than 6
million miles of wilderness.
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More than 650 species of flowering plants live in
Denali!.
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More than 650 species of flowering plants live in
Denali!.
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The park was established to preserve the land and
the plants and animals.
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The park was established to preserve the land and
the plants and animals.
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Thats what the naturalist on the guided tour
told us about this park.
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Thats what the naturalist on the guided tour
told us about this park.
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We skied up the lower slopes of Mt. McKinley.
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We skied up the lower slopes of Mt. McKinley.
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We could see a giant glacier looking like a huge
field of ice.
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We could see a giant glacier looking like a huge
field of ice.
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The glacier was a very impressive sight.
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The glacier was a very impressive sight.
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The sequoia tree is the largest species of tree
in the world.
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The sequoia tree is the largest species of tree
in the world.
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There is less oxygen as you go up in altitude.
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There is less oxygen as you go up in altitude.
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The river provides water to San Francisco by way
of a reservoir.
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The river provides water to San Francisco by way
of a reservoir.
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The rock formations were beautiful in the
sunlight.
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The rock formations were beautiful in the
sunlight.
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Writing Assignment

• Pretend that you are on vacation. Write a
  postcard to a friend or family member describing
  where you are. The place can be real or
  imaginary.

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Spelling Words Long u Sounds

• cruise
• juice
• scooter
• afternoon
• threw

• smooth
• mood
• flute
• huge
• usual

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CHALLENGE

• influence
• aluminum
• nutrition
• accumulate
• igloo

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GREAT JOB!