Phonics/Spelling Vowel Changes

2. Phonics/Spelling Vowel Changes Rule: Some words related in meaning are also related in spelling, even though the vowel sound may change. Compare the spelling and pronunciation to the two similar words. Compare the meanings, spellings, and pronunciations of each pair.

6. Out on the frontier of the 1800s, American settlers liked to exaggerate. They created heroes and heroines who were larger than life and did amazing deeds. The result was a new kind of story - the tall tale. Tall tales are still told today. After you read these examples, add to the tradition and write your own! Tall Tales

7. Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All retold by Mary Pope Osborne John Henry Races The Steam Drill retold by Paul Robert Walker February From McBroom’s Almanac by Sid Fleischman Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind retold by Mary Pope Osborne

8. Theme 1:Nature’s Fury • Teacher Read Aloud: Bess Call • Retold by Kevin Supples • Building Background: • 1. The genre focus is Tall Tales • 2. What do you know about tall tale characters? • Comprehension Skill: Understanding Tall Tales • 1. Tall Tales differ from other stories. • 2. The characters and events are exaggerated. • Some tall tales explain how a natural • phenomenon or event came about.

9. Theme 1:Nature’s Fury • Setting a Purpose: Pay attention to exaggerated characters and actions as I read aloud, Bess Call. • What clues tell you that the story is a tall tale? • Which of Bess’s and Joe’s activities are clues that the story is a tall tale? • 3. Why do you think Dewey D. finally leaves, never to return to Call Farm?

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13. Vocabulary Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? deeds tale exaggerate tradition frontier varmint hero forage heroine dismal settler instinct

14. acts or actions deeds The young boy was knighted for his virtuous and brave deeds. Synonyms: endeavors accomplishments

15. the main male character in a story, poem, or play hero The hero was commended with a medal and a key to the city. Synonym: conqueror idol

16. to describe something as being greater or larger that it really is exaggerate She has a tendency to exaggerate the truth. Synonyms: embellish inflate

17. a remote area beyond which few people live frontier The development of the railroad helped to move the American frontier farther west.

18. the main female character in a story, poem, or play heroine Everyone called Mandy a heroine after she saved the kitten from the pond. Synonyms: conqueror idol

19. a person who settles in a new region settler The settler laid claim to the piece of land. Synonyms: colonist pioneer

20. a story, usually an imaginary or made-up one tale A good storyteller makes any tale exciting. Synonyms: fiction narrative

21. an idea, custom, or belief that is passed down from one generation to the next tradition It is a family tradition to make carmel apples and popcorn balls on Halloween. Synonyms: ritual practice

22. wild creature varmint I can outgrin, outsnort, outrun, outlift, outsneeze, outsleep, outlie any varmint from Maine to Louisiana.

23. search forage One evening Mike crept into an old alligator skin and met Sally just as she was taking off to forage in the woods for berries. Synonyms: scavenge rummage

24. gloomy dismal Folks around here call it McBroom’s Natural Winter Extract & Relief for the Summer Dismals. Synonyms: drab dreary bleak

25. knowledge one is born with instinct That holey black sock had the instinct of a homing pigeon. Synonyms intuition sense

26. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words! deeds Draw! Draw! Draw!

27. Free Association • When I say a word, you write down any words you can think of that remind you of that word. • For example: • The word is school: • learning • Science • pencils • Reading • Math • teachers • P.E. • education • And on and on and on 1. heroine 10. dismal 2. hero 11. instinct 3. tradition 12. forage 4. tale 5. deeds 6. exaggerate 7. frontier 8. settler 9. varmint

28. VocabularyClassifying • Place the following words in categories: • hero tale forage settler dismal • heroine frontier deeds tradition instinct • exaggerate varmint • Decide the names of the categories. • Determine how many categories. • Determine which words go in which categories. • After classifying the words, write a paragraph explaining each of the categories and why certain words go in a particular category.

29. Synonym Search Match the vocabulary words on the left to the correct synonyms on the right. Some vocabulary words have more than one synonym. Ready, set, go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! deeds settler dismal hero instinct heroine forage tale tradition exaggerate

30. Can You Find the Context Clues? 1. Doing good _____ for others will help you feel good about yourself. 2. The _______ was commended with a medal and a key to the city. 3. 4. It is a family ________to make caramel apples and popcorn balls on Halloween. 5. She has a tendency to __________ the truth. 6. Everyone called Mandy a _________ after she saved the kitten from the pond. 7. The development of the railroad helped to move the American _______ farther west. 8. A good storyteller makes any ________ exciting. 9. A local law enforcement officer caught the fugitive trying to ______ in a garbage container. 10. Even a ________ day can be brightened up with a shopping trip to the mall. 11. The mother lion had an ___________ to protect her cubs. 12. That ___________ stole eggs from the chicken house. hero tale forage settler dismal heroine frontier deeds instinct exaggerate tradition varmint

31. Word Association Challenge 1.Which word goes with finding lost treasure ? Why? 2.Which word goes with a volunteers? Why? 3.Which word goes with Sunday family dinners ? Why? 4.Which word goes with a baby crying? Why? 5.Which word goes with Superman? Why? 6.Which word goes with a bad mood? Why? 7.Which word goes with a the California Gold Rush Why? hero forage settler dismal frontier deeds tradition instinct

32. Tell Me What You Know 1.What are some characteristics of a hero or heroine? 2. List traditions that you family follows for a favorite holiday? 3 How do our instincts protect us? 4. Describe a time when you have exaggerated about something that happened to you ? 5.What would be some challenges for a settler of a new frontier? 6. What is your favorite fairy tale? Why?