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Base Words. A base word is a word part that has meaning and can stand alone. Many words can be created by adding a base word. a helping hand. Show Base Word slideshow. Check Your Progress. Off to Adventure! Take out your reading books and turn to pages 122 &123.
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Base Words • A base word is a word part that has meaning and can stand alone. • Many words can be created by adding a base word. a helping hand Show Base Word slideshow
Check Your Progress Off to Adventure! Take out your reading books and turn to pages 122 &123 What adventures do the main characters have in this theme?
It’s time for . . . These are words . . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!
Radio Rescue Vocabulary ferocious: fierce, powerful
hurricane: an ocean born storm with violent winds and heavy rains.
Ham Radio Read Radio Rescue
Predict/Infer I can use illustrations to create reasonable predictions. Predict: Think of a possibility that makes sense based on text clues and personal experiences. Take a look at the pictures of this story and make predictions about what will happen.
Making InferencesTE pg. 137D • Authors do not always explain everything in a story. Readers sometimes have to make inferences about how characters feel or why they do certain things. • Reread pgs. 127-128. • What clues help you infer that the boy realized there was a real emergency. Read pg. 130 Make inferences about the reporters attitude toward the boy.
You will begin the Theme Skills Test GOOD LUCK and TRY YOUR BEST!
Cause and Effect • A cause is an event that makes something happen. (What happened?) • An effect is the event that happens as a result. (Why did it happen?)
Cause-and-Effect ChartPractice Book pg. 63 Cause (Why does it happen?) Effect (What happens?) A ferocious hurricane hits the coast of Florida. In 1926, phone lines are wiped out in parts of Florida. The narrator must contact the Coast Guard about the stranded family He sends messages over the emergency band reserved for official use. The Coast Guard receives the narrator’s message. The stranded family gets rescued.
Preparing for TestsTE pg. 136 • You are going to learn strategies that will help them do well on tests. • Open your reading book to pgs. 136 & 137
Syllabication • Breaking an unfamiliar word into syllables can help in pronouncing it. • Each syllable has one vowel sound. • In words with a VCCV pattern, syllables are often divided between the two consonants. cactus
Divide these words into Syllables • basket • bonnet • raindrop • insect • rooftop • invent
Sequence of Events • The events in a story happen in a certain order, or sequence. • Signal words: first, after that, a little later, and the next day. • What are the keywords on pg. 63-66.
When Did It Happen?Practice Book pg. 69 Read the paragraph. Order Words That Provide Clues Order of Events at 7 A.M. Juana’s clock radio turns on. A few minutes later The announcer reports a fire. Juana gets out of bed, dresses, and looks out the window. Within seconds Just then The announcer reports a fire. Moments later Juana hears fire engine sirens.
You will begin the Theme Skills Test GOOD LUCK and TRY YOUR BEST!
Alphabetical Order in a Dictionary • When words begin with the same letter or letters, they may be put in alphabetical order by their second or third letter. reporter rescue Alphabetize these Words exit, thunder, junk, excuse, thick, squish, title
Multiple-Meaning Words • Some words have more than one meaning. • In a dictionary, each definition is numbered. They gave the alarm that a storm was coming. alarm: 1. Sudden fear. 2. A warning of approaching danger. 3.A device that warns of danger by means of a sound.
It’s time for . . . These are words . . . We use them for . . . Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!
Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride Vocabulary route: way or path
trot: movement that is faster than a walk and slower than a run.
reins: straps a rider uses to guide an animal Read Midnight Ride
Cause and EffectPB pg. 68 Cause (Why does it happen?) Effect (What happens?) Sybil stayed at each house just long enough to call out her message and listen for an answer. (page 132) Sybil had no time to waste. Sybil’s teeth chattered and her fingers felt stiff on the reins. A cold rain was falling. (page 133) Sybil saw fires burning in Danbury. (page 133) Sybil thought about how she would feel if her own house were burning. Sybil did not knock on every door. (page 134) Sybil knew that neighbors would run to tell one another. The American soldiers surprised the British and forced them back to their ships. (page 134) Sybil knew that neighbors would run to tell one another.
Inflected Endings –ed and –ing • The ending –ed shows action that happened in the past. • The ending –ing shows an action that is happening in the present. • When a base word ends with e, drop the e before adding –ed or –ing. dripped from the cloak. Practice Book pg. 70
Parts of a Dictionary • Base words, compound words, abbreviations can all be entry words. • Plurals of nouns, verbs with –ed or –ing endings , and adjectives and adverbs with –er or –est endings are not entry words. hawks, doorbell, Mrs. Identify the entry words: sadly, little, biggest, tables, moan, peanut