Big Question: How does facing
challenges help us learn about
ourselves?
Author:
Gary Paulsen
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
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Vocabulary Words:
 Arcade Games
 Study Stack
 Spelling City: Vocabulary
 Spelling City: Spelling Words
• crescent
• language
• vehicle
• exhibit
• examine
• Michigan
• parachute
• unique
• conquer
• rhyme
• penguin
• exertion
• exotic
• brochure
• symptom
• antique
• exhausted
• heirloom
• rhinoceros
• bureau
• hygiene
• chauffeur
• ricochet
• chandelier
• chalet
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Vocabulary Words
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hatchet
ignite
painstaking
quill
registered
smoldered
stiffened
More Words to Know
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exasperation
imbedded
flammable
blustery
temperatures
tracks
Question of the Day
How does facing
challenges help us learn
about ourselves?
Build Concepts
 Sequence
 Visualize
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Phrasing
 Grammar: Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
 Spelling: Unusual Spellings
 Survival in Nature
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Model Phrasing
 Listen
as I read “Arctic Lights.”
 As I read, notice how I chunk
words together in meaningful
phrases in the story.
 Be ready to answer questions
after I finish.
 What
organizational device did
the author use to show the
sequence of events?
 How are the fall equinox and the
vernal equinox alike? How are
they different?
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blustery – blowing violently
temperatures – degrees of heat
tracks – footprints
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Animals
Survival
in Nature
Weather
People
Protection
Survival
Nourishment
Shelter
 This
week’s audio explores
survival tips for a visit to a
prairie wildlife park. After you
listen, we will discuss what you
learned about surviving in the
wilderness.
hatchet – a small ax with a short
handle, for use with one hand
 ignite – to set on fire
 painstaking – very careful;
particular; diligent
 quill - a stiff, sharp hair or spine
like the pointed end of a feather
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registered – to have had some
effect; to have made an impression
 smoldered – burned and smoked
without flame
 stiffened – to have been made or
become rigid; fixed
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exasperation – extreme
annoyance; irritation; anger
 imbedded – enclosed in a
surrounding mass; fastened or
fixed firmly
 flammable – easily set on fire
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Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
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gary breathed a sigh of relief, at
the sight of the rescue veehicle
Gary breathed a sigh of relief at
the sight of the rescue vehicle.
darla had consider a train trip
but she decided to fly
Darla had considered a train trip,
but she decided to fly.
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steel had nicked into the
edge of one of the darker stone
pieces.
 The verb phrase had nicked
combines the participle of the
verb nick with a form of have.
 Verbs
in the past tense show
action that has already happened.
Most verbs in the past tense end
in –ed.
 The flowers in the vase wilted
after two days.
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verb’s tenses are made from four
basic forms. The basic forms are
called the verb’s principal parts.
Present
Present Participle
Past
Past Participle
walk
(is, are) walking
walked
(has, have, had) walked
study
(is, are) studying
studied
(has, have, had) studied
A
regular verb forms its past and
past participle by adding –ed or –d to
the present form.
 When
a verb ends with a
consonant and y, change the y to
i before adding –ed: cried.
 When a one-syllable verb ends
with a vowel and consonant,
double the consonant before
adding –ed: hopped.
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present and the past form can
be used by themselves as verbs.
 The present participle and the past
participle are always used with a
helping verb.
 When a verb ends with a consonant
and y, change the y to i before
adding –ed: cried.
 The
porcupine terrified the young boy.
 past
 Brian is pouring the water onto the
flames.
 present participle
 Wendy had wished for an early spring.
 past participle
 Jack
saves his strength.
 present
 The sun warmed his back.
 past
 The rescue pilots are searching the
area every day.
 present participle
 Marian
carries the supplies by herself.
 present
 The hikers had settled into a daily
routine.
 past participle
 The
hungry flames are licking up the
dry bark.
 present participle
 He hammered the rock with the flat
end of his hatchet.
 past
 The
mammoth oak tree is shading us
from the burning sun.
 is shading, present participle
 Diana strapped the parachute on
before take-off.
 strapped, past
 Dawn
has cooked us supper on an open
fire.
 has cooked, past participle
 Our fox terrier barks at every
squirrel and rabbit.
 barks, present
 Brad
wanted a quiet vacation away
from the telephone.
 wanted, past
• crescent
• language
• vehicle
• exhibit
• examine
• Michigan
• parachute
• unique
• conquer
• rhyme
• penguin
• exertion
• exotic
• brochure
• symptom
• antique
• exhausted
• heirloom
• rhinoceros
• bureau
• hygiene
• chauffeur
• ricochet
• chandelier
• chalet
Question of the Day
Do you think Brian will
survive? What hints has
the author given?
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Word Structure: Endings
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Sequence
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Visualize
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Plot
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Vocabulary
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Fluency: Choral Reading
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Grammar: Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
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Spelling: Unusual Spellings
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Time for Science: Porcupines
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Flint
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Survival in Nature
Choral Reading
 Turn
to page 281, paragraphs 3.
 As I read, notice that I use commas
and periods to determine how to
group the words.
 We will practice as a class doing
three choral readings of these
paragraphs.
Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
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blake felt ill and he was showing
simptoms of dehydration
Blake felt ill, and he was showing
symptoms of dehydration.
wilderness camping was a unieque
experience for uncle ken
Wilderness camping was a unique
experience for Uncle Ken.
The verb’s tenses are formed from its
principal parts.
 Some principal parts of a verb are the
present, past, and past participle.
 A regular verb forms its past and past
participle by adding –ed or –d to the
present form.
 Have, has, had, and shall have show
perfect tenses.
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• crescent
• language
• vehicle
• exhibit
• examine
• Michigan
• parachute
• unique
• conquer
• rhyme
• penguin
• exertion
• exotic
• brochure
• symptom
• antique
• exhausted
• heirloom
• rhinoceros
• bureau
• hygiene
• chauffeur
• ricochet
• chandelier
• chalet
Question of the Day
Do you think this is a
believable story? Why
or why not?
Sequence
 Visualize
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Phrasing
 Grammar: Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
 Spelling: Unusual Spellings
 Time for Science: The Fire Triangle
 Survival in Nature
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Model Phrasing
 Turn
to page 282, first paragraph.
 As I read, notice how I group words
together. Again, commas and periods
are helpful in determining the
meaningful groups.
 Now we will practice together as a
class by doing three choral readings.
Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
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from the plane emily gazed at
lake michigans coastline
From the plane, Emily gazed at
Lake Michigan’s coastline.
sally wondered why the broshure
was written in french
Sally wondered why the brochure
was written in French.
The verb’s tenses are formed from its
principal parts.
 Some principal parts of a verb are the
present, past, and past participle.
 A regular verb forms its past and past
participle by adding –ed or –d to the
present form.
 Have, has, had, and shall have show
perfect tenses.
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The tense of a helping verb shows the
time of the action. Is and are show
present tense, while has, have, and had
show past tense. The tense of the
helping verb should match the tense of
any other verb in the sentence.
 Present Tense: Brian is walking home
because the bus is late.
 Past Tense: Braid had walked home
because the bus was late.
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• crescent
• language
• vehicle
• exhibit
• examine
• Michigan
• parachute
• unique
• conquer
• rhyme
• penguin
• exertion
• exotic
• brochure
• symptom
• antique
• exhausted
• heirloom
• rhinoceros
• bureau
• hygiene
• chauffeur
• ricochet
• chandelier
• chalet
Question of the Day
How is school knowledge
and book learning
different from selfknowledge?
 Expository
Nonfiction/Text Features
 Reading Across Texts
 Content-Area Vocabulary
 Fluency: Partner Reading
 Grammar: Principal parts of Regular
Verbs
 Spelling: Unusual Spellings
 Time for Science: Edible and
Poisonous Plants
Partner Reading
 Turn
to page 282, paragraph 1.
 Read this paragraphs three
times with a partner. Be sure to
read with proper phrasing and
offer each other feedback.
Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
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trevor watched the clouds creep
across the cresent moon
Trevor watched the clouds creep
across the crescent moon.
is valerie and aaron picking
berrys or walnuts
Is Valerie and Aaron picking
berries or walnuts?
The verb’s tenses are formed from its
principal parts.
 Some principal parts of a verb are the
present, past, and past participle.
 A regular verb forms its past and past
participle by adding –ed or –d to the
present form.
 Have, has, had, and shall have show
perfect tenses.
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Test Tip: Do not use of when you
mean have.
 Incorrect: Lucy should of gone.
 Correct: Lucy should have gone.
 Remember that could, should, and
would are usually followed by either
have and the past participle of a verb
or the present tense form alone.
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• crescent
• language
• vehicle
• exhibit
• examine
• Michigan
• parachute
• unique
• conquer
• rhyme
• penguin
• exertion
• exotic
• brochure
• symptom
• antique
• exhausted
• heirloom
• rhinoceros
• bureau
• hygiene
• chauffeur
• ricochet
• chandelier
• chalet
Question of the Day
How does facing
challenges help us learn
about ourselves?
 Build
Concept Vocabulary
 Sequence
 Personification
 Word Structure: Endings
 Grammar: Principal Parts of
Regular Verbs
 Spelling: Unusual Spellings
 Posters/Announcement
 Survival in Nature
 Sequence
is the order of events in a
story. Clue words such as next, then,
and yesterday help to indicate the
sequence in which events occur.
 Some events in a story happen
simultaneously, or at the same time.
Clue words such as meanwhile and
during signal simultaneous events.
 Personification
is a figure of
speech in which human traits are
given to animals, inanimate
objects, or abstract ideas. The
human traits may include
personality, intelligence, emotion,
or speech.
 Authors
may use words that imply
humanness, such as words that
describe what an animal is feeling
or thinking.
 Authors may include
conversations between an animal
or inanimate object and a human
to add interest to a story.
 Adding
an ending to a base word
affects its meaning. Knowing how an
ending affects word meaning can help
you determine the meaning of
unfamiliar words.
 For example, adding –ed to a verb
shows past action, while the ending
–ly indicates an adverb.
Word
terrified
slithering
gingerly
glancing
Ending
Meaning
How might you inform other classes in the
school about an upcoming event?
 A announcement makes information known
to the general public.
 A poster is a type of announcement that
gives specific answers to the questions
Who? What? When? Where? Why? and
How? This information is sometimes given
in the form of a schedule of events.
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Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
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remember too take your compass
or you may get lost
Remember to take your compass,
or you may get lost.
when i was in brazil i bought this
waterproof watch
When I was in Brazil, I bought
this waterproof watch.
The verb’s tenses are formed from its
principal parts.
 Some principal parts of a verb are the
present, past, and past participle.
 A regular verb forms its past and past
participle by adding –ed or –d to the
present form.
 Have, has, had, and shall have show
perfect tenses.
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• crescent
• language
• vehicle
• exhibit
• examine
• Michigan
• parachute
• unique
• conquer
• rhyme
• penguin
• exertion
• exotic
• brochure
• symptom
• antique
• exhausted
• heirloom
• rhinoceros
• bureau
• hygiene
• chauffeur
• ricochet
• chandelier
• chalet
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