4.1 Reading- Day 3

Weekly Concept: Changing Environments
Essential Question: How do people meet environmental challenges?
Objective: You will be able cite textual evidence and use evidence to help you make inferences. 
Vocabulary Words: this week for each vocabulary word, we will define the word, draw a picture representation, find synonyms and use it in our own sentence. 
Today, review definitions for vocabulary. Use each new word in a sentence. 
  • alignment
  • calamity
  • eclipse
  • generated
  • inconvenience
  • periodic
  • prolonged
  • tenacity

Read: In the large Wonders book (or online), find the story, "Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl" on page 256. 

  • We will be reading about how changes in the environment can cause disasters.
  • Predict how the selection will help them answer the Essential Question. 
  • As you listen to the story, think of details that would help you find what the author's point of view is.