Home-School Connection Word Workout WORDS TO KNOW cautiously crisscrossed disguised fade faint jealousy wisdom Name Call I ll give you a word, and you give me a sentence using a person s name. For example: Jealousy was making Dan feel miserable. SPELLING WORDS funnier families varied marries carries easily silliest jumpier emptier merrier cries cozily sorriest lazier happiest dizziest worried replied (fold here) Dear Family Member: The story we are reading this week, The Blind Hunter, is set in Africa. It is about Chirobo, a blind man, who lives in a small village. Chirobo is kind and wise. He asks to go hunt with Muteye, a man who has come to the village. At first the hunter says no, but then agrees when Chirobo says he can see in other ways. I would like to know how Chirobo can do this. As I read, the author will give me hints that I can use to draw conclusions about Chirobo and about Muteye. This Week s Skills Comprehension: draw conclusions Vocabulary: word families such as wisdom for wise Spelling/Phonics: plurals Spelling Change I ll read a base word and tell you the ending I want. For example, I might say story with the ending s. You would tell me the word is stories. 263 Name
Riddle Me This! Can you use the sentence clues to solve the riddles? If you re really stuck, the answers are upside-down on the opposite page. Taneesha decides to use her sense of touch to determine which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of gold. She holds the feathers in one hand and the gold in the other. What is her decision? Lindy s mother tells her one of three lights has blown out in the basement because they have all been on for quite a time. On her way down the cellar stairs, Lindy flips the switch by mistake, turning all the lights off. How can Lindy tell which light bulb needs changing? Answers: a pound of feathers and a pound of gold weigh the same; Lindy can touch the bulbs the ones that were on will still be hot. 264
Conexión con el hogar Ejercicio de palabras PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO cautiously crisscrossed disguised fade faint jealousy wisdom Agrega un nombre Te voy a decir una palabra y tú tienes que usarla en una oración con el nombre de una persona. Por ejemplo: Jealousy was making Dan feel miserable. PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA funnier families varied marries carries easily silliest jumpier emptier merrier cries cozily sorriest lazier happiest dizziest worried replied (fold here) Queridos familiares: El relato que estamos leyendo esta semana, The Blind Hunter, tiene lugar en África. Trata de Chirobo, un ciego, que vive en un pequeño pueblo. Chirobo es bueno y generoso. Quiere ir a cazar con Muteye, un hombre que no vive en el pueblo. Al principio el cazador se niega, pero después acepta cuando Chirobo dice que él puede ver de otra manera. Me gustaría saber lo que puede hacer Chirobo. Mientras leo, el autor me va a dar pistas que podré usar para sacar conclusiones sobre Chirobo y sobre Muteye. Destrezas de la semana Comprensión: sacar conclusiones Vocabulario: familias de palabras, como wisdom y wise. Ortografía/Fonética: los plurales 265 Terminaciones variadas Te voy a leer una palabra base y decirte cuál es la terminación que quiero. Por ejemplo, si yo te digo story con la terminación s, tú debes decirme la palabra stories y luego deletrearla. Nombre
Adivínalo! Puedes usar las pistas que hay en cada párrafo para resolver las adivinanzas? Si te cuesta mucho resolverlas, las respuestas están invertidas al pie de la página siguiente. Taneesha decides to use her sense of touch to determine which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of gold. She holds the feathers in one hand and the gold in the other. What is her decision? Lindy s mother tells her one of three lights has blown out in the basement because they have all been on for quite a time. On her way down the cellar stairs, Lindy flips the switch by mistake, turning all the lights off. How can Lindy tell which light bulb needs changing? Answers: a pound of feathers and a pound of gold weigh the same; Lindy can touch the bulbs the ones that were on will still be hot. 266
Koneksyon lakay ak lekòl Egzèsis sou mo MO POU KONNEN cautiously crisscrossed disguised fade faint jealousy wisdom Itilize yon non Mwen pral baw yon mo, epi ou pral banm yon fraz avèk non yon moun ladan l. Pa egzanp : Jealousy was making Dan feel miserable. MO ÒTOGRAF funnier families varied marries carries easily silliest jumpier emptier merrier cries cozily sorriest lazier happiest dizziest worried replied (fold here) Chè manm fanmi : Istwa n ap li semèn sa a, The Blind Hunter, dewoule ann Afrik. Li pale konsènan Chirobo, yon mesye avèg, ki abite nan yon ti vilaj. Chirobo janti epi li saj. Li mande pou l al fè lachas avèk Muteye, yon mesye ki te vin nan vilaj la. Dabò chasè a di non, men li vin dakò lè Chirobo di li ka wè nan lòt fason. Mwen ta renmen konnen ki jan Chirobo ka fè sa. Pandan m ap li, otè a pral banm kèk endis mwen ka itilize pou m tire kèk konklizyon konsènan Chirobo epi konsènan Muteye. Teknik pou semèn sa a Konpreyansyon : tire konklizyon Vokabilè : fanmi mo tankou nan wisdom pou wise Òtograf/Fonik : pliryèl Chanje òtograf la Mwen pral li rasin yon mo epi mwen pral di w ki tèminezon mwen vle. Pa egzanp, mwen ta ka di story avèk tèminezon s. Ou ta va di m mo a se stories. 267 Non
Devine sa a! Èske w ka itilize endis nan fraz yo pou rezoud devinèt yo? Si ou vrèman kole, repons yo tèt anba nan lòt paj la. Taneesha decides to use her sense of touch to determine which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of gold. She holds the feathers in one hand and the gold in the other. What is her decision? Lindy s mother tells her one of three lights has blown out in the basement because they have all been on for quite a time. On her way down the cellar stairs, Lindy flips the switch by mistake, turning all the lights off. How can Lindy tell which light bulb needs changing? Answers: a pound of feathers and a pound of gold weigh the same; Lindy can touch the bulbs the ones that were on will still be hot. 268