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Messages by the Mile By: Margery Facklam. Open Court Level 4 / Unit 5 / Lesson 1/ pp. 416-421 Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary. infrasonic “use context clues”. Its sound is infrasonic , meaning it is below the level human can hear.
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Messages by the MileBy: Margery Facklam Open Court Level 4 / Unit 5 / Lesson 1/ pp. 416-421 Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
infrasonic“use context clues” • Its sound is infrasonic, meaning it is below the level human can hear. • Earthquakes make infrasonic sounds that humans can feel, but cannot hear. • Infrasonic- having a sound so low that people cannot hear it. Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
Conversations“use context clues” • All the “conversations” were short. • The sisters had many conversations in which they talked about their childhood. • conversations - exchanges of observations, opinions, or ideas Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
melody“use context clues” • The Paynes heard the male humpback’s beautiful, long melody. • That song is hard to sing because of its complicated melody. • melody - a series of musical tones Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
choruses“use context clues” • We depend on rhymes and repeating choruses to help us remember long songs and poems. • These songs have choruses that repeat five or six times. choruses - part of a song that are repeated after each verse Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
vibrations“use context clues” • It also felt like the vibrations from the whales’ infrasonic songs. • The vibrations of the foot massager tickled my feet. • vibrations - slight, rapid movements Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
Each of these words has the sound /hw/ spelled wh • whale • whistles • while • whenever • whiskers • wharf • wheel • where Place the palm of your hand in front of your mouth. Say the word Whale and Was. You should feel more breath on the palm of you hand when you say whale. Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
Each of these words contains the long e sound. Identify the long e spelling in each word. • mystery • eerie • complete • erupt • these • between • believe • mystery • eerie • complete • erupt • these • between • believe Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
Each of these words shows possession Identify the singular and plural possessive. • world’s • humpback’s • elephants’ • scientists’ • singular • singular • plural • plural The apostrophe for the plural possessive comes after the plural ending. How are you able to distinguish between the singular and plural possessive? Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
Each of these words contain the prefixes re- (again) and un- (not) Identify the root words and the prefix and define the words. • recount • untamed • rewrite • recall • untied • re- • count again • un- • not tamed • re- • write again • re- • call again • un- • not tied Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
Identify the pronoun in the sentence. it What noun does it replace? song As soon as one whale sings a new song, the other whales learn it. Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
Many interrogative sentences begin with the adverb how, but in this sentence the word how is used as a conjunction meaning, “the way or manner in which.” Which question does this statement answer? How do whales make their sounds? How whales make their songs is still a mystery. Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
Identify the subject songs Identify the verb change Which word in the sentence shows possession? Humpback’s Is it a singular or plural possessive? singular The humpback’s songs change each season. Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary
Which word contains the prefix un-? Untamed Use the prefix un-(not) and the root word to figure out the meaning. Not tamed Why is the Selous Game Reserve capitalized? It is a proper noun naming a particular place. Untamed elephants roam freely in the Selous Game Reserve. Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary