1. Love As Strong As Ginger:
Open Court
5th grade
Heritage
Unit-3 Lesson-4
Love As Strong As Ginger:
A Grandmother in China
Haqqah Bint-Robert-Marion Law Academy

2. Love As Strong As Ginger:
A Grandmother in China
Story Vocabulary
dialect
dumpling
mallet
singsong
ginger

3. dialect “use context clues”
“GininGinin, may I try those on?” I asked one day. “Chiubungbung” she replied, meaning stinky-stinky in Taishanese, our Chinese dialect.
dialect - a form of language that is spoken in a particular area or by a particular group of people.

4. dumpling “use context clues”
She taught me how to make doong, sticky rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, and I taught her how to dress a fashion doll.
dumpling-a small pocket of dough filled with a meat or vegetable mixture and cooked by steaming or boiling.

5. mallet “use context clues”
“How do you crack a crab ?” “With a mallet.” She made a pounding fist.
mallet- a type of hammer with a head made of wood or other hard material.

6. singsong “use context clues”
When the bus came, it was crowded with ladies, clucking their tongues in singsong language.
singsong-having a repetitive, musical sound.

7. ginger “use context clues”
“You were right Katie,” she said, chowing scallions, ginger, and black beans with crab taste good.
ginger-a strong-tasting spice made from ground ginger root.

8. Word Knowledge- Homonym pairs
1. might current
3. roll tick

9. What are Homonyms ?
Homonyms-words with different meanings that have the same pronunciation and spelling.

10. Word Knowledge Homonym pairs might current roll tick
strength or future tense of may
flow of electricity or of the present
a type of bread or turning over and over
a bug or the sound a clock makes

11. fair hair pain gain All of these words contain long a spelled ai.
Can you think of
Additional examples of words containing long a spelled ai ?
fair
hair
pain
gain

12. Chinatown lunchtime chives chase
All of these words contain the/ch/ sound spelled /ch/.
Can you think of
additional
examples of words containing the /ch/ sound spelled /ch/?
Chinatown
lunchtime
chives
chase

13. Grandma Crowded Apron Sponges starched
All of these words contain the consonant blends gr,cr,pr,sp,and st.
Grandma
Crowded
Apron
Sponges
starched
Can you think of
additional examples
Words containing the consonant blends gr,cr,pr, sp,and st ?

14. Homonyms
The wrestles might have more might, but his opponent mover more quickly.

15. The wrestles might have more might, but his opponent mover more quickly.
Future tense of may
Strength

16. Words containing long a spelled ai.
He explained that the repair
would take a week to complete.

17. He explained that the repair
would take a week to complete.

18. She went to Chinatown at lunchtime for dumplings.
Words containing the/ch/ sound
spelled /ch/.
She went to Chinatown at
lunchtime for dumplings.

19. She went to Chinatown at
lunchtime for dumplings.

20. The caterer wore a simple black dress and starched white apron.
Words containing the consonant
blends gr,cr,pr,sp,and st.
The caterer wore a simple black dress and starched white apron.

21. The caterer wore a simple black dress and starched white apron.

22. Selection Vocabulary
Pre-Test

23. dialect singsong dumpling mallet ginger Selection Vocabulary
__a strong-tasting spice made from ground ginger root.
__a type of hammer with a head made of wood or other
hard material.
__having a repetitive, musical sound.
__a small pocket of dough filled with a meat or
vegetable mixture and cooked by steaming or boiling.
__a form of language that is spoken in particular area or
by a particular group of people.
dialect
singsong
dumpling
mallet
ginger