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Word Knowledge
  • Monster Tracks

Open Court Anthology Grade 2
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Word Knowledge
  • 1. seashells facedown cardboard
    watercolors
  • 2. slowly carefully completely gently
  • 3. rest cast mold left (multiple
    meanings)
  • 4. roamed interesting deepest squeezed
  • 5. brush bright front frisky

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1. Seashells and seaweed were scattered along the
beach.
  • 2. Your sand casting most likely wont look
    exactly as you expected, but the results are
    always fun to see.

3. The fox had a tail like a brush.
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Word Knowledge
  • 1. seashells facedown cardboard
    watercolors
  • 2. slowly carefully completely gently
  • 3. rest cast mold left
  • 4. roamed interesting deepest squeezed
  • 5. brush bright front frisky

5
Build Background
Not everyone has found or held a fossil. The
dinosaur bones in a museum are kept far from
reach, and most of us have not been on an
archeological dig.
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Build Background
Genre Expository Text How does a fossil look
close up? How does it feel? How are fossils
made?
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Build Background
Genre Expository Text Remember that some
fossils are tracks or footprints that have turned
to stone or are imprints in stone.
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Expository Text
  • Expository text gives information. It tells
    people something.
  • It uses facts about real events or people.
  • It presents information in a clear way.
  • It gives events in the order in which they
    happen.
  • It may be organized by topics.

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Monster Tracks
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Open Court Vocabulary for
  • Monster Tracks

Genre Expository Text
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imprint
( to mark by applying pressure )
  • The cougar left an imprint of its paw in the mud.

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clues
( hints that help solve a puzzle )
  • Clues help solve a mystery.

13
mold
( a hollow form that material is poured into to
make a shape )
We will pour the melted chocolate into the mold
to make toy and animal shaped candies.

14
prehistoric
( belonging to a time before people started
writing history )
  • The dinosaur is a prehistoric animal because it
    lived before people wrote history.

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embed
( set in )
  • We will embed the seashells in the sand.

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ooze
( mud )
  • We walked in the ooze and it squished between our
    toes.

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shallow
( not very deep )
  • We need a shallow pan to bake the brownies in.

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reverse
( opposite )
  • When you are making a sand casting you have to
    think in reverse. What goes in sticks out.

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instructions
( directions )
  • You will have to follow the instructions to make
    this airplane.

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facedown
( level in the ground )
  • These shells are face up. You have to put a shell
    facedown to make a good imprint.

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  • Monster Tracks

Making sand castings will help you understand how
imprint fossils happened.
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Comprehension StrategiesGood Readers
  • Summarize
  • Keep track of what you have read and focus on
    important details
  • At the beginning of the story
  • Then
  • Make Connections
  • Use their own experiences to better understand
    the characters feelings and actions
  • This reminds me of
  • That part made me think of
  • Monitor and Clarify
  • STOP and reread to determine the meaning of words
    and more difficult ideas or passages.
  • Wait a minute! I didnt understand that. Let me
    stop and reread for clarity.
  • I am confused by that. I need to clarify.

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Monster Tracks
Problems Page ___- Page ___- Page ___-
  • Clues
  • Page ___-
  • Page ___-
  • Page ___-

Wonderings Page ___- Page ___- Page ___-
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