Word Knowledge
Monster Tracks
Open Court Anthology
Grade 2
Word Knowledge
1. seashells facedown cardboard watercolors
2. slowly carefully completely gently
3. rest cast mold left (multiple meanings)
4. roamed interesting deepest squeezed
5. brush bright front frisky
1. Seashells and seaweed were scattered along
the beach.
2. Your sand casting most likely won’t look
exactly as you expected, but the results are
always fun to see.
3. The fox had a tail like a brush.
Word Knowledge
1. seashells facedown cardboard watercolors
2. slowly carefully completely gently
3. rest cast mold left
4. roamed interesting deepest squeezed
5. brush bright front frisky
Build Background
Not everyone has found or held a fossil. The dinosaur
bones in a museum are kept far from reach, and
most of us have not been on an archeological dig.
Build Background
Genre: Expository Text
How does a fossil look close up?
How does it feel?
How are fossils made?
Build Background
Genre: Expository Text
Remember that some fossils are tracks
or footprints that have turned to
stone or are imprints in stone.
Expository Text
• Expository text gives information. It tells people
something.
• It uses facts about real events or people.
• It presents information in a clear way.
• It gives events in the order in which they happen.
• It may be organized by topics.
Monster Tracks
Open Court Vocabulary
for
“Monster Tracks”
Genre: Expository Text
imprint
( to mark by applying pressure )
The cougar left an imprint of its paw
in the mud.
clues
( hints that help solve a puzzle )
Clues help solve a mystery.
mold
( a hollow form that material is poured into to make a shape )
We will pour the melted chocolate
into the mold to make
toy and animal shaped candies.
prehistoric
( belonging to a time before people started writing history )
The dinosaur is a prehistoric
animal because it lived before
people wrote history.
embed
( set in )
We will embed the seashells in
the sand.
ooze
( mud )
We walked in the ooze and it
squished between our toes.
shallow
( not very deep )
We need a shallow pan to bake
the brownies in.
reverse
( opposite )
When you are making a sand casting
you have to think in reverse. What
goes in sticks out.
instructions
( directions )
You will have to follow the
instructions to make this airplane.
facedown
( level in the ground )
These shells are face up. You
have to put a shell facedown to
make a good imprint.
“Monster Tracks”
Making sand castings will help you understand how imprint fossils happened.
Comprehension Strategies
Good Readers…
Summarize
Keep track of what you have
read and focus on
important details
Make Connections
Use their own experiences to
better understand the
“At the beginning of the characters’ feelings and
story…” actions
“Then…”
• “This reminds me of…”
Monitor and Clarify
• “That part made me think
STOP and reread to determine the
meaning of words and more difficult of…”
ideas or passages.
“Wait a minute! I didn’t
understand that. Let me stop
and reread for clarity.”
“I am confused by that. I need
to clarify.
Clues Problems Wonderings
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