LETTERS HOME FROM YOSEMITE BY LISA HALVORSEN Grade

LETTERS HOME FROM YOSEMITE BY: LISA HALVORSEN Grade 4. 5 Reading Street Student Edition pgs. 144 -157

SELECTION VOCABULARY: Directions: Rate each word 1 -4. I’ve never heard of it. I’ve seen or heard it. I know it a bit. I know it & can use it correctly. glacier 1 2 3 4 impressive 1 2 3 4 naturalist 1 2 3 4 preserve 1 2 3 4 slopes 1 2 3 4 species 1 2 3 4 wilderness 1 2 3 4 WORD

SELECTION VOCABULARY: glacier impressive naturalist preserve slopes species wilderness

GLACIER A great mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or along a valley or spreads very slowly over a land area.

USED IN THE TEXT… Pg. 151, Paragraph 1 “I’m so excited! This morning on our way to Glacier Point we saw a black bear and her two cubs. ”

GLACIER With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above, along with a WOTD/WOW.

IMPRESSIVE Able to impress the mind, feelings, conscience.

USED IN THE TEXT… Pg. 149, Paragraph 3 “It seems that wherever we look, there’s something bigger, higher, or more impressive than before. ”

IMPRESSIVE With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above, along with a WOTD/WOW.

Team Talk WITH YOUR ELBOW BUDDY… share an event or place that has made a big impression on you!

NATURALIST A person who studies living things. Photo of John Muir

USED IN THE TEXT… Pg. 147, Paragraph 1 “Our tour guide said that one of the first people to visit this area was John Muir, a Scottish naturalist. ”

NATURALIST With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above, along with a WOTD/WOW. Photo of John Muir

PRESERVE To keep from harm or change; protest.

USED IN THE TEXT… Pg. 147, Paragraph 1 “He fought hard to convince the U. S. government to preserve Yosemite as a national park. ”

PRESERVE With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above, along with a WOTD/WOW.

SLOPES Lands that go up or down at an angle.

USED IN THE TEXT… Pg. 150, Paragraph 1 “It’s the largest species of tree in the world and it is found only on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. ” slope

SLOPES With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above, along with a WOTD/WOW.

Team Talk Can you identify any slopes in the classroom? SHARE WITH YOUR ELBOW BUDDY.

SPECIES A set of related living things that share certain characteristics and that can interbreed.

USED IN THE TEXT… Pg. 150, Paragraph 1 “It’s the largest species of tree in the world and it is found only on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. ”

SPECIES With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above, along with a WOTD/WOW.

WILDERNESS A wild region with few or no people living in it.

USED IN THE TEXT… Pg. 146, Paragraph 1 “Efforts to protect the wilderness around Yosemite began in 1864. ”

WILDERNESS With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above, along with a WOTD/WOW.

GOT VOCAB? NOW…LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED! CLUE I’m a piece of land that likes to go up and down at an angle. VOCABULARY WORDS slopes species wilderness

! E M O FANTASTIC! S E AW

GOT VOCAB? NOW…LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED! CLUE I’m a wild region with hardly any people living on me. VOCABULARY WORDS slopes preserve wilderness

! E M O FANTASTIC! S E AW

GOT VOCAB? NOW…LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED! CLUE I have a good conscience, and I’m able to impress your mind and feelings. VOCABULARY WORDS naturalist preserve impressive

! E M O FANTASTIC! S E AW

GOT VOCAB? NOW…LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED! CLUE I enjoy studying living things. VOCABULARY WORDS naturalist species impressive

! E M O FANTASTIC! S E AW

GOT VOCAB? NOW…LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED! CLUE I’m a set of related living things, that can share certain characteristics with others. VOCABULARY WORDS naturalist species impressive

! E M O FANTASTIC! S E AW

GOT VOCAB? NOW…LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED! CLUE I try to keep living things from harm or change. I’m a great protector. VOCABULARY WORDS naturalist glacier preserve

! E M O FANTASTIC! S E AW

GOT VOCAB? NOW…LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED! CLUE I’m cold and move very slowly because of my great mass. I can also be seen spreading over a land area. VOCABULARY WORDS glacier species preserve

! E M O FANTASTIC! S E AW

USING CONTEXT CLUES To better understand the selected vocabulary, read Letter from Denali on page 143. Use the context clues to find the meanings of each vocabulary word.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY READING…