Scott Foresman Reading Street

	Build vocabulary by finding words related to the lesson concept.
	Listen for literary elements (theme, setting).

supply quantity ready for use; stock

survived continued to exist; remained alive

wily using subtle tricks to deceive; crafty; cunning; sly

then… review the lesson concept. Place the words on the web and provide additional words for practice, such as catch and clever.

If… students are unable to place words on the web,

Check Vocabulary

Homework Send home this week's Family Times newsletter.

Model Emotion, 607a

Writing

Grammar

Fluency

Comparative and Superlative Adverbs, 607e

Words with Latin Roots; Pretest, 607i

Reading-Writing Connection, 607g

Spelling

Fluency and Language Arts

Activate Prior Knowledge

Before students listen to the Read Aloud, ask them to share what they know about the Arctic and the Inuit people who live there.

Set Purpose

Read aloud the title and have students predict what the selection will be about.

Read the introduction aloud. Ask students to listen for the story's main ideas and details about how an old woman saves a polar bear and how he, in turn, saves the village.

Creative Response

Have students make up dialogue that the polar bear might say to the old woman at the end of the story. Students can act out their dialogue in small groups. Drama

Access Content Before reading, share this summary: An old woman adopts a baby polar bear as her own. This story tells how the bear repays her kindness.

Day 1	What does a person sacrifice to explore the unknown?
Day 2	What are some reasons to travel to Antarctica?
Day 3	What are some of the dangers and the excitements of exploring Antarctica?
Day 4	What sacrifices did Lynne Cox make to prepare for her swim to Antarctica?
Day 5	Revisit the Day 1 question to wrap up the lesson.

Build Concepts

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

After reading "The Eskimo Woman and Her Strange Son," use the following questions to assess listening comprehension.

1.		What lesson does this story teach? (Possible responses: If you treat others with kindness, they may treat you kindly in return.) Theme

2.		How is the Arctic setting important to the story? (Possible response: The Arctic's bad weather and the difficulty the people have finding food are the story's main problems.) Setting

BUILD CONCEPT VOCABULARY

Start a web to build concepts and vocabulary related to this week's lesson and the unit theme.

Draw the Adaptations in Harsh Climates Web.
Read the sentence with the word survived again. Ask students to pronounce survived and discuss its meaning.
Place survived in an oval attached to Behavior. Discuss how survived relates to this concept. Read the sentences in which wily and supply appear. Have students pronounce the words, place them on the Web, and provide reasons.
Brainstorm additional words and categories for the Web. Keep the Web on display and add words throughout the week.

FLUENCY

MODEL EMOTION As you read aloud "The Eskimo Woman and Her Strange Son,"

model reading with emotion. Adjust your tone of voice, volume, pitch, and tempo to convey emotions expressed in the story, such as sadness, joy, pride, determination, surprise, and love.

by Louis Untermeyer

Long ago, in the most frigid region of the Arctic, a poor old woman
lived alone. One morning she heard a crying sound outside her
door. There she found a baby polar bear who had lost his mother.

The old woman cared for the cub as though he were her child.
She gave him half of what little food she got, and as a result, she was hungrier than ever. But she was content. Once in a while, when the villagers made a great catch, everyone was given part of it, and the old woman and her cub would feast for a few days. Most of the time, however, everyone went hungry.

Somehow the old woman survived and somehow the cub got chubby. Then he grew lean and tall. One day, after he had become the most important thing in her life, he disappeared. That night the old woman could not sleep. "My son, my son!" she moaned. The next morning she moaned again, but this time it was a cry of joy. Her cub had returned with a fine catch of salmon. He had taught himself how to fish.

As he grew to adulthood, he became a clever and wily hunter. No longer a cub, the young bear caught not only salmon but, once in a while, a small seal. There was now plenty for both of them. Soon there was enough to spare for the neighbors. Everyone remarked what a smart bear he was.

"My son," the widow repeated proudly.

But the good days did not last long. Suddenly the weather changed. For weeks blinding snowstorms swept over the village. Not a fish could be caught. The seals seemed to have swum away.

It was then that one of the men had a plan. "Why should we starve," he suggested, "when we have food right here? The old woman's bear has plenty of flesh beneath that fur. It should make good eating."

The others said nothing. But they plowed grimly through the shoulderhigh snowdrifts to the old woman's house. There they found the widow weeping. The bear had disappeared again.

The men slunk to their homes. There was nothing to say, nothing to do. The storms grew worse. There seemed no hope for the cold, starving village.

Then one day the wind shifted and the bear came back. He lifted his head again and again.

"He's trying to tell us something," said one of the men.

"I think he wants us to go with him," suggested one of the others. "He seems to be pointing."

The bear shuffled off. The men followed. Finally he stopped. A hundred yards in front of him, there was a dark mass on the ice. As they came closer the men saw it was a huge bull seal, larger than anyone had ever caught.

(Continued on TR1.)