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Open Court Vocabulary for

“The Story of the Three Whales”

Power Point by Mary Ann Hammond Christa McAuliffe Elementary

Word Knowledge

1. weeks feed three freeze

2. leaping meat weakest lead

3. nights bright plight light

4. ice mile life slide

5. pitch-black sea-bed

6. ice-polesfront-page

7. broken cabin lemondragon

1. Polar bears stalked the ice, waiting patiently for a feast of whale-meat.

2. The last mile of the car ride seemed to take all night.

3. The lock on the cabin door was broken.

Word Knowledge

1. weeks feed three freeze2. leaping meat weakest lead3. nights bright plight light4. ice mile life slide5. pitch-black sea-bed 6. ice-poles front-page7. broken cabin lemon dragon

Build BackgroundGenre: True Adventure

Characters and objects in the story are real.The story is about an exciting event that really

happened.It contains true facts.The story has a lot of action and suspense, or

excitement.

Build Information

• Can you think of any other True Adventure stories?

Build Background

Animals have instincts and feelings just like people.

Why do birds fly south in the winter?

Build Background

Whales are air-breathing animals.

Build Background

See the Intro with Focus Questions Powerpoint

plight

The whales hard plight made people want to help.

(trouble)

invincible

The soccer team seemed invincible, because they had never been beaten.

undefeated

ordeal

It was quite an ordeal when the man’s air conditioning quit working on a really

hot day!

(suffering)

plight (trouble)

ordeal

(suffering)

invincibleundefeated

invincible

lurk

ordeal

plight

trudged

surface

Comprehension StrategiesGood Readers…

Monitor and ClarifySTOP and reread to determine the meaning

of words and more difficult ideas or passages.

“Wait a minute! I didn’t understand that. Let me stop and reread for clarity.”

“I am confused by that. I need to clarify.

SummarizeKeep track of what you have read and

focus on important details

“At the beginning of the story…” “Then…”

Asking QuestionsGood readers ask questions that may

prepare them for what they will learn

“I wonder why that happened…”

“Why did…”

Clues

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Problems

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Wonderings

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