By:Maria Cristina Brusca

1. On the Pampas Genre: Autobiography Author’s Purpose: Inform, Entertain Skill: Generalizing By:Maria Cristina Brusca

2. Summary   One summer, María goes by herself to her grandparents' ranch on the Argentine pampas.  The first thing she sees when she arrives is her cousin, Susanita, on her very own horse.  María gets her own horse, Pampita, and she and Susanita ride everywhere together.  María also learns how to lasso a calf, herd cattle, and separate the cows from the calves - just like a regular gaucho, or cowboy.

3. Genre: Autobiography • An autobiography tells about a real person’s life and is written by the person who lived it. • It is written in the first person. “I lived with my family. . .” • It can tell about a person’s whole life or only part of it.

4. Comprehension Skill: Generalizing • Sometimes as you read, you are given ideas about several things or people. • when you make a statement about all of them together, you are making a generalization. • A valid generalization is accurate. • A faulty generalization is not accurate.

5. Generalization Susanita and I did everything together that summer Susanita was always ready for an adventure. Supporting Fact She was the one who showed me how to take care of horses. She used to swim in the creek holding on to La Baya’s mane. Generalization

6. Comprehension Skill Review –Context Clues • When you see unfamiliar words, use context clues, or words around the unfamiliar word, to figure out its meaning. • The context may give a definition or an explanation. • Example: Animals that eat other animals are called predators • Sometimes a synonym is used as a context clue. • Example: Komodo dragons are carnivores, or meat-eaters. • You can also find the meaning of an unknown word by looking for information in picture clues, dictionaries, or explanations.

7. Practice Context Clues

8. Vocabulary Skill:Homophones • Words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently are called homophones. reins and rains dear and deer • Homophones also have different meanings. • The understand the difference, look for clues in the surrounding words and sentences. Click on the title to practice this skill.

9. Weekly Fluency Check -Read with Appropriate Phrasing (pg. 297d) • Students should read with appropriate phrasing, for example, using appositives to make reading clearer and more conversational. • Often, appositives are used to define something in a story which is unfamiliar to readers, or unique to a story. It keeps the flow and focus of the story moving along. • Go to pages 286-287, beginning with “I grew up. . .”

10. Say It! • brand • bridles • calves • corral • initials • manes • reins • herd

11. More Words to Know gauchos gourd vaccinate

12. gauchos • cowboys of the South American pampas

13. gourd • a fruit that grows on a vine and whose shell is used for cups, bowls, and so on

14. vaccinate • to give medicine to protect from disease

15. More Good Stuff • Reading Test • Spelling Test

16. brand • to mark by burning skin with a hot iron

17. bridle • a part of a horse harness that fits on the horse's head

18. calves • young cows or bulls

19. corral • a structure in which horses are kept

20. herd • a group of animals of one kind

21. initials • first letters of names

22. manes • long heavy hair on horses' necks

23. reins • straps fastened to the bridle

24. I put the horse back in the corral.

25. I put the horse back in the corral.

26. She brushed the horse’s mane.

27. She brushed the horse’s mane.

28. I took one of the bridles and Put in on the horse’s head.

29. I took one of the bridles and put in on the horse’s head.

30. I hopped on the horse and grabbed the reins.

31. I hopped on the horse and grabbed the reins.

32. The herd of cattle was in my way.

33. The herd of cattle was in my way.

34. The cow had two calves.

35. The cow had two calves.

36. I got to help grandpa brand the horses.

37. I got to help grandpa brand the horses.

38. The cows had the owners’ initials.

39. The cows had the owners’ initials.

40. Spelling WordsAdding -ed and -ing • chased • worried • dried • robbed • slipped • happened • opened • danced • studied • stopped

41. Spelling WordsAdding -ed and -ing • worrying • drying • robbing • stopping • slipping • happening • opening • dancing • studying • chasing

42. This Week’s Word Wall Words Click and type your own words for this week:

43. Let’s review our spelling words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We will clap as we spell the word..

44. smaller

45. GREAT JOB!