1. Paul Bunyan
By:
Mary Pope Osborne

2. Team Talk
Turn to page 435 in your textbook…preview the title and illustration to predict what the story’s about. With your partner…read the passage “Working with Babe”. Notice the use of this week’s vocabulary words.
Teachers: Click to advance the definition of TALL TALE, after a class discussion.

3. With your partner…discuss what you know about tall tales.
Team Talk
With your partner…discuss what you know about tall tales.
A tall tale is…
A fictional story that uses exaggeration to tell the impossible adventures of a larger-than-life character. They take place in the past and include realistic details.

4. VKR: Vocabulary Knowledge Rating
Directions: Rate each word 1-4
WORD
I’ve never heard of it.
I’ve seen or heard it.
I know it a bit.
I know it & can use it correctly.
announcement 1 2 3 4
feature
harness
lumberjacks
requirements
thaw
unnatural
untamed
Teachers: For the VKR, have individual rating scales for the students. Students can either circle or highlight the number as a pre-assessment. When it is time for the post-assessment, have them circle or highlight using a different color.

5. Selection Vocabulary announcement feature harness
lumberjacks requirements
thaw unnatural untamed

6. A public or formal notice
announcement
A public or formal notice

7. Discovering Vocabulary
How is it used in the text… Page 444 paragraph 5 Paul wanted the biggest and brawniest men for his camp, so he made an announcement to all the men who’d gathered to apply for the job.
Teachers: On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.

8. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
announcement
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

9. feature
Part of a face

10. Discovering Vocabulary
How is it used in the text… Page 438 paragraph 1 But the baby’s strangest feature was his big curly black beard.
Teachers: On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.

11. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
feature
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

12. harness
The leather straps, bands, and other pieces used to hitch a horse or other animal to a carriage, wagon, plow, and so on.

13. Discovering Vocabulary
How is it used in the text… Page 442 paragraph 5 He tied one end of the rope to Babe’s harness and the other around the end of the river.
Teachers: On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.

14. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
harness
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

15. lumberjacks
People whose work is cutting down trees and sending the logs to a sawmill; woodsmen; loggers.

16. Discovering Vocabulary
How is it used in the text… Page 444 paragraph 6 Well, about a thousand of the lumberjacks met those requirements, and Paul hired them all.
Teachers: On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.

17. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
lumberjacks
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

18. requirements
Things demanded

19. Discovering Vocabulary
How is it used in the text… Page 444 paragraph 5 “There’s only two requirements,” he said. “All my loggers have to be over ten feet tall and able to pop six buttons off their shirts with one breath.”
Teachers: On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.

20. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
requirements
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

21. Team Talk
With your elbow buddy, brainstorm and discuss any… requirements for school, classroom, and/or home.
Teachers:

22. To make or become less cold.
thaw
To make or become less cold.

23. Discovering Vocabulary
How is it used in the text… Page 447 “Oh, well, get Babe to haul your frozen words away and store them next to the lantern flames. They’ll thaw out in the spring too,” Paul said.
Teachers: On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.

24. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
thaw
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

25. Not natural; not normal.
unnatural
Not natural; not normal.

26. Discovering Vocabulary
How is it used in the text… Page 440 paragraph 1 What was unnatural was that the snow was blue.
Teachers: On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.

27. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
unnatural
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

28. Wild; not domesticated.
untamed
Wild; not domesticated.

29. Discovering Vocabulary
How is it used in the text… Page 443 paragraph 3 After that Paul and Babe traveled plenty fast through the untamed North Woods.
Teachers: On a large piece of construction paper, have the students fold the paper in half and complete two circle maps per page. (Front, 2 inside pages and back.) They can either begin on the front page or inside. For fun, have them design a front cover.

30. With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.
untamed
With your partner, create a sentence using the vocabulary word above.

31. Team Talk
With your elbow buddy, describe an untamed animal that you have seen, either camping, at the zoo, anywhere outdoors, etc.
Teachers: Click to advance the definition of TALL TALE, after a class discussion.

32. I guess you’re ready for a vocabulary re-moo?!

33. Review what you’ve learned!
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
For dessert, my mom took out the ice cream to _________ . Therefore, this made it easier to scoop.
announcement
harness
requirement
thaw
unnatural
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 33

34. I’M SORRY

35. Review what you’ve learned!
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
In order to become a student ambassador, I had to fit all the needed _____________ .
announcements
features
lumberjacks
harness
requirements
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 35

36. I’M SORRY

37. Review what you’ve learned!
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
The teacher’s _________ that there would be additional homework caused the students to moan.
requirements
features
announcement
unnatural
harness
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 37

38. I’M SORRY

39. Review what you’ve learned!
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
At the San Diego Zoo, a dog and a cheetah share an exhibit together. Some would say, “that’s ___________ .”
unnatural
requirement
announcement
untamed
featured
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 39

40. I’M SORRY

41. Review what you’ve learned!
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
After the last few logs were loaded, the ___________ decided to take a 30 minute break.
harness
lumberjacks
requirements
untamed
announcement
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 41

42. I’M SORRY

43. thaw
For dessert, my mom took out the ice cream to thaw . Therefore, this made it easier to scoop.
I love ice cream!

44. Do you have what it takes?
requirements
In order to become a student ambassador, I had to fit all the needed requirements .
Do you have what it takes?

45. Homework is good for you!
announcement
The teacher’s announcement that there would be additional homework caused the students to moan.
Homework is good for you!

46. unnatural
At the San Diego Zoo, a dog and a cheetah share an exhibit together. Some would say, “that’s unnatural .”
It’s true!
Conduct a search.

47. lumberjacks
After the last few logs were loaded, the lumberjacks decided to take a 30 minute break.
My body needed it.

48. Review what you’ve learned!
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
While hiking through the desert, we came across some _________ coyotes.
featured
lumberjacks
unnatural
untamed
harness
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 48

49. I’M SORRY

50. untamed
While hiking through the desert, we came across some untamed coyotes.
I like the way they howl.

51. Review what you’ve learned!
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
During the parade, the horse’s __________ came undone, and it went galloping towards the spectators.
feature
lumberjacks
announcement
untamed
harness
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 51

52. I’M SORRY

53. Don’t worry…everyone was ok.
harness
During the parade, the horse’s harness came undone, and it went galloping towards the spectators.
Don’t worry…everyone was ok.

54. Review what you’ve learned!
Vocabulary Words
Fill in the Blank
Paul’s favorite ________ on his face, are his bushy eyebrows.
feature
lumberjack
harness
untamed
unnatural
Teachers: Try the following slides as a vocabulary review. The buttons are linked to the correct choice and/or a try again slide. 54

55. I’M SORRY

56. feature Paul’s favorite feature on his face, are his bushy eyebrows.
I’m a handsome man.

57. VKR: Vocabulary Knowledge Rating
Topic:
WORD
I’ve never heard of it.
I’ve seen or heard it.
I know it a bit.
I know it & can use it correctly.
announcement 1 2 3 4
feature
harness
lumberjacks
requirements
thaw
unnatural
untamed
Teachers: Here’s a class example for students. Highlighting gives the students a bar graph visual representation.
Don’t forget to do your post assessment!

58. I hope you enjoy reading…