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Unit 7 Lesson 1
Text
You look at text every single day. Text is
a group of words on a page.
Bao’s teacher told him to write a
report about polar bears, He read a lot
of text about the animals, He read the
test to learn facts about polar bears. He
used the facts to write the report. Bao
created a text about polar bears.
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Unit 7 Lesson 2
Communicate
When you communicate with people,
you share thoughts, feelings or ideas
with others.
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Unit 7 Lesson 3
System- a group of parts that
form a whole and work together.
A _________________ is a system because it
__________________________.
Is ________________ a system?
It is a system because the parts work together
to _______________________________.
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Unit 7 Lesson 4
Report
Topic sentence
Supporting
Details
supporting
supporting
details
details
Concluding sentence
Unit 7 Lesson 4
Polar bears are very interesting animals.
Polar bears live in the cold. Polar bears can
grow to be 10 feet tall and weigh over 1,000
pounds! Polar bears eat seals. Polar bears
are very strong animals.
The main idea of the expository paragraph is
______________________.
One supporting detail in the expository
paragraph is _________________________.
(Copy the next page for students and cut in half)
Unit 7 Lesson 4
Use paragraph from student page 17, Spin a
Web!
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Unit 7 Lesson 5
Polar bears are very interesting
Topic sentence
animals. Polar bears live in the
Supporting details
cold. Polar bears can grow to be
Supporting details
10 feet tall and weigh over 1,000
Supporting details
pounds! Polar bears eat seals.
Supporting details
Polar bears are very strong
animals.
Introductions
Supporting details
Conclusions
Concluding sentence
Unit 7 Lesson 5
Polar bears live in
cold areas.
Polar bears can
grow to be 10 feet
tall and weigh over
1,000 pounds
Unit 7 Lesson 5
Polar bears eat
seals.
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Challenge #1
Material
Items
Materials
A salad
Yarn
a painting
String
A chair
Paper
A kite
Wood
A sweater
Lettuce
Challenge #1
To make a _________________________ we need
the following materials _____________________,
___________________, and ___________________.
Challenge Writing
What are the most interesting
characteristics of spiders? Using information
from “Super Webs” and your notes, write a
paragraph in which you explain to the reader
what you have learned about these
characteristics. Your paragraph should have a
topic sentence, supporting detail sentences and
a concluding sentence.
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Unit 7 Lesson 6
Send
My sister and I like to play baseball. She
sends the ball to me fast. I have to run quickly to
catch the ball. She can really send the ball!
I can send _________________________________________.
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Unit 7 Lesson 7
Monitor
The mother monitors her children on the
playground.
Unit 7 Lesson 7
I looked at the computer monitor.
Verb-- “to watch”
Noun—“screen”
Unit 7 Lesson 7
Speaking applications
_________________ uses a computer monitor.
_____________________ monitors his little
sister.
_________________ destroys the water.
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Unit 7 Lesson 8
Pizza is the best food in the world.
Pizza is made of bread, sauce, and
cheese. It is great with peppers, onions,
and mushrooms. It is delicious.
Opinion
Opinion signal words
Like
dislike
pretty
Ugly
boring
exciting
Fun
good
bad
Most
least
Unit 7 Lesson 8
Hockey is the most exciting sport!
A report can be about a book.
Maps show areas of land.
Daisies are pretty.
That movie was bad!
I was sick yesterday.
My opinion is _______________________.
Unit 6 Lesson 7
Speaking applications
Beginner
Sunia likes pizza.
Brigid likes pizza.
Sunia and Brigid like pizza.
Intermediate
______________ enjoys ________________
after school.
_______________ enjoys ____________ after
school.
_________ and ___________ enjoy
__________ after school.
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Unit 7 Lesson 9
Polar bears are very Polar bears are very
interesting animals. strong animals.
Unit 6 lesson 9
Explanations
Examples
Evidence
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Unit 7 Lesson 10
I like the blue hat.
People wear hats on their heads.
Some hats are made of cotton.
Green and white hats look best.
Kites
Strawberries
Cats
Dogs
Orange juice
Unit 7 Lesson10
I think
I feel
I believe
A fact about the object is _________________.
An opinion about the object is _____________.
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Unit 7 Challenge #2
Distance
Ben’s house
Mall
Library
Ben’s
house
Unit 7 Challenge #2School
The distance between _____________
and ______________ is longest.
Speaking application
Today is _________________. Yesterday
way ___________________________.
Unit 7 Challenge #2
Writing
Is Spider Woman a woman? Is she a
spider? Write a paragraph in which you
explain whether she is a woman or a spider,
supporting your explanation with evidence
from the article on page 15 of the Student
Test and from the poem. Your paragraph
should have a topic sentence, supporting
detail sentence, and a concluding sentence.