Home-School Connection Word Workout WORDS TO KNOW border boycotts opportunities strikes unions citizen overheard Picket Line Suppose you are new to this country and believe people are not paying you well for your work. For each word above, we ll decide how we can make a picket sign using the word. SPELLING WORDS rush northern brush whole shed thanks washer photo graph fifth these whisk thirty bother phrase shove headphone width nowhere whirl Speed Spelling Let s see how many words you can spell in one minute. I ll give you the words. At the end of a minute, let s see how many words you spelled correctly. Want to do it again? (fold here) Dear Family Member: Maria is afraid of what her new life will be like, and she is sad about the loved ones she will leave behind in Mexico. In My Diary, from Here to There, I m reading Maria s diary. When she and her friend braid each other s hair in the park, I can tell how much her friend means to her. There is so much more information in a book than what is written on the pages. This Week s Skills Comprehension: make inferences Vocabulary: word origins Spelling/Phonics: words with the letters th, sh, wh, and phs Name 101
Where Did It Come From? Where do words come from? Read the words in the box. Use the clues to make inferences about what each word s origin is. Choose the correct word from the box and write it on the line. denim frankfurters cereal sophomore window Sidewalk carts sell tasty sausages on the streets of Frankfurt, Germany. These delicious sausages became known as. Ceres was the Roman goddess who protected food crops. Romans offered wheat and grains to her. The wheat and grains became known as. This word originated in the Old Norse language. The Norse word is vindauga, which means wind s eye. The word is. This blue fabric from which jeans are made originated in Nimes, France. It was called fabric de Nimes (fabric from Nimes). The word is. This word is a combination of two Greek words, soph which means wise and moros which means foolish. The word is. 102
Conexión con el hogar 103 Ejercicio de palabras PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO border boycotts opportunities strikes unions citizen overheard Huelga Supone que acabas de llegar a este país y piensas que no te pagan bien por tu trabajo. Vamos a usar cada una de las palabras de la lista en un cartel para una huelga. PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA rush northern brush whole shed thanks washer photo graph fifth these whisk thirty bother phrase shove headphone width nowhere whirl A toda velocidad Vamos a ver cuántas palabras puedes deletrear en un minuto. Te daré las palabras. Al cumplirse el minuto, vamos a ver cuántas palabras deletreaste correctamente. Quieres jugar una vez más? (fold here) Queridos familiares: María tiene miedo de su nueva vida, no sabe cómo será y está triste por los seres queridos que va a dejar atrás en México. Estoy leyendo el diario de Maria, My Diary, from Here to There. Cuando María y su amiga se trenzan el pelo la una a la otra en el parque, me puedo dar cuenta de cuánto significa su amiga para ella. Hay mucha más información en un libro que lo que está escrito en sus páginas. Destrezas de la semana Comprensión: hacer inferencias Vocabulario: origen de las palabras Ortografía/Fonética: palabras con th, sh, wh y phs Nombre
Qué origen tiene? De dónde vienen las palabras? Lee las palabras del recuadro. Usa las pistas para hacer inferencias sobre el origen de cada palabra. Escoge la palabra apropiada del recuadro y escríbela en la línea correspondiente. denim frankfurters cereal sophomore window Sidewalk carts sell tasty sausages on the streets of Frankfurt, Germany. These delicious sausages became known as. Ceres was the Roman goddess who protected food crops. Romans offered wheat and grains to her. The wheat and grains became known as. This word originated in the Old Norse language. The Norse word is vindauga, which means wind s eye. The word is. This blue fabric from which jeans are made originated in Nimes, France. It was called fabric de Nimes (fabric from Nimes). The word is. This word is a combination of two Greek words, soph which means wise and moros which means foolish. The word is. 104
Koneksyon lakay ak lekòl Egzèsis sou mo MO POU KONNEN border boycotts opportunities strikes unions citizen overheard Pikè grèv Sipoze ou fèk rive nan peyi sa a epi ou kwè yo pa peye w ase pou travay ou fè. Pou chak mo ki anwo a, nou pral deside ki jan nou ka fè yon pano grèv avèk mo a. MO ÒTOGRAF rush northern brush whole shed thanks washer photo graph fifth these whisk thirty bother phrase shove headphone width nowhere whirl Eple rapid Annou wè konbyen mo ou ka eple nan yon minit. Mwen pral ba w mo yo. Lè minit la fini, annou wè konbyen mo ou te eple kòrèkteman. Ou vle fè sa ankò? (fold here) Chè manm fanmi : Maria pè paske l pa konnen ki jan nouvèl vi a pral ye pou li, epi li tris paske li pral kite chè fanmi l yo dèyè o Meksik. M ap li jounal Maria a nan liv ki entitile My Diary, from Here to There. Lè limenm ansanm ak zanmi chita nan pak la pou yo trese cheve youn lòt, mwen ka wè li renmen zanmi l anpil. Genyen si tèlman pi plis enfòmasyon nan yon liv pase sa ki ekri sou paj yo. Teknik pou semèn sa a Konpreyansyon : fè enferans Vokabilè : orijin mo Òtograf/Fonik : mo ki gen lèt th, sh, wh ak phs Non 105
Ki kote l soti? Ki kote mo yo soti? Li mo ki nan bwat la. Itilize endis yo pou fè enferans konsènan ki orijin chak mo. Chwazi mo ki kòrèk nan bwat la epi ekri l sou liy lan. denim frankfurters cereal sophomore window Sidewalk carts sell tasty sausages on the streets of Frankfurt, Germany. These delicious sausages became known as. Ceres was the Roman goddess who protected food crops. Romans offered wheat and grains to her. The wheat and grains became known as. This word originated in the Old Norse language. The Norse word is vindauga, which means wind s eye. The word is. This blue fabric from which jeans are made originated in Nimes, France. It was called fabric de Nimes (fabric from Nimes). The word is. This word is a combination of two Greek words, soph which means wise and moros which means foolish. The word is. 106