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Vocabulary for Leah’s Pony

Vocabulary for Leah’s Pony. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 3. What do these words have in common? fine finer finest good better best Comparative and superlative forms notice the forms of good. . What do these words have in common?.

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Vocabulary for Leah’s Pony

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  1. Vocabulary for Leah’s Pony

  2. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 3 What do these words have in common? fine finer finest good better best Comparative and superlative forms notice the forms of good.

  3. What do these words have in common? • swift glistened drooping husky • Vivid verbs and adjectives.

  4. What do these words have in common? • hear here sow so sew buy by • Homophones, words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings. • Look at the word sow it is sounded like cow it means a female pig, or like grow it means to plant seeds for growing.

  5. What do these words have in common? • salmon calf half behalf • Silent letters f= lf m = lm. You do not hear the l.

  6. What do these words have in common? • finest taller happier happiest prettier • Suffix –er and-est to compare things • What is the base or root word? • Fine, tall, happy, pretty

  7. Fluency Identify the superlative word. • Sentence 1: Each day Leah loved to ride her pony into town just to hear Mr. B. shout from the door of his grocery store, “That’s the finest pony in the whole county.” • Sentence 2: The pony was strong and swift and sturdy, with just a snip of white at the end of his soft black nose. • Sentence 3: “Now let’s hear some serious bids.” • finest • .

  8. Fluency Identify the vivid verbs or adjectives. Sentence 1: Each day Leah loved to ride her pony into town just to hear Mr. B. shout from the door of his grocery store, “That’s the finest pony in the whole county.” • Sentence 2: The pony was strong and swift and sturdy, with just a snip of white at the end of his soft black nose. • Sentence 3: “Now let’s hear some serious bids.” • Strong, swift, sturdy, soft,

  9. Fluency Identify any homophones. • Sentence 1: Each day Leah loved to ride her pony into town just to hear Mr. B. shout from the door of his grocery store, “That’s the finest pony in the whole county.” • Sentence 2: The pony was strong and swift and sturdy, with just a snip of white at the end of his soft black nose. • Sentence 3: “Now let’s hear some serious bids.” • Hear, whole

  10. Fluency Identify words with a suffix. • Sentence 4: The finest clock in the store was taller and prettier than the rest. • Finest, taller, prettier

  11. Objective: • Today we will learn new words so that we can better understand what we read.

  12. Papa taught Leah to place her new saddle right in the middle of the back and tighten the girth around the belly, just so. • Grandpa cleaned up the dusty old saddle and polished the leather until it looked new.

  13. A saddle is nouna seat for riding on a horse

  14. Papa taught Leah to place her new saddle right in the middle of the back and tighten the girth around the belly, just so. • If the girth is not tight enough, the saddle will slip over to one side.

  15. Girth meansthe measurement around an objectnoun Look at these pictures that illustrate girth.

  16. The whole summer, Leah and her pony crossed through cloud-capped cornfields and chased cattle through the pasture. • The cattle grazed in the pasture and drank water from the stream.

  17. A pasture is grassy land where animals eat and live noun

  18. Leah knew what an auction meant. • The highest bidder buys an item in an auction.

  19. An auction is nounan event where things are sold to the person who offers the most money Look at these examples of auctions.

  20. She raced her pony past empty fields lined with dry gullies. • When it rains, water runs through the gullies beyond the fields.

  21. A gully is noun a narrow ditch made by flowing water

  22. “It’ll plow, plant, fertilize, and even cultivate for you.” • The machine helped cultivate the soil for planting.

  23. To cultivate is to prepare the land to grow crops and plants verb

  24. Review • the measurement around an object • b) a narrow ditch made by flowing water • c) an event where things are sold to the person who offers the most money • d) a seat for ridding on a horse • e) grassy land where animals eat and live • f) to prepare the land to grow crops and plants • saddle • girth • pasture • gully • auction • cultivate

  25. Spelling pre test get out your white boards • Dizzier, happier, heavier, hungrier, prettier, drowsier, dizziest, drowsiest, happiest, hungriest, greater, greatest, finest, taller

  26. Adverbs can compare action. Add –er and –est to most short adverbs. Use more and most with adverbs ending in -ly • Jan left earlier than Lee. • Kim left earliest of all. • Ben talked more quietly than Josh. • Ben talked most quietly of all.

  27. -er and more compare two things usually using the word than.-est and most compare three or more things. • Juanito was more carefully turned the pages of the book than Kevin. • Junaito was the most careful student turning the pages of the book in the class. • Jeffery ran faster than Cody. • Jeffery was the fastest boy in the classroom.

  28. practice • My little baby is the (cute, cuter, cutest) baby in the world. • Josiah is (tall, taller, tallest) than Sandra. • Teshera is the (fast, faster, fastest) runner in third grade. • Amaya’s report was (complete, more complete, most complete ) than mine.

  29. Drawing conclusion helps you understand more of what has happened in a story. Ask yourself these questions. • What clues are there? • What do I already know that helps me draw a a conclusion?

  30. Annette walked slowly into the garage. She had a sad look on her face. She put her fishing rod and bait bucket in the corner. She didn’t know what had gone wrong. Maybe she would catch something tomorrow.

  31. What is wrong with Annette? • Where did Annette go in the morning?

  32. When her parents told her it was safe, Angela opened the window. As she looked out, she saw that one of the electricity cables to the house was lying on the grass. Here and there some broken tree branches also lay on the wet lawn. The wind was still blowing strong, but the sky was clearing.

  33. What happened? • Why did her parents tell her is was safe?

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