Heartland by Diane Siebert

1. Heartlandby Diane Siebert

2. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 2 What do these words have in common? etched stretched hatched switched -ed is added to short vowel base words ending with the spelling �tch What do these words have in common? creating creasing analyzing defining The suffix �ing has been added to long vowel base words ending in silent e.

3. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 2 What do these words have in common? livestock stockyards farmland cornfield snowdrifts newborn footsteps patchwork Compound words

4. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 2 What do these words have in common? chilly grassy silly hilly foggy Double consonant ending with �y and words in story.

5. Fluency Identify the wprd that ends in �tch and the suffix -ed Sentence 1: I am the land where wheat fields grow/In golden waves that ebb and flow;/Where cornfields stretched across the plains/Lie green between the country lanes. Sentence 2: I can feel/Machines of iron, tools of steel./Creating farmlands, square by square-a quilt of life I proudly wear;/ Sentence 3: The smell of livestock fills the air. stretched

6. Fluency Identify the word the ends in silent e and the suffix �ing. Sentence 1: I am the land where wheat fields grow/In golden waves that ebb and flow;/Where cornfields stretched across the plains/Lie green between the country lanes. Sentence 2: I can feel/Machines of iron, tools of steel./Creating farmlands, square by square-a quilt of life I proudly wear;/ Sentence 3: The smell of livestock fills the air. Creating Identify the compound words. Cornfields, farmlands, livestock.

7. Fluency Identify the words that contain a double consonant and end in -y Sentence 4: A foggy morning can make a soggy field seem chilly. Foggy, soggy, chilly.

8. Use these words to fill in the missing words. Livestock stockyards farmland cornfield snowdrifts newborn footsteps patchwork The ____ chickens just hatched this morning. The ___ got out of the fence and wandered into the cornfield. From the airplane, the farmland below looked like a ___ quilt.

10. In the Heartland �whose barns and silos stand like treasures in the fertile hand. Rich fertile soil is good for growing many crops.

11. Fertile means adjective  able to produce good crops and a good harvest antonym: infertile, sterile synonym: fruitful, rich

12. A quilt of life I proudly wear .. In hues of yellow, green, and brown. The hues of the rainbow are beautiful.

13. Hues are nounshades of colors synonym: tint, shadeantonym: invisible

14. In my song / Are cities� where highways meet and rails converge / Where farms and city rhythms merge / To form a vital bond between / the concrete and the fields of green. Small rivers can merge to form one mighty river.

15. Merge verb meansto unite or blend togethersynonym: blend, combineantonym: divide, separate

16. In my song / Are cities� where highways meet and rails converge / Where farms and city rhythms merge / To form a vital bond between / the concrete and the fields of green. Roads converge at an intersection.

17. Converge verb meansto come together at the same location: meet.Synonym: meetAntonym: separate

18. In my song / Are cities� where highways meet and rails converge / Where farms and city rhythms merge / To form a vital bond between / the concrete and the fields of green. Air and water are vital for life.

19. Vital adjective meansabsolutely necessary to life synonym: needed, requiredantonym: unneeded, excess

20. For I have learned� That in the Heartland on these plains, Despite Man�s power. Nature reigns. The king who reigns over this land is wise.

21. Reign meansto lead or rule over someone or somethingsynonym: govern, ruleantonym: follower

22. Review fertile hues converge merge vital reign

23. On your white board please write the missing word My bedroom is all __________ of pink. The king and queen __________ over the people throughout the land. The soil was very ___________ and produced a beautiful harvest! My mom had to _________ into another lane since the road was ending. When you are sick it is _________ that you get plenty of rest and drink a lot of water. The cars __________ at the intersection.

24. Spelling pre test white boards out. Dizzy, hilly, messy, foggy, soggy, sunny, bunny, funny, guppy, puppy, smelly, sloppy, silly, chilly, grassy.

25. Apostrophe in Possessives 1. Use an apostrophe and s (�s) to form the possessive of a singular noun. Example: Jane�s cat, dog�s tail, book�s pages. 2. To form the possessive of a singular noun with two or more syllables and that ends in s or z sound add only an apostrophe. Example: Mrs. Lopez� job, Mr. Perkins� coat.

26. 3. To make a plural noun ending in s possessive, add only an apostrophe. Example: the Jones� house, boys� coats, horses� saddles. 4. To make a plural noun that does not end in s possessive add an apostrophe and s. Example: children�s toys, women�s department, salesmen�s product.

27. Practice possessives Clydes paper was the best of the class. Clyde carved Mary Masters initials on the tree. The dogs name is Colonel Parker. The cars right front tire was flat. Childrens books are on the floor. We looked in the babys toys for the lost button. The boys coats hung on the rack.