Author: Dian Dincin Buchman & Seli Groves

Illustrator: Barbara Bruno

Write the Word.Find the Vowel

Patterns.

How many syllables? Split into syllables.

1. happier

2. happiest

3. funnier

4. funniest

5. bigger

6. biggest

7. lazier

8. laziest

Write the Word.Find the Vowel

Patterns.

How many syllables? Split into syllables.

1. knot

2. not

3. mussel

4. muscle

5. their

6. they’re

7. there

Word Knowledge

cold cool dirty messy sad unhappy

close shut finished Done large huge

What do these words have in common?

Word Knowledge

1: buy by their there they’re

2: hotter fewer biggest busiest

3: easy easily supply supplier

4: Mr. Menches thought he would buy one of them for his lunch.

5: This was going to be one of his busiest days.

6. He noticed how easily the Zalabia folded.

• Brainpop Movie: their, there, they’re

Word Knowledge

1: buy by their there they’re

Line Commonalities Rule Examples

1 The words are homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and mean different things.

sonsunadaddaisleI’llsundaeSunday

Word Knowledge

2: hotter fewer biggest busiest

Line Commonalities Rule Examples

2 The adjectives end with suffixes –er or –est.

We use comparative to compare two things.We use superlatives to compare something with the rest of the group.

Comparative: add –er

Superlative: add –est

smartsmartersmartest

brightbrighterbrightest

Word Knowledge

3: easy easily supply supplier

Line Commonalities Rule Examples

3 The spelling changes when a suffix is added to a word that ends with a “y”.

prettyprettily

daintydaintily

Word Knowledge

1: buy by their there they’re

2: hotter fewer biggest busiest

3: easy easily supply supplier

4: Mr. Menches thought he would buy one of them for his lunch.

5: This was going to be one of his busiest days.

6. He noticed how easily the Zalabia folded.

ggooooseseffoooodd

ststooooll

rroooosterster

brbroooommcabcaboooosesecartcartoooonn

knknowowwhwhoollee

swallswallowow

commcommootiontion

grindstgrindstoonnee

pigpen = pig + pendownhill = ___+ ___downhill = ___+ ___

barnyard = ___ + ___barnyard = ___ + ___

afternoon = ___ + ___afternoon = ___ + ___

seashell = ___ + _____seashell = ___ + _____teapot = ____ + ____teapot = ____ + ____doorbell = ___ + ____doorbell = ___ + ____

#2 The cheerleaders #2 The cheerleaders rootroot for the team. for the team.

#1 #1 Go through the orchard, Go through the orchard, rootroot up the up the sod! Go down through the garden, dig up sod! Go down through the garden, dig up the radishes the radishes rootroot up everything. up everything.

A. To digA. To dig

#3 The #3 The rootsroots of the saguaro cactus are of the saguaro cactus are

very long. very long.

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B. To support a teamB. To support a team

C. The part of the plant in the groundC. The part of the plant in the ground

#2 The baby #2 The baby slopsslops her food across the her food across the

room.room.

#1 #1 II ’’ll go and get a bucket of ll go and get a bucket of slopsslops. .

A. verb- makes a messA. verb- makes a mess

B. noun- food for pigsB. noun- food for pigs

The food smelled appetizing.

Identify the word with the /oo/ sound.Identify the word with the /oo/ sound.

Identify the root of smelled.Identify the root of smelled.

Identify the root of appetizing.Identify the root of appetizing.

food

smell

appetize

Objective:Today we will learn new

words so that we can better understand what we read.

Ice Cream Cones: A New ScoopVocabulary

refreshmentrefreshmentss

suppliersupplier

waffleswaffles

conecone

standstand

How can we figure out the meaning of a word?

apposition – the definition of a word is found between two commas.

prefix base word (Show word structure

posters) suffix context clues – help you figure out the

meaning of a word, by using the other words in the sentence as clues.

The porcelain doll my late great grandmother gave me is priceless.

Context Clues When you are reading a story and come across a word you do not know, use it’s context – the information, words, and sentences around the unfamiliar word – to find out its meaning.

Context clues help you figure out the meaning of a word!!!

Notebook Files

Movie Clip

(Under Comprehension Strategies)

• Definition: a small amount of food and/or drink

• Root Word: refresh

• Suffixes: -ment and -s

• Synonym: food, drinks, snacks

• Antonym: dinner, supper

• Part of Speech: noun

• Definition: a person who makes items available. They supply or provide the items.

• Base + Suffix: supply + -er

• Part of Speech: noun

• Definition: a batter cake with a pattern on each side.

• Synonym: pancake, crepe, flapjack, hotcake

• Part of Speech: noun

• Definition: a thin, crisp wafer made for holding scoops of ice cream.

• Multiple Meaning Word: A cone is also a solid 3-D figure.

• Part of Speech: noun

• Definition: a location of a business

• Multiple Meaning Word: to rise or to get up.

• Synonym: counter, booth, cart

• Part of Speech: noun or verb

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stand

Ice Cream Cones

• Genre- Informational Article(Expository Text)

• Point of View- Third Person• Author’s Purpose- Inform

There is usually more than one way to solve a problem.

Seeing a need may lead to the development of a new product or service.

The informational article explains where the ice cream cone came from. Learn about its origin…

Clues, Problems, Wonderings

Let’s browse the informational article Ice Cream Cones: A New Scoop and look for clues about the story, problems you may have while reading the story, and wonderings you have about the story.

This is a non-fiction story, so you may browse the entire story.

We want to write our findings in note form.

CLUES PROBLEMS WONDERINGS

Big Ideas

There is usually more than one way to solve a problem.

Seeing a need may lead to the development of a new product or service.

R/W Workbook PagesUse Notebook FilesUse Websites

Inquiry JournalUse Icons of Depth and ComplexityFocus on Big Ideas

Subject and Verb Agreement

The subject of a sentence is the word or words that refer to the person or thing that performs or receives the action of the verb.

The verb is the word that refers to the action.

In a sentence, the verb must agree with the subject. If the subject is singular, the verb also must be singular.

Examples1. Jamie and Brenda (run, runs)

from base to base.2. The children (enjoy, enjoys) a

good baseball game.3. Max and Joanna (need, needs) a

book on baseball.4. The baby (crawl, crawls) over

the bat.5. Jean and Amy (wear, wears) a

baseball cap every day.

Notebook Files – Choosing the Right One (Grammar Folder)

Choosing the Right One (Parts of Speech Folder)

Listening and Speaking

• How to be a good listener…

• How to be a good speaker…

Brainpop Jr. Movie…

Multiple-Meaning Words Multiple-Meaning words are words that

have more than one meaning or definition. Some words have different meanings in different sentences.

Examples:– park– change– coat– tag

What are Contractions? Contractions are usually 2 words that

have been combined into a shorter word.

An apostrophe (‘) is used to take the place of the missing letter or letters.

Contractions can be quite informal. They are frequently used when speaking.

When using them in writing, think of who you are writing to.

Match the words with it’s contraction…

• she is• they would• we are• you have• could not• do not• it is• there is• was not

• they’d• wasn’t• couldn’t• you’ve• she’s• there’s• we’re• don’t• it’s

Use each contraction in a sentence.

Notebook Files – Contractions

Contraction Action

Brainpop and Brainpop Jr. - Contractions

Figurative LanguageFigurative Language• Figurative Language uses words to make

comparisons of different things to create pictures.

• Three kinds of figurative language are:Similes: use like or as

-Example: He was as quiet as a mouse.

Metaphors: don’t use like or as.-Example: He was a bear.

Personification: describes animals or things as if they were people.

-Example: The goat said, “Wait for me!”

***Let’s practice figurative language…

Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia are words that

imitate the sound it represents. They are words that describe a sound.

Examples:– Oink– Swoosh– Ring Ring– Beep Beep– Tweet – Moo

Keep a look out for onomatopoeia in stories we read.

Onomatopoeia Sound Clip

(Notebook File - Literary Elements)