Are Those Aliens? Vocabulary

extraterrestrial means...

• not from Earth

• a magical creature

• a tiny living thing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

frenzy means...

• a state of uncontrolled excitement

• something not from Earth

• critical observation

• writing trait - the meaning and development of a message

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which is an organism?

• A mountain

• A spaceship

• A baby

• A math book

micro- means...

• a prefix that means small

• a prefix that means outside

• a prefix the means look

• a prefix that means Earth

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

text structure is...

• The facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.

• Text set off from the main body of text in a text box that provides additional information for the reader.

• restating the important information in a text without using opinions/bias; state facts only

• how the information within a written text is organized

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What might a microchip be?

• a small chip

• a chip from outside Earth

• a very large chip

• a living chip

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

terr- is

• a root word that means Earth

• a root word that means small

• a root word that means outside

• a root word that means alive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

terrestrial probably means...

• from Earth

• from Mars

• from outside Earth

• something very small

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

An example of a microorganism would be...

• bacteria

• an ant

• Mrs. McIntire

• a grain of sand

Which is a paraphrase of this quote? "A sun dog occurs when ice crystals in the clouds cause bright spots to appear in the sky."

• Sun dogs are a weird name, and scientists call ice crystals that.

• Sun dogs are not aliens, even though they sound extraterrestrial.

• Ice crystals in the sky can reflect light, and that makes a sun dog.

• People see UFOs in the sky, but sometimes they are just sun dogs.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4