Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Illustrator: Charmie Curran
Ms. Sheida
4th Grade
Write the Word.
Find the Vowel Patterns.
1. arrangement
2. announcement
3. advertisement
4. payment
5. improvement
6. encouragement
7. assignment
8. astonishment
9.
10.
How many syllables?
Split into syllables.
Write the Word.
Find the Vowel Patterns.
1. salary
2. factory
3. grocery
4. memory
5. bravery
6. mystery
7. discovery
8. directory
9.
10.
How many syllables?
Split into syllables.
Multiple-Meaning Words
 Multiple-Meaning words are words that have
more than one meaning or definition. Some
words have different meanings in different
sentences.
 Examples:
– park
– change
– coat
– tag
Word Knowledge
1: salary
grocery
factory
bravery
2: arrangement announcement advertisement
3: sleepy
drowsy
business
company
4: Eddie himself was in charge of the factory.
5: It was an advertisement for the company.
6. Their business was recycling cans.
Word Knowledge
1: salary
grocery
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Commonalities
1
The words all end
with –ry. The final
sound is a long e,
spelled with _y.
factory
Rule
bravery
Examples
angry
bury
celery
entry
jewelry
library
Word Knowledge
These words have the suffix –ment, meaning the act of. The suffix
is used to form nouns from verbs.
arrangement
announcement
advertisement
Look at the base word. What part of speech is it? When the suffix
–ment is added, what part of speech is the word now?
Word Knowledge
2: arrangement announcement advertisement
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Commonalities
Rule
Examples
1
The words all end
with the suffix
–ment, which
means the act of.
The suffix
–ment, changes
base words
from a verb into
a noun.
government
movement
argument
investment
agreement
What is a Synonym?
 A synonym is a word that has almost the
same or similar meaning
 cold - chilly
 vacant - empty
 big - huge
What is a Synonym for
intelligent?
a. Dumb
b. Smart
c. Glad
d. Silly
What is the synonym for
silent?
a.Round
b.Expensive
c.Loud
d.Quiet
Word Knowledge
3: sleepy
drowsy
business
company
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Commonalities
Rule
Examples
1
The words are pairs
of synonyms.
Synonyms are
words that mean
the same or are
similar in
meaning.
cold
chilly
tired
exhausted
angry
furious
Word Knowledge
1: salary
grocery
factory
bravery
2: arrangement announcement advertisement
3: sleepy
drowsy
business
company
4: Eddie himself was in charge of the factory.
5: It was an advertisement for the company.
6. Their business was recycling cans.
Word Knowledge
• These words are adjectives that are formed
by adding a suffix to a noun.
successful = success + -ful
synonyms
profitable = ______ + -___
musical = ______ + -_____
synonyms
artistic = ______ + -_____
Identify the two adjectives in this sentence
Do you want an ongoing business that
brings in steady money?
What nouns do these adjectives describe?
adjective ongoing noun business
adjective steady
noun money
These words each contain a different
sound of the spelling ea.
ear
steady
thread
easy
This sentence is a declarative sentence.
A Declarative sentence makes a statement.
Manufacturing businesses can be profitable.
Rearrange the words to make
this sentence into an
Interrogative sentence.
An Interrogative sentence asks a question.
Can manufacturing be a profitable business?
What kind of sentence is this?
Is there another service you could offer?
Rearrange the words to make this
Interrogative (question) sentence
into a declarative (telling) sentence.
There is another service you could offer.
Objective:
Today we will learn new words
so that we can better
understand what we read.
How can we figure out the meaning of a word?
 apposition – the definition of a word is found
between two commas.
 prefix
 base word (Show word structure posters)
 suffix
 context clues – help you figure out the
meaning of a word, by using the other words
in the sentence as clues.
The porcelain doll my late great
grandmother gave me is priceless.
Context Clues
When you are reading a story and come
across a word you do not know, use it’s
context – the information, words, and
sentences around the unfamiliar word – to
find out its meaning.
Context clues help you figure out the
meaning of a word!!!
Notebook Files
Movie Clip
(Under Comprehension Strategies)
Eddie, Incorporated - Vocabulary
executive (ex-ec-u-tive)
interest (in-ter-est)
profits (prof-its)
investing (in-vest-ing)
debt (debt)
incorporated (in-cor-por-at-ed)
tally (tal-ly)
income (in-come)
• Definition: a person who manages or
directs a business.
• Synonym: CEO, administrator, boss
• Antonym: employee, worker, applicant
• Part of Speech: noun
• Definition: money received on an
investment
• Synonym: benefit, profit, gain
• Antonym: loss, drawback
• Part of Speech: noun
• Definition: the money people have after
they pay for all the materials, salaries,
and other business expenses
• Base + Suffix: profit + -s
• Synonym: gain, net, gross, surplus
• Antonym: loss
• Part of Speech: noun
• Definition: using money to create a
business with the idea that the
business will make a profit.
• Base + Suffix: invest + -ing
• Synonym: entrusting, spending
• Antonym: rejecting
• Part of Speech: verb
• Definition: anything a person owes
• Synonym: duty, deficit, obligation
• Antonym: cash, profit, interest
• Part of Speech: noun
• Definition: having been given
permission by law to carry on an
activity such as a business. The
business involves more than one
person.
• Base + Suffix: incorporate + -ed
• Synonym: included, combined
• Antonym: separated, divided
• Part of Speech: adjective/verb
• Definition: to count or add
• Synonym: record, compute, count, add
• Antonym: divide, subtract
• Part of Speech: verb/noun
• Definition: the total money
received from a business.
• Synonym: commission, pay, salary
• Antonym: expenses, bills, debt
• Part of Speech: noun
Vocabulary Review
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•
•
executive
interest
profits
a. to count or add on
b. the total money received from a business
c. anything a person owes
•
Investing
d. the money people have after they pay for
all the materials, salaries, and expenses
•
debt
e. using money to create a business with
the ides that the business
•
incorporated
•
•
tally
Income
f. involves more than one person but
makes decisions as if a single person
g. a person who manages a business
h. money received on an investment
Vocabulary Review
•
•
•
executive
interest
profits
a. to count or add on
b. the total money received from a business
c. anything a person owes
•
Investing
d. the money people have after they pay for
all the materials, salaries, and expenses
•
debt
•
incorporated
•
•
tally
Income
e. using money to create a business with
the ides that the business
f. involves more than one person but
makes decisions as if a single person
g. a person who manages a business
h. money received on an investment
Eddie, Incorporated is a fiction story.
The genre realistic fiction.
 Characters do things that real people and
real
animals might do.
 The setting (place and time) in a story are
real or seem real.
 The story is made up, but it tells about
things that could really happen!
Eddie, Incorporated
• Genre- Realistic Fiction
• Point of View- Third Person
• Author’s Purpose- Entertain
Making money is not always the most important
thing about a business.
Problems often arise in business that are not
anticipated during the planning period.
With all the enthusiasm, excitement, and trepidation of
any first-time entrepreneurs, Eddie, dink, and
Elizabeth prepare for the opening of Anselmino’s
Aluminum Recycling Company. All three will be bosses in
their share and share alike enterprise, which they hope
will not only make money but also perform a community
service. What will their first day of business be like?
Clues, Problems, Wonderings
Let’s browse the realistic fiction story Eddie,
Incorporated and look for clues about the
story, problems you may have while reading
the story, and wonderings you have about
the story.
This is a fiction story, so we only want to
browse the first few pages so as not to give
away the ending.
We want to write our findings in note form.
CLUES
PROBLEMS
WONDERINGS
R/W Workbook Pages
• Use Notebook Files
• Use Websites
Inquiry Journal
• Use Icons of Depth and Complexity
• Focus on Big Ideas
Big Ideas
 Eddie, Incorporated is a story about 3 individuals who
become entrepreneurs by starting their own business.
 Making money is not always the most
important thing about a business.
 Problems often arise in business that are not
anticipated during the planning period.
• Definition: a person who manages or
directs a business.
• Synonym: CEO, administrator, boss
• Antonym: employee, worker, applicant
• Part of Speech: noun
• Definition: money received on an
investment
• Synonym: benefit, profit, gain
• Antonym: loss, drawback
• Part of Speech: noun
• Definition: the money people have after
they pay for all the materials, salaries,
and other business expenses
• Base + Suffix: profit + -s
• Synonym: gain, net, gross, surplus
• Antonym: loss
• Part of Speech: noun
• Definition: using money to create a
business with the idea that the
business will make a profit.
• Base + Suffix: invest + -ing
• Synonym: entrusting, spending
• Antonym: rejecting
• Part of Speech: verb
• Definition: anything a person owes
• Synonym: duty, deficit, obligation
• Antonym: cash, profit, interest
• Part of Speech: noun
• Definition: having been given
permission by law to carry on an
activity such as a business. The
business involves more than one
person.
• Base + Suffix: incorporate + -ed
• Synonym: included, combined
• Antonym: separated, divided
• Part of Speech: adjective/verb
• Definition: to count or add
• Synonym: record, compute, count, add
• Antonym: divide, subtract
• Part of Speech: verb/noun
• Definition: the total money
received from a business.
• Synonym: commission, pay, salary
• Antonym: expenses, bills, debt
• Part of Speech: noun