1. Launching the Theme 462K
Read pg. 462, these lines are from a book about a family who made a home on the American prairie long ago. 1

2. A Boy Called Slow 463B
Genre: The true story of how Sitting Bull earns his name. Summary: After showing bravery in battle, a young boy named Slow earns the name Sitting Bull and later becomes the chief of the Lakota Sioux.

3. Background 468A
The stories in this theme are about people who lived long ago in America.
This story is about the boyhood of Sitting Bull, a leader of the Lakota Sioux people.
Read

4. Let’s discuss these key vocabulary words.
Background (cont) 469A
Let’s discuss these key vocabulary words.
customs
raid
reputation
respect
determination
extended

5. Vocabulary 469A Trans PB273
custom: usual way followed by people of a particular group
determination: the quality of being firm in carrying out one’s plans
reputation: what others think about the character and behavior of someone

6. Vocabulary 469A extended: enlarged; made to include more
inherited: received something from an ancestor
raid: an attack for the purpose of taking property
respect: feelings of admiration and approval

7. Vocabulary Link clashed: were against one another; fought
sacred: used for religion; holy
disregarded: paid little or no attention to
defiant: showing resistance to authority
summoned: called or sent for

8. Phonics/Decoding Skills 469A
What are our Phonics/Decoding skills?
They are chunking, words we know, beginning and endings, affixes, syllables, try different vowel sounds, base words or root words, blending, look carefully

10. Phonics/Decoding Skills 469A
The deep murmuring sound came from its throat.
Help me figure out this word.
Use your phonics/decoding skills.

11. Reading Strategy 469B Predict/Infer
Think about the selection title and review the illustrations. What can you infer about the main character? What do you predict will happen?
Remember that this story is of a real person, Sitting Bull, who was a famous leader of the Lakota Sioux people.
To make a good inference and prediction, think about what might happen based on text clues and personal knowledge.

14. Comprehension Skill 415C Drawing Conclusions Trans 5-2 PB 274
As you read the story use story clues to draw conclusions about the main characters and events.

16. Compare and Contrast 479 What does compare mean?
Compare means similar or alike.
Words such as similarity, like, as.
What does contrast mean?
Contrast means differences.
Words such as unlike, on the other hand, contrast.

17. Decoding Longer Words 491E Prefixes un-,dis-,re- PB 278
They uncovered their war shields and took out their coup sticks and their lances.
What is a prefix?
A prefix is a word part added to a base word that changes the meaning of the word.
By removing a prefix and looking at the base or root is a helpful way to begin to decode a longer word.

18. Prefixes/Suffixes un – means not, re – means again
dis – means apart, away, not
com – together
-ion – means the act of or a result of; action or process

19. Decoding Longer Words 491E Suffix –ion PB 278
Sitting Bull shared a recollection of his boyhood.
Help me decode this word.
-ion means the act or condition of, result of
Identify the prefixes and suffixes:
unsteady, displeasure, inaccurate, rebuilding, communication, returning, infrequent, unexpected, disobedient, instruction

20. Phonics Final /ij/,/iv/, & /is/ sounds
Understanding the letters that stand for the final /ij/, /iv/, and /is/ sounds can help you use the Phonics/Decoding Strategy to decode unfamiliar words.
age can stand for the /ij/ sound
ive can stand for the /iv/ sound
ice can stand for the /is/ sound

21. Phonics (cont) 491F Final /ij/,/iv/, & /is/ sounds
When the Crows raided our village, the others were ready to retreat.
Help me figure this word out.
Tell me the letters that stand for the above sounds:
relatives
courage
notice

22. Spelling 491G Words with a Prefix
Finding the parts of a word can help you spell it.
These words have 2 word parts: base word or root word and prefix.
unable, discover, inspect, report
Tell me the prefixes in these words. PB 279
prefixes

23. Spelling 491G Words with a Suffix
Finding the parts of a word can help you spell it PB 279 These words have 2 word parts: base word or root word and suffix.
inspect/inspection, televise/television
Each pair consists of a verb and the noun formed by adding a suffix -ion

24. Vocabulary 491G Word Origins
disaster PB 280
This word was made by adding the prefix dis- to the Greek word root aster, meaning “star.”
The obsolete meaning of disaster is “an evil influence of a star or planet.”
Does anyone else know any other words that have ast, astr, astro, or aster.

25. Vocabulary Skills 491I Analogies
The Plains Indians used horses for transportation across the northern prairies, Native Americans who inhabited coastal regions used boats to travel across water.
Horse is to land as boat is to water.
The first two words underlined have the same relationship as the last two underlined words.
Friend is to enemy as pride is to ________ .
Trans PB 282

26. Grammar Skills 491K Subject and Object Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun.
I, you, he, it, she, we, and they are subject pronouns.
Me, you, him, her, it, us, and them are object pronouns. Trans PB 283

27. Grammar Skills 491K Using I and Me Trans 5-6 PB 284
Use I as the subject before the action verb.
This is called the subject pronoun.
Use me after the action verb.
This is called the object pronoun.
Also use me after words like to, in, and for.
When using the pronouns I and me with nouns or other pronouns, name yourself last.

28. Word Origins Word origins – Reading 1.2 Reading Standard 1.2 – ALS
Use word origins to determine the meanings of unknown words.

29. Prefixes and Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes –

30. Main Ideas Main Ideas Reading Standard 2.3 – ALS
Main Ideas – What is the main point of the passage or paragraph.
What is the topic of the paragraph

31. Inferences Inference Worksheet Reading Standard – 2.3
Inference means what conclusion can you come up with after reading a passage.
Use story clues to figure out something the author doesn’t tell you.
Read between the lines.

32. theme Theme worksheet Reading Standard 3.4
Theme – meaning or moral of a story
Most important thing the author wants you to know
The lesson learned
Ex. Believe in yourself.

33. Improving Your Writing 491L
Using the correct pronoun
A good writer is careful to use subject and object pronouns correctly. PB 285
Suzanne and her helped Ralph and I with our homework.
Corrected: Suzanne and she helped Ralph and me with our homework.
pronouns

34. Using Quotations 491N Write the exact words the person said.
Trans PB 287
When you write quotations, you need to make sure that you:
Write the exact words the person said.
Use quotation marks correctly to separate the direct quotation from the rest of the sentence.
Always give the name of the person who is responsible for the quotation.

36. Spiral Review 491Q
Capitalize proper nouns, which name a particular person, place, or thing.
Capitalize proper adjectives, which are formed form proper nouns.
To make most abbreviations, begin with a capital letter and end with a period.
Capitalize the first, last, and any other important word in a title.

37. Underline the titles of books, magazines, newspapers, and movies..
Spiral Review 491Q
Underline the titles of books, magazines, newspapers, and movies..
Put quotation marks around the titles of short stories, songs, articles, book chapters, and poems.
When giving a speaker’s exact words, use quotation marks. Begin each with a capital letter, place end punctuation inside the quotation marks. Use commas to separate most quotations from the rest of the sentence.

38. Syllabication-VV, VCV 491R
VV When two vowels appear together in a word, they often stand for a single vowel sound and are kept together when the word is divided into syllables.
ex. slee/py (vv) moun/ted (vv)
VCV If the word divides after the first vowel, then the first syllable is open and the vowel sound is long. If the word divides after the consonant, then the first syllable is closed and the vowel sound is short.
ex. ti/dy (v/cv) shiv/er (vc/v)

39. Syllabication-VV, VCV
VCCV Most words with this pattern divide between the two consonants. The first syllable is closed and usually has a short vowel sound.
ex. sis/ter (vc/cv) cus/tom (vc/cv)
VCCCV When three consonants appear together in a word, the word breaks after the first consonant usually and the sounds of the remaining two consonants are blended together.
ex. ap/proaching (vc/ccv) sup/plied (vc/ccv)

40. Syllabication-VV, VCV vv and vcv patterns Every syllable gets its own
vowel sound.
vv and vcv patterns

41. Spelling Test 1. unable 2. discover 3. report 4. disaster 5. unaware
6. remind
7. televise
8. television
9. inspect
10. inspection
11. react
12. reaction
13. tense
14. tension
15. correct
16. correction
17. promote
18. promotion
19. express
20. expression

42. Challenge Words
21. inquiry
22. unnecessary
23. responsible
24. except
25. exception

43. Study Guide Predict and infer Compare and contrast Drawing conclusions
Prefixes and suffixes
Word origins
Analogies
Subject and object pronouns
Using I and me
Quotations
Capitalize
Syllables