1. Toto By: Marietta D. Moskin
timid
mock
enviously
snare
cunning
Open Court 4th Grade Unit 1 Risks and Consequences
Lesson 2 Toto Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

2. timid The new girl in school was too timid to speak in class.
“Use context clues”
Deep in Africa lived a timid,
young boy named Suku.
The new girl in school was too timid to speak in class.
timid- shy; feeling or showing a lack of courage (page 32)
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3. enviously Toto watched enviously as the birds sailed off into the sky.
“Use context clues”
Toto watched enviously as the birds sailed off into the sky.
Sam stared enviously at
Tom on his three wheeler.
enviously- with jealousy (page 36)
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4. mock The young males of the heard fought mock battles with each other.
“Use context clues”
The young males of the heard fought mock battles with each other.
I wore a mock diamond
ring because I couldn’t
afford a real one.
mock- pretend; fake (page 36)
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5. snare The spider’s web is an effective snare. snare- a trap (page 39)
“Use context clues”
The rope of a poacher’s trap had been
pulled so tight that the snare had bitten
deeply into the flesh.
The spider’s web is an
effective snare.
snare- a trap (page 39)
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6. cunning Suku was angry at the poachers who had
“Use context clues”
Suku was angry at the poachers who had
set their cunning trap so close to the
game reserve.
The cunning mouse stole
the cheese out of the
trap without getting caught.
cunning - tricky (page 40)
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7. showing a lack of courage enviously- with jealousy mock- pretend; fake
Vocabulary Review
timid- shy; feeling or
showing a lack of courage
enviously- with jealousy
mock- pretend; fake
snare- a trap
cunning - tricky
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8. _____shy; feeling or showing a lack of courage _____ with jealousy
Vocabulary Quiz
_____shy; feeling or showing
a lack of courage
_____ with jealousy
_____ pretend; fake
_____ a trap
_____ tricky
snare
mock
enviously
cunning
timid
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9. These words all have a common root word or base word.
protect
protected
unprotected
The root word protect means to keep someone or something from being harmed or hurt.
If we add the suffix –ed, -ed tells us this happened in the past, what does protected mean?
If we add the prefix un-, un- means not, what does unprotected mean?
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10. The /ch/ sound is spelled tch preceded by a short vowel
patches
watch
hutch
What other words have the /ch/ sound spelled tch?
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11. The suffix –ous turns root words into adjectives.
These words have the suffix –ous, which means full of and is pronounced /u//s/.
envious
furious
mysterious
The suffix –ous turns root words into adjectives.
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12. midday claim sailed brave plains
These words from the story contain the long a sound spelled a_e, ai_, and _ay.
midday
claim
sailed
brave
plains
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13. Which word in the sentence has a prefix and a suffix?
Wildlife is unprotected off the
game reserve.
Which word in the sentence has a prefix and a suffix?
unprotected
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14. Which word in the sentence has the /ch/ sound spelled tch?
Suku watched the lion
inch closer.
Which word in the sentence has the /ch/ sound spelled tch?
watched
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15. Which word in the sentence has the –ous suffix?
He was following a mysterious
path.
Which word in the sentence has the –ous suffix?
mysterious
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16. People sailed in tall ships in the olden days.
The word sailed contains the long a sound spelled ai_.
What other word in the sentence has the long a
sound?
days
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