Sarah, Plain and Tall

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Sarah, Plain and Tall
Author Patricia MacLachlan Illustrator Meg
Kelleher Aubrey
Calahan Elementary Ms. Sheida 4th Grade
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Write the Word. Find the Vowel Patterns. How many syllables? Split into syllables. List the S/S Cards for each Vowel Pattern.
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Antonym Match

• wrong
• night
• light
• stop
• big
• sad
• fast
• down
• big
• hot

• dark
• small
• right
• day
• up
• little
• cold
• happy
• slow
• start

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What are Plural Nouns?

• Some plurals end with s
• Examples) plant / plants book / books
• Some plurals end with es
• Examples) bench / benches fox / foxes
• Some plurals change the y to an i and add
  -es
• Examples) butterfly / butterflies city /
  cities

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What are Irregular Plurals?
Brainpop Jr -game write

• Irregular Plurals do not follow the rules!
• Some singular nouns must be changed to make an
  irregular plural, other do not change at all!
• child goose
• man moose
• woman sheep
• mouse deer
• tooth ox

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R/W Workbook p. 29 30Regular and Irregular
Plurals

• Brainpop Jr. Plural Nouns
• Nouns (Plurals) Unit 1 Workbook

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Word Knowledge

• 1 energy energetic sympathy sympathetic
• 2 hundredth tenth fourth twentieth
• 3 lately carefully seriously finally
• 4 Sarah is more energetic this morning.
• 5 This dog is Calebs fourth collie.
• 6. Lately Anna has wanted to get a cat.

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Sarah is more energetic this morning.
Identify the word with the etic suffix.
energetic
What is the root word?
energy
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Notice how the words below change when the suffix
etic is added to the root word.
Use each word below in an oral sentence.
Noun
Adjective
energy
energetic
sympathy
sympathetic
poetry
poetic
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ordinal numbers
First, second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
eleventh
fourth
4th Grade
fortieth
Can you think of any other ordinal numbers that
end with th?
thirteenth
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The suffix ly is added to each of the following
words. Identify each root word.
lately
carefully
seriously
finally
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Prefix- an addition to the beginning of the word
(re- to do again)
reshingle - to shingle again
refill - to fill again
rewrite - to write again
redo - to do it again
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These words from the story contain /e/ spelled ea
or ie.
eager
married
seal
prairie
sneak
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Most seals live in water and have flippers for
feet.
What sound do the letters, ea, have in the word
seals?
Long e
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This dog is Calebs fourth collie.
Pick out the ordinal number in the sentence.
fourth
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Look for the ly suffix.
Will she like us? asked Caleb very softly.
Identify the word with the suffix ly.
softly
What is the root word?
soft
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Objective Today we will learn new words so that
we can better understand what we read.
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Sarah, Plain and Tall Vocabulary
troublesome
feisty
energetic
mild mannered
pesky
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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.

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Context Clues

• When you are reading a story and come across a
  word you do not know, use its 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!!!

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• Notebook Files
• Movie Clip
• (Under Comprehension Strategies)

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troublesomeuse context clues and word structure
Sometimes Caleb can be troublesome.
The students who passed notes in class were rude
and troublesome.
troublesome- causing problems or difficulties
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troublesome

• Definition causing problems or
  difficulties
• Base Suffix trouble some
• Synonym bothersome, annoyance
• Antonym helpful, easy
• Part of Speech adjective

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-some suffix makes an adjective a
characteristic. It has that trait. Some examples

• cuddlesome
• gruesome
• lonesome
• awesome
• handsome
• adventuresome

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feisty use context clues
Papa was late because his colt was acting feisty.
The feisty little dog strained at her leash
during the walk.
feisty - full of energy
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feisty

• Definition full of energy
• Synonym energetic, spirited, frisky,
  enthusiastic
• Antonym lazy, tired
• Part of Speech adjective

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energetic use context clues
Johns wife-to-be is young and energetic.
Jimmy had a cold and was not very energetic.
energetic- having energy spirited
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energetic

• Definition having energy spirited
• Base Suffix energy etic
• Synonym active, lively, feisty
• Antonym tired, sluggish
• Part of Speech adjective

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mild mannered use context clues and word
structure
I am strong and I work hard, but I am not mild
mannered.
Paul remained mild mannered even when his plane
was late.
mild mannered- gentle in nature
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mild mannered

• Definition gentle in nature, acts
  calm
• Synonym easygoing, calm, patient
• Antonym troublesome, unfriendly
• Part of Speech adjective

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pesky use context clues
What if she thinks we are loud and pesky? asked
Caleb.
The golfer was angered by the pesky rabbit on the
golf course.
pesky- annoying
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pesky

• Definition annoying
• Synonym troublesome, annoying
• Antonym pleasant, polite
• Part of Speech adjective

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Sarah, Plain and Tall is a fiction story. The
genre is historical fiction.
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Sarah, Plain and Tall

• Genre- Historical Fiction
• Point of View- First Person (Anna)
• Authors Purpose- Entertain
• Our need for human relationships can cause us
  to take risks.
• Jacob Witting, widowed father of Anna and
  Caleb, places an advertisement in a newspaper for
  a wife.
• Sarah Wheaton answers the advertisement. Through
  letters, Sarah and the Witting family get to know
  each other.
• Sarah agrees to travel west to see is she would
  like to live there. Will Sarah miss her old home?
  Will the Wittings and Sarah create a new family?
  What risks will Sarah face?

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Prairie
A prairie is an extensive, level or slightly
rolling, mostly treeless tract of land in the
Mississippi valley, characterized by a highly
fertile soil and originally covered with course
grasses. -Webster's Dictionary
"Outside the prairie reached out and touched the
places where the sky came down. --Sarah, Plain
and Tall
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Clues, Problems, Wonderings

• Lets browse the historical fiction story Sarah,
  Plain and Tall 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 fiction story, so we only want to
  browse the first few pages so as not to give away
  the ending.
• We want to write our findings in note form.

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CLUES PROBLEMS WONDERINGS

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Big Ideas

• Our need for human relationships can cause us to
  take risks.
• Long-term commitment requires carefully thought
  out decisions.
• The consequences of not taking some risks are
  sometimes worse than the consequences of taking
  them.

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Decoding- Think/Pair/Share Find the word that
has the same sound as the underlined word part.

• 1. able 2. indeed 3. high
• A) apple A) cried A) eight
• B) can B) history B) graph
• C) jeans C) head C) inside
• D) straight D) escape D) birthday

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Which words are split into syllables correctly?

• Line 1 pes-ky pe-ering latel-y
• Line 2- cost-ly drugs-tore bel-ong
• Line 3- forw-ard tra-vel
  cer-tain
• Line 4- bo-dy app-ear na-tion
• Line 5- seld-om anyt-hing mid-dle

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Complete Sentences Subject and Predicate

• subject the subject of a sentence tells who
  or what the sentence is about.
• Ex) Sarah is plain and tall.
• The stew was delicious.
• predicate the predicate of a sentence tells
  something about the subject.
• Ex) Sarah traveled far from home.
• Mama sang every single day.

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R/W Workbook p. 31 32Complete Sentences

• Subject/Predicate Activities
• (Parts of Speech Folder)
• Brainpop Subject and Predicate
• Schoolhouse Rock Activities

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Making Inferences

• An inference is a statement a reader makes about
  a character or event from a story. To make an
  inference, the reader uses
• information from the story, such as examples,
  facts, reasons, and descriptions.
• personal experience or knowledge, which is the
  memories and experiences you bring to the story.

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R/W Workbook p. 23 24Making Inferences

• Notebook Files Making Inferences (Unit 1
  Workbook)
• Brainpop Jr. Make Inferences

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First Person or Third Person?

• 1. My favorite color is yellow. I love yellow
  daisies and sunflowers.
• 2. My family and I decided to go to the park this
  weekend. We had a great time!
• 3. Ms. Sheida teaches fourth grade. She is in
  Room 17. She enjoys having a classroom that is
  tidy and organized.
• 4. He enjoyed listening to the folktale about
  rainbow bird, it was one of his favorite tales.

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R/W Workbook p. 25 26Authors Point of View
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Sarah, Plain and Tall is a fiction story. The
genre is historical fiction.
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R/W Workbook p. 27 28Historical Fiction
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troublesome

• Definition causing problems or
  difficulties
• Base Suffix trouble some
• Synonym bothersome, annoyance
• Antonym helpful, easy
• Part of Speech adjective

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feisty

• Definition full of energy
• Synonym energetic, spirited, frisky,
  enthusiastic
• Antonym lazy, tired
• Part of Speech adjective

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energetic

• Definition having energy spirited
• Base Suffix energy etic
• Synonym active, lively, feisty
• Antonym tired, sluggish
• Part of Speech adjective

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mild mannered

• Definition gentle in nature, acts
  calm
• Synonym easygoing, calm, patient
• Antonym troublesome, unfriendly
• Part of Speech adjective

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pesky

• Definition annoying
• Synonym troublesome, annoying
• Antonym pleasant, polite
• Part of Speech adjective