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DVD•62 Spelling Multisyllabic Words I

Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words that have more than two syllables. Ask your child to say and spell list words with four syllables.

Multisyllabic Words I

Word Sort Sort the list words by the number of syllables the word has.

3 syllables 1. ___________________

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4 syllables 3. ___________________

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Spelling Words 1. possibility 2. linear 3. ridiculous 4. artificial 5. calculator 6. competitive 7. curiosity 8. organization 9. individual 10. encyclopedia

11. peony 12. tarantula 13. correspondent 14. cauliflower 15. optimistic 16. enthusiastic 17. sophisticated 18. satisfactory 19. irritable 20. simultaneously

Challenge Words 21. contemporary 22. cinematography 23. panoramic 24. condominium 25. Connecticut

Challenge Words

4 syllables 21. ___________________

22. ___________________

Generalization  Long words are often easier to spell if you study them syllable by syllable: pos si bil i ty.

5 syllables 23. ____________________

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6 syllables 25. ____________________

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The UniverseScientists have new ways of studying stars, planets, and solar systems. They can observe planets forming and stars being born. Beyond the Milky Way Galaxy, scientists think that there are at least one hundred billion galaxies. Eventually, even the mysteries of black holes and quasars may be understood.

ActivityGalaxy Greetings Imagine that you could travel anywhere in outer space. What would you want to see? What are you most curious about? What do you think you would learn? Talk over these questions with your family and compare your responses.

Summary

Main Idea and DetailsFind the topic of a paragraph or article by asking what it is about. Find the main idea by looking for the most important idea about the topic. To help find the main idea, notice supporting details that tell more. Details are smaller pieces of information about the main idea.

ActivityThe Big Idea Play an idea game with your family. Have one player choose a topic and then give pieces of information that all relate to that topic. See who can guess the topic first.

Comprehension Skill

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Regular and Irregular Plural NounsYou can form regular plural nouns by adding -s or -es to the singular noun. However, some plural nouns are formed in unusual ways. For example, some words, such as knife, form the plural by changing f to v and adding -es: knives. Other words form the plural by changing a vowel or staying the same. Because there is no easy way to predict how these irregular plurals change their spelling, they must be memorized instead. For example: man/men, sheep/sheep, child/children, cactus/cacti.

ActivityPick Plurals Play a game with your family in two teams. Each team should make a list of singular nouns for the other team to make plural. See how well you score. Use the dictionary to judge the answers.

Practice Tested Spelling Words

Words to KnowKnowing the meanings of these words is important to reading The Universe. Practice using these words.

Vocabulary Wordsastronomers experts in the science that deals with the sun, moon, planets, stars, and galaxiescollapse to cave incollide to strike violently togethercompact firmly packed togethergalaxy a group of billions of stars forming one systemparticles extremely small units of matter

Lesson Vocabulary Conventions

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Main Idea and Details

• Thetopiciswhataparagraphorarticleisabout.

• Themain ideaisthemostimportantideaaboutthetopic.

• Detailsarepiecesofinformationthatexplainorsupportthemainidea.

Directions Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below.

NASA selects astronaut candidates with both civilian and military

backgrouds. Once a candidate is chosen, he or she must go through a very challenging training program for one year. After completing the training course, the candidate joins the astronaut corps. About one year later, he or she may be assigned to a flight.

Once an astronaut has completed

the basic training, he or she trains in a specialized area. The astronaut can train as a pilot astronaut, a mission specialist, or a payload specialist. The pilot is in charge of the shuttle, crew, and mission. The mission specialist monitors the shuttle’s food, water, and fuel. He or she also conducts experiments and spacewalks. The payload specialist is in charge of equipment unique to the shuttle and its mission.

1. Write the topic of this passage in two or three words.

2. What is the main idea of the passage?

3. What are two or three key words that helped you determine the main idea?

4. What are some details that support the main idea?

5. Write a sentence about why you think an astronaut must go through so much training.

Home ActivityYourchildidentifiedthemainideaandsupportingdetailsofashortpassage.Heorshepickedoutkeywordsthathelpedtodeterminethemainidea.Readanarticleaboutspaceexplorationwithyourchildandpickoutthekeywordsthathelpidentifythemainidea.

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GeneralizeDirections Read the article. Then answer the questions below.

Many people are fascinated by outer space. Schoolchildren learn about

our solar system in school. Television and radio announcers tell us what to watch for in the night sky. They tell us when the planets are brightest and which ones we can see with the naked eye. For years, people have thought that there might be life on one of the other planets. However, space explorations have not found life on other planets—yet.

Mars seems to be one of the planets people are most fascinated by. It is the fourth planet from the sun and is one of the smaller planets. People often call it the red planet because of its color. Science fiction writers have often used Mars as a setting for their stories. More fantastic than fiction, the Mars rover expedition has sent two robots to explore the surface of Mars. Now we can see actual pictures of the surface of another planet.

1. State one generalization given in the beginning of the passage.

2. State one fact that supports this as a valid generalization.

3. State another fact that supports this as a valid generalization.

4. State another generalization in this passage.

5. Is this a valid generalization? Why or why not?

Home Activity Your child has identified generalization in a short passage. Read a short story or article about astronomy with your child. Ask him or her to identify the generalizations and to decide if they are valid or faulty.

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Home Activity Your child learned how to write regular and irregular plural nouns. Have your child point out plural nouns on packages and labels and explain the rule for forming each plural.

Regular and Irregular Plural NounsDirections Write a sentence using the plural form of each given noun.

1. country

2. beach

3. tooth

4. video

5. porch

6. story

7. leaf

8. secretary of state

9. child

10. life

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DVD•68 Spelling Multisyllabic Words I

Home Activity Your child has learned to spell multisyllabic words. Ask your child to pick three list words from Exercises 11-20 and separate them into syllables.

Multisyllabic Words I

Separate the syllables Draw lines to separate the syllables in each list word. Write each word.

1. p o s s i b i l i t y

2. l i n e a r

3. r i d i c u l o u s

4. a r t i f i c i a l

5. c a l c u l a t o r

6. c o m p e t i t i v e

7. c u r i o s i t y

8. p e o n y

9. s i m u l t a n e o u s l y

10. e n c y c l o p e d i a

Word Scramble Unscramble the list words and write them on the lines.

11. miticoptsi

12. aludidniiv

13. ranattaul

14. desostiphatci

15. resptdencoron

16. nooriganzati

17. ysatorctfasi

18. elbrriati

19. caflerowuli

20. thuticsiasen

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Spelling Words

possibility linear ridiculous artificial calculatorcompetitive curiosity organization individual encyclopediapeony tarantula correspondent cauliflower optimisticenthusiastic sophisticated satisfactory irritable simultaneously

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Home Activity Your child identified the main idea and supporting details of a nonfiction passage. Read an encyclopedia or magazine article about the Milky Way. Have your child identify the main ideas and supporting details in two of the paragraphs.

Main Idea and Details

• Thetopic is what a paragraph or article is about.

• Themain idea is the most important idea about the topic.

• Details are pieces of information that explain or support the main idea.

Directions Read the following passage. Then complete the diagram with the topic, the main idea, and details from the passage.

Our solar system is part of the Milky Way Galaxy. When we look up on

a clear, dark night, we see some of the billions of stars that are part of this galaxy. There are three major parts in this galaxy. The disk contains newer stars such as the sun. The halo contains the oldest stars in

the galaxy. The center of the galaxy is obscured by dust. Recent interest in the center has focused on the possibility of a massive black hole there. This galaxy still holds many surprises for us to discover in the future.

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DVD•70 Conventions Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns

Regular and Irregular Plural NounsDirections Write the plural form of the noun.

1. city

2. life

3. bush

4. sister-in-law

5. tomato

Directions Circle the correct plural form of the nouns in ( ).

6. For breakfast, we ate wild (berrys, berries) and biscuits.

7. The smoke from the campfire kept the (flys, flies) away.

8. Marty made up stories about aliens in other (galaxys, galaxies).

9. The (nightes, nights) were windy and cold.

10. We sat on the (roofs, rooves) of our cars to watch the eclipse.

11. Did I take enough (photoes, photos) of the meteor shower?

12. Mike made three (wishes, wishs) on the shooting stars.

13. His (feet, foots) were wet, and his shoes were ruined.

14. The (oxes, oxen) worked in the field next to our campsite.

15. We forgot our (radioes, radios), so we did not know the weather forecast.

Directions Write the plural form of the noun in parentheses.

16. We used (match) for our lanterns.

17. The (child) could see the stars clearly.

18. Emile showed us (video) about Saturn.

19. With our (knife), we whittled sticks for roasting marshmallows.

20. We focused our (telescope) on the Big Dipper.

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