Thursday, January 24, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Thursday, January 24, 2019: Welcome to class!  As you come in,  get out your folder and your silent reading book. Don't forget to contribute to Penny Wars this week!

Targets for Today: I can use the structure of an article to help me understand it. I can make a text to text, text to self, and text to world connection based on The Little Red Pen.

Today’s  Agenda for  Thursday, January 24, 2019: Welcome to class!  As you come in, get out your folder and your silent reading book. Individual Quiet Reading Then fill out your reading log:   (This is an example.) # Date B N M O Title and Description and pages read Minutes Read Hours Read Ex 1/24/19 x Everlost – boy and girl died but stuck in kids-only world called Everlost  64-80    20 Making Inferences:   https://youtu.be/ix13P9NqBjo 1.     Why does the one cloud make dangerous animals? 2.     Why does the stork keep coming back? Using the Structure of a Text For example,  an essay --  1.     Introduction 2.     Thesis or purpose statement 3.     Subheadings—what topic is covered? 4.     Examples 5.     Topic sentences 6.     Conclusion—why does it matter? Listen as the teacher reads from the article -- “Big Questions: What Makes Oceans So Salty?”  See below.  "Secrets of the Oracle. . . " Making Connections -- What connections can you make here? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/ More Connections -- What connections can you make here?  “The Little Red Pen”: https://youtu.be/lZE0gocEhC4  Text-to-Self Text-to-Text Text-to-World

Big Questions: What makes oceans so salty?

By Rachel Feltman, Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff on 06.25.18

Summertime finds many of us at the beach, frolicking in the waves. So when you think of summer, you probably think of the sounds and smells of a day spent by the ocean. Such sensory memories would be incomplete without the saltiness of the water: the flavor of the brine as some seeps into your mouth, the sting of the water as it hits any cuts and scrapes on your skin, the smell and crunch as it dries in your hair. But what gives the seashore its signature saltiness?

Salts come out of rocks, often thanks to the rain. Rain is slightly more acidic than pure water. That's because carbon dioxide from the air combines with water to form carbonic acid. In most cases, rain is not acidic enough to harm plants or animals — although certain pollutants from factories and cars can make what's called acid rain, which can cause all sorts of problems. But rain does cause rocks to erode, or slowly break down over time. Minerals, including various salts, break free from rocks. They seep into the ground or water around them.

Rivers don't get very salty, because minerals come out of rocks in small quantities. But rivers are constantly feeding water into the ocean. That river water doesn't really leave once it arrives — unless it evaporates under the sun. And evaporation doesn't get rid of the salt. Salt leaves the ocean only when living things use it or carry it out on their bodies.

When the planet was new, our oceans probably weren't that salty. Their saltiness — called salinity — built up over time. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates that if you took all the salt out of the ocean and spread it out on land, it would form a layer 500 feet thick over the entire surface.

The ocean isn't the only place that accumulates salty water. The Dead Sea, which is bordered by Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, is considered one of the saltiest bodies of water on the planet. And it is actually a lake! Most lakes have water flowing out, not just in, which keeps salt from accumulating. But after water enters the Dead Sea from the Jordan River, it has no way to exit. And the lake's location — in a very dry place, and sitting very far below sea level — means it evaporates quickly. The salinity is so high near the bottom of the Dead Sea that salt clumps together to form big crystals.

Although seawater is fun to play in, try your best not to swallow more than an accidental mouthful. Your body needs salt to survive, but you must urinate any extra amount before it poisons you. A glass of ocean doesn't actually contain enough water to make up for the added salt. It won't take too much ocean gulping before your body runs out of water. So make sure you stay hydrated while you enjoy the sea this summer!

If You Were Absent: See above for what we did in class.  Read for 20 minutes on your own, fill out the make-up reading log, get a parent signature, and turn it in when you return to class. Reading Log Make-Up Log 2018.doc

Vocabulary: Inference -

Help and Enrichment  Be Active: Make Inferences Prediction is about what is to come.  Inference is about what is.   Inference is reading between the lines.   Inference is answering the question:  What is the author saying  without directly stating it?  Words you need to know:  Imply =      to suggest Infer =       to conclude Making Inferences is very similar to Making Connections and Making Predictions. In fact, predictions are a type of inference.  When you make inferences, you use clues from the text, memories, facts, experiences, and more to "read between the lines". You're not just looking forward to guess what will happen next, but you're looking at the whole text!  I take clues from the text + what I already know to make an inference.