1. Author: Ed Young Genre: Fable It is a story that teaches a lesson.
What About Me?
Author: Ed Young
Genre: Fable
It is a story that teaches a lesson.

2. Sequence
Sequence is the order in which things happen in a story—what happens first, next, and last.
Sometimes a writer uses clue words such as first, so, then, and after.

3. Vocabulary Words
carpenter– someone whose work is building and repairing things made of wood
carpetmaker – a person who makes carpets and rugs for floors
knowledge – what you know
marketplace – a place where people meet to buy and sell things

4. Vocabulary Words plenty – a full supply straying – wandering
merchant – someone who buys and sells goods for a living
plenty – a full supply
straying – wandering
thread – a thin string made of strands of cotton, silk, wool, or nylon, spun and twisted together

5. Spelling Words inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets
pennies
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families
bodies
glasses
wishes
pockets
lists
copies
parties
bunches
crashes
supplies
pencils
accidents
libraries
mysteries
carpenters
merchants

6. Vocabulary carpetmaker knowledge marketplace stunned merchant wanderer
carpenter
carpetmaker
knowledge
marketplace
merchant
plenty
straying
thread
More Words to Know
stunned
wanderer
barter
exchange
precious

7. Other Vocabulary Words
stunned – thoroughly shocked or confused
wanderer – someone who travels aimlessly from place to place
barter – to trade by exchanging one kind of goods for other goods without using money
exchange – to give something to someone in return for something else; trade
precious – having great value
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8. carpenter

9. carpetmaker

10. marketplace

11. merchant

12. thread

13. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
The boy was stunned.
The subject of this sentence is The boy.
The predicate is was stunned.

14. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
A sentence has a subject and a predicate.
The subject is the sentence part that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
All the words in the subject are called the complete subject.

15. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
The predicate is the sentence part that tells what the subject is or does.
All words in the predicate are called the complete predicate.

16. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
In the following sentence, the complete subject is underlined once.
Most people learn something each day.
Now the complete predicate is underlined.

17. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Find the complete subject of each sentence.
We find knowledge in many places. We
The students in our class ask lots of questions.
The students in our class
The library has books about many subjects.
The library

18. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Find the complete subject of each sentence.
Teachers help students with their lessons.
Teachers
Books about animals are my favorite.
Books about animals

19. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Find the complete predicate of each sentence.
The class studied whales.
studied whales
The school librarian knows all about caves.
knows all about caves
James read about pirates.
read about pirates

20. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Find the complete predicate of each sentence.
People learn about animals at the zoo.
learn about animals at the zoo
The garden has many kinds of trees.
has many kinds of trees

21. Spelling Words inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets
pennies
inches
plants
families
bodies
glasses
wishes
pockets
lists
copies
parties
bunches
crashes
supplies
pencils
accidents
libraries
mysteries
carpenters
merchants

22. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
The subject is the part of the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does.

23. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
Sometimes you can give readers better pictures by adding words to subjects and predicates:
The cat ran.
The scared cat ran under the porch.

24. Grammar: Subjects and Predicates
Test Tip:
A test may ask you to identify the subject of a sentence.
The subject may include more than one person, place or thing.
Be sure to include the complete subject.
Jay and I can hike.
Subject: Jay and I

25. Word Choice Authors choose their words wisely.
Their choice of words often contributes to the tone of the story.
Additionally, readers benefit by learning new words.

26. Compound Words applesauce apple + sauce crushed, saucy apples bluebird
Its Two Small Words
Its Meaning
applesauce
apple + sauce
crushed, saucy apples
bluebird
blue + bird
a blue-feathered bird
doormat
door + mat
a mat by a door
snowball
snow + ball
a ball of snow

27. Plurals Plural words name more than one thing. flips, wishes, pennies
Are these words singular or plural?
How do you know?
Most words can be made plural by just adding –s.
To make words that end with s, ss, ch,h, x, or z plural, add –es.