How Animals Talk

1. How Animals Talk Robust Vocabulary Grade 3 Theme 2 Lesson 8

2. How Animals Talk Robust Vocabulary Day 1 Read Aloud, Weird Friends

3. charging • The crocodile went charging home because its nest was in danger.

4. charging • If an animal is charging, it is rushing or moving quickly towards something or someone.

5. Say the word charging

6. charging • If a strange dog were charging you, would you run or stand still?

7. Name the word • If an animal is rushing or moving quickly towards something or someone, it is …

8. ferocious • The ferociouscrocodile protected the “water thick-knees” bird.

9. ferocious • A ferocious animal is angry and dangerous.

10. Say the word ferocious

11. ferocious • Are most dogs you know gentle or ferocious?.

12. Name the word • An animal that is angry and dangerous is …

13. ferocious • Name some ferocious animals. • Choose one of the ferociousanimals and write a sentence about that animal.

14. How Animals Talk Robust Vocabulary Day 2

15. communicate • When two people or animals communicate, they share information.

16. Say the word communicate

17. communicate • Do you communicate well with animals?

18. flick • When you flick something, you move it or snap it quickly.

19. Say the word flick

20. flick • Do you ever flick your tongue across your lips when your are nervous?

21. signal • A signal is a sound or an action that sends a message.

22. Say the word signal

23. alert • If you alert people to something, you get their attention and let them know to be careful.

24. Say the word alert

25. signal, alert • How does a rattlesnake signal an alert when someone is too close?

26. chatter • When animals chatter, they repeat their sounds quickly.

27. Say the word chatter

28. chatter • Why is it not a good idea to chatter in the library?

29. grooms • When an animal grooms itself, it makes itself neat and clean.

30. Say the word grooms

31. grooms • How do cats groomthemselves?

32. Expand Word MeaningsAfter reading page 226 • What signal would you give a friend if you saw a sea turtle? • Why do sea turtles flick sand over their eggs?

33. Expand Word MeaningsAfter reading page 226 • How might a ranger alert people?

34. Expand Word MeaningsAfter reading page 227 • How do terns and noddies communicate?

35. Expand Word MeaningsAfter reading page 227 • What could visitors be saying as they chatter?

36. Expand Word MeaningsAfter reading page 227 • Why would the songbird groom itself?

37. Expand Word MeaningsAfter reading pages 226 -227 • Word Scribe • Your mission this week is to use the Robust Vocabulary Words in your writing. For example, write about a time when you saw animals communicate with each other. Read what you write to a classmate.

38. dominant • Two bull elks crash horns to see who is dominant.

39. After reading main selection, How Animals Talk, pages 228 - 245 dominant • The strongest or most powerful member of a group is dominant.

40. Say the word dominant

41. dominant • Which is dominanta puppy or a grown cat?

42. Name the word The strongest or most powerful member of a group is …

43. conflict • Two artic hares hit each other because they are in a conflict.

44. conflict • If two animals are fighting, they are in a conflict.

45. Say the word conflict

46. conflict • Do you talk about a conflict, or argue about it?

47. Name the word If two animals are fighting, they are in a …

48. Practice/Apply • Think about dominant animals and some conflicts that they might get into. • Briefly describe an animal or a conflict, using vivid or precise words.

49. Practice/Apply • Write one sentence for each robust vocabulary word in your reading notebook.

50. How Animals Talk Robust Vocabulary Day 3 Review