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Sid Fleischman
Illustrated by Walter Lorraine
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
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Here are the elements of a tall tale:
funny
•portrays the adventures of a fictional character such
such as Pecos Bill, using humorous exaggeration.
•relates a series of extraordinary events and challenges
that are handled in inventive ways.
creative
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
What do you know
about windstorms
such as hurricanes
and tornados?
What might happen during a
windstorm?
The hero of this tall
tale, Josh McBroom,
is a character that
the author has used
in several stories.
Josh always uses humor and a
positive attitude to survive any
situation.
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
People on farms often have to
deal with harsh environmental
conditions. Some things, such as
shotguns, are common on farms.
The following words are vivid verbs with inflectional
ending –ing or –ed.
slammed
snapping
tugged
ripping
rip
slam
tug
snap
The final consonant of each word was doubled before
adding each ending.
This is because the base words are one syllable words
with short-vowel sounds, and the words end in a
consonant.
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
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The following words all have the /ow/ sound.
county
stout
cloud
pounded
What is the /ow/ spelling in each word?
Read the following words aloud after the ou spelling
has been added.
f____nd
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____tside
l____nge
These words have the /f/ sound.
zephyr
gopher
trophy
pheasant
What is the /f/ spelling for each of these words?
Read the following words with the ph spelling.
ele___ant
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____ysical
gra____
The following words are abbreviations.
Apr.
Feb.
Jan.
April
February
January
Rd.
Road
What does each abbreviation stand for?
St.
Dr.
Ave.
Street
Doctor
Avenue
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
The wind was snapping at our
heels like a pack of wolves.
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
What word in the sentence tells us it is a simile?
What is the wind being compared to in this sentence?
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
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The marbles had grown as large as boulders.
The verb grown is the past participle of grow. The
verb grown is always used with a helping verb.
What word in the sentence is a helping verb?
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
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We found out later the wind
had shingled every gopher
hole in the next county.
What part of speech is the
word later?
The adverb later modifies
what verb?
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
The first month of the year is
January.
What is the abbreviation for
January?
Jan.
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Unit 4: Survival
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mite
mite
dis
tinct ly
distinctly
zeph yr
zephyr
tri
trifling
fling
ram bunc tious
rambunctious
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Unit 4: Survival
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I can’t deny it—it does get a mite windy out here on
the prairie.
He was just a mite
upset about winning
second place in the
race.
mite (adverb)—tiny bit
Open Court, Fourth Grade
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I remember distinctly the first prairie wind that
came scampering along.
The teacher spoke distinctly so
that everyone would understand
the instructions.
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
distinctly (adverb)—clearly or
specifically
The zephyr
sneaked around
the house to the
back door.
The zephyr made the trees
sway.
zephyr (noun)—the west wind
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
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The thieving wind was apt to make off with it,
leaving us with a trifling hole in the ground.
The judge threw out the
trifling case because she
had important matters to
deal with.
Open Court, Fourth Grade
Unit 4: Survival
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trifling (adjective)—little or not
important
But that
rambunctious wind
didn’t leave emptyhanded.
The rambunctious
children ran wildly
around the
playground.
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rambunctious (adjective)—active and
noisy in a violent way