Vocabulary for The Go-Around Dollar
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Heartland
by
Diane Siebert
Word Knowledge Unit 6,
Lesson 2
What do these words have in common?
etched stretched
hatched switched
-ed is added to short vowel base words ending
with the spelling –tch
What do these words have in common?
creating creasing
analyzing defining
The suffix –ing has been added to long vowel
base words ending in silent e.
Word Knowledge Unit 6,
Lesson 2
What do these words have in common?
livestock stockyards
farmland
cornfield
snowdrifts newborn
footsteps
patchwork
Compound words
Word Knowledge Unit
6, Lesson 2
What do these words have in common?
chilly grassy silly hilly foggy
Double consonant ending with –y and words in
story.
Fluency
Identify the wprd that ends in –tch and the suffix -ed
Sentence 1:
I am the land where wheat fields
grow/In golden waves that ebb and
flow;/Where cornfields stretched across the
plains/Lie green between the country lanes.
Sentence 2:
I can feel/Machines of iron,
tools of steel./Creating farmlands, square by
square-a quilt of life I proudly wear;/
Sentence 3: The smell of livestock fills the air.
stretched
Fluency
Identify the word the ends in silent e and the suffix –ing.
Sentence 1:
I am the land where wheat fields
grow/In golden waves that ebb and
flow;/Where cornfields stretched across the
plains/Lie green between the country lanes.
Sentence 2:
I can feel/Machines of iron,
tools of steel./Creating farmlands, square by
square-a quilt of life I proudly wear;/
Sentence 3: The smell of livestock fills the air.
Creating
Identify the compound words.
Cornfields, farmlands, livestock.
Fluency
Identify the words that contain a double
consonant and end in -y
Sentence 4:
A foggy morning can
make a soggy field seem chilly.
Foggy, soggy, chilly.
Use these words to fill in
the missing words.
Livestock stockyards farmland cornfield
snowdrifts newborn footsteps patchwork
The ____ chickens just hatched this
morning.
The ___ got out of the fence and
wandered into the cornfield.
From the airplane, the farmland below
looked like a ___ quilt.
Vocabulary Objective:
Today we will learn new words
so that we can better
understand what we read.
In the Heartland …whose barns and silos
stand like treasures in the fertile hand.
Rich fertile soil is good for growing many
crops.
Fertile means adjective
able to produce good crops and a
good harvest
antonym: infertile, sterile synonym:
fruitful, rich
A quilt of life I proudly wear .. In hues of
yellow, green, and brown.
The hues of the rainbow are beautiful.
Hues are
noun
shades of colors
synonym: tint, shade
antonym: invisible
Find the hues of blue!
In my song / Are cities… where highways
meet and rails converge / Where farms
and city rhythms merge / To form a vital
bond between / the concrete and the
fields of green.
Small rivers can merge to form one
mighty river.
Merge
verb means
to unite or blend together
synonym: blend, combine
antonym: divide, separate
In my song / Are cities… where highways
meet and rails converge / Where farms
and city rhythms merge / To form a vital
bond between / the concrete and the
fields of green.
Roads converge at an intersection.
Converge
verb means
to come together at the
same location: meet.
Synonym: meet
Antonym: separate
In my song / Are cities… where highways
meet and rails converge / Where farms
and city rhythms merge / To form a vital
bond between / the concrete and the
fields of green.
Air and water are vital for life.
Vital adjective means
absolutely necessary to life
synonym: needed, required
antonym: unneeded, excess
Sleep
T.V.
Eating
For I have learned… That in the
Heartland on these plains, Despite Man’s
power. Nature reigns.
The king who reigns over this land is
wise.
Reign means
to lead or rule over someone
or something
synonym: govern, rule
antonym: follower
Child
Principal
Queen
Review
fertile
a)necessary to life
b) colors
hues
converge
merge
c) able to produce a good,
rich harvest
vital
e) to rule over or lead
reign
f) Come together at the
same location: meet.
d) to unite or blend
together
On your white board please write the
missing word
hues
My bedroom is all __________
of pink.
reign
The king and queen __________
over the
people throughout the land.
fertile
The soil was very ___________
and produced
a beautiful harvest!
merge into another lane
My mom had to _________
since the road was ending.
vital
When you are sick it is _________
that you get
plenty of rest and drink a lot of water.
converge at the intersection.
The cars __________
Spelling pre test white
boards out.
Dizzy, hilly, messy, foggy, soggy, sunny,
bunny, funny, guppy, puppy, smelly,
sloppy, silly, chilly, grassy.
Apostrophe in Possessives
1. Use an apostrophe and s (‘s) to form
the possessive of a singular noun.
Example: Jane’s cat, dog’s tail, book’s
pages.
2. To form the possessive of a singular
noun with two or more syllables and that
ends in s or z sound add only an
apostrophe.
Example: Mrs. Lopez’ job, Mr. Perkins’
coat.
3. To make a plural noun ending in s
possessive, add only an apostrophe.
Example: the Jones’ house, boys’ coats,
horses’ saddles.
4. To make a plural noun that does not
end in s possessive add an apostrophe
and s.
Example: children’s toys, women’s
department, salesmen’s product.
Practice possessives
Clydes paper was the best of the class.
Clyde carved Mary Masters initials on the
tree.
The dogs name is Colonel Parker.
The cars right front tire was flat.
Childrens books are on the floor.
We looked in the babys toys for the lost
button.
The boys coats hung on the rack.