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Messages by the Mile
By: Margery Facklam
Open Court Level 4 / Unit 5 / Lesson 1/ pp. 416-421
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infrasonic
“use context clues”
 Its
sound is infrasonic,
meaning it is below the level
human can hear.
 Earthquakes make infrasonic
sounds that humans can feel,
but cannot hear.

Infrasonic- having a sound so low that
people cannot hear it.
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Conversations
“use context clues”
 All
the “conversations” were
short.
 The sisters had many
conversations in which they
talked about their childhood.

conversations - exchanges of
observations, opinions, or ideas
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melody
“use context clues”

The Paynes heard the
male humpback’s beautiful, long melody.
 That
song is hard to sing because
of its complicated melody.

melody - a series of musical tones
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choruses


“use context clues”
We depend on rhymes and repeating
choruses to help us remember long
songs and poems.
These songs have choruses that repeat
five or six times.
choruses - part of a song that are repeated
after each verse
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vibrations
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“use context clues”
It also felt like the vibrations from
the whales’ infrasonic songs.
The vibrations of the foot massager
tickled my feet.
vibrations - slight, rapid movements
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Each of these words has
the sound /hw/ spelled wh
whale
 whistles
 while
 whenever
 whiskers
 wharf
 wheel
 where
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Place the palm
of your hand in
front of your
mouth. Say the
word Whale and
Was. You should
feel more
breath on the
palm of you
hand when you
say whale.
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Each of these words
contains the long e sound.
Identify the long e spelling in each word.
mystery
 eerie
 complete
 erupt
 these
 between
 believe

mystery
eerie
complete
erupt
these
between
believe
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Each of these words
shows possession
Identify the singular and plural possessive.
 world’s
singular
 humpback’s
singular
 elephants’
plural
 scientists’
plural
How are you able to distinguish The apostrophe for the plural
between the singular and plural possessive comes after the
plural ending.
possessive?
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Each of these words contain the
prefixes re- (again) and un- (not)
Identify the root words and the prefix and define the words.
 recount
re-
count
 untamed
un-
not
 rewrite
re-
write
 recall
re-
call
again
 untied
un-
not
tied
again
tamed
again
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As soon as one whale sings a new
song, the other whales learn it.
Identify the
pronoun in the
sentence.
 it
 What noun does
it replace?
 song

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How whales make their
songs is still a mystery.

Many interrogative
sentences begin
with the adverb
how, but in this
sentence the word
how is used as a
conjunction
meaning, “the way
or manner in
which.”


Which question does
this statement
answer?
How do whales make
their sounds?
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The humpback’s songs
change each season.
Identify the
subject
 songs
 Identify the
verb
 change

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

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Which word in the
sentence shows
possession?
Humpback’s
Is it a singular or
plural possessive?
singular
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Untamed elephants roam freely
in the Selous Game Reserve.
Which word
contains the prefix
un-?
 Untamed
 Use the prefix un- 
(not) and the root
word to figure out 
the meaning.
 Not tamed

Why is the Selous Game
Reserve capitalized?
It is a proper noun
naming a particular
place.
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