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BEFORE READING
Tech Files ONLINE
Students can find out more about how people benefit from nature by searching the Internet. Have them use a student-friendly search engine and the keywords ecology, people and the environment, bird watching, and collecting plants.
ELL
Build Background Use ELL Poster 13 to build background and vocabulary for the lesson concept of how people gain information and pleasure from nature.
ELL Poster 13
ELL Poster 13
Lesson Vocabulary
WORDS TO KNOW
Tested Word blade a leaf of grass
Tested Word budding putting forth small
swellings on a plant that will
grow into leaves, branches,
or flowers
Tested Word dew the moisture from the air
that collects in small drops on cool surfaces during the night
Tested Word fireflies small insects that give
off flashes of light when they fly
Tested Word flutter to flap the wings
Tested Word notepad a small book of blank
or lined sheets of paper in which you write notes or things that you need to learn or remember
Tested Word patch a small piece of ground
that is different from what surrounds it
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
nectar sweet sap, or liquid, produced by a flower
scratchy rough, making scratches on your skin
Tested Word = Tested Word
Practice Book
Practice Book 3.1 p. 124
with | without Answers
Build Background
ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
BEGIN A T-CHART about what information and pleasure people receive by
observing nature.
  • Write “Information from Nature” at the top of the left column of the T-chart
    and “Pleasure from Nature” at the top of the right column.
  • Give small groups of students two to three minutes to write as many ideas
    as they can for each category. Add their ideas to the chart.
  • Then discuss all of their ideas as a class.
Graphic Organizer 25
BACKGROUND BUILDING AUDIO This week’s audio explores the topic of
backyard plant and animal life, including animal sounds. After students
listen, discuss what they learned and how they can use that information
in their own backyards or city parks.
Audio CD Background Building Audio
Introduce Vocabulary
WORD RATING CHART
Create word rating charts using the categories Know, Have Seen, and Don’t Know.
Read each word to students and have them mark one of the three columns:
Know (know and can use); Have Seen (have seen or heard the word; don’t
know meaning); Don’t Know (don’t know the word).
Activate Prior Knowledge
Have students share where they may have seen some of these words. Point
out that some of this week’s words are compound words (fireflies, notepad),
and students may learn new definitions for these words.
Word Structure • Compound Words
Check charts with students at the end of the week and have them make
changes to their ratings.
Discuss the meanings of the vocabulary words with students. Ask them
questions, such as the following, to help clarify meaning.
  • If you saw a bird flutter its wings, what would it be doing?
  • If you lay down on blades of grass on a lawn, would you cut yourself?
    Why not?
  • Have your feet ever become wet from walking in the morning dew?
Use the Multisyllabic Word Routine on p. DI•1 to help students read multisyllabic words.