Mrs. Frisby and the Crow Vocabulary Words

Mrs. Frisby and the Crow Vocabulary Words

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Open Court 4th Grade Unit 1 Risks and Consequences

Lesson 1 Mrs. Frisby and the Crow Melissa Lape and Molly McCullough – Wilson Elementary

treacherous “Use context clues”

treacherous “Use context clues”

1. Mrs. Frisby undertook a 1. Mrs. Frisby undertook a treacheroustreacherous journey to bring Timothy some medicine.journey to bring Timothy some medicine.

2. The high winds and heavy snow made the 2. The high winds and heavy snow made the mountain road mountain road treacheroustreacherous..

treacheroustreacherous- not safe because - not safe because of hidden dangers (page 20)of hidden dangers (page 20)

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alarmingly “Use context clues”alarmingly “Use context clues”

1. The crow banked 1. The crow banked alarminglyalarmingly, and for , and for a moment Mrs. Frisby was frightened.a moment Mrs. Frisby was frightened.

2. The branch fell 2. The branch fell alarminglyalarmingly, scaring , scaring the hikers around the campfire.the hikers around the campfire.

alarminglyalarmingly – filled with a sense – filled with a sense of danger (page 28)of danger (page 28)

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fierce “Use context clues”fierce “Use context clues”

1. The small kitten 1. The small kitten pretended to be pretended to be fiercefierce..

22. The . The fiercefierce twister blew the roof twister blew the roof off the farmhouse.off the farmhouse.

fierce- fierce- wild or threatening wild or threatening in appearancein appearance

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ineffectively “Use context clues” ineffectively “Use context clues”

11. . The crow was sitting on the fence, pecking ineffectively at the string tried to his legs.

22. . The birds pecked ineffectively at the empty feeder.

ineffectivelyineffectively useless: in vain

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prospect “Use context clues” prospect “Use context clues”

1. Mrs. Frisby was frightened by 1. Mrs. Frisby was frightened by

the the prospectprospect of walking through of walking through

the woods alone at night.the woods alone at night.

22. . Bobby was nervous about the prospect of starting at a new school.

prospectprospect a future possible event; something that could happen

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Mrs. Frisby and the Crow – Vocabulary Words

Mrs. Frisby and the Crow – Vocabulary Words

treacherous - not safe because of the hidden dangers

alarmingly – filled with a sense of danger

fierce - wild or threatening in appearance

ineffectively - useless: in vain prospect- a future possible event;

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Mrs. Frisby and the Crow – Vocabulary Quiz

Mrs. Frisby and the Crow – Vocabulary Quiz

_____ not safe because of the hidden dangers

_____ filled with a sense of danger _____ wild or threatening in appearance _____ useless: in vain ______ a future possible event;

something that could happen

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Word Knowledge

wrapping

wrap is a root word.

wrapped

Open Court 4th Grade Unit 1 Risks and Consequences

Lesson 1 Mrs. Frisby and the Crow Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

A root word is the word that has the main meaning that can then be changed by adding prefixes (beginnings) or suffixes (endings).

When the suffix –ed is added to wrap the final consonant, p, is doubled.

When the suffix –ing is added to wrap the final consonant, p, is doubled.

Word Knowledge These words contain the sound /aw/.

squawking

caught

stalked

gnawing

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Word Knowledge These words all have a root word plus the

suffix –ous which is pronounced /u//s/.

dangerous

nervous

treacherous

marvelous Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

Word Knowledge These words contain short-vowel

sounds.

bottomless

victims pasture

shrubs

silver Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

Word Knowledge – Sentences

•Identify the doubled consonant.

Mom wrapped the sandwich.

- Double p in wrapped• What suffix causes the doubling?- ed forms a past tense verb

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Word Knowledge – Sentences

• Identify the word with the /aw/ sound.

Jeremy was caught in the trap.

- caught

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Word Knowledge – Sentences

Identify the word with the -ous ending.

The other choice would be dangerous, too.

- dangerous

What are other words with the –ous ending?Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

Word Knowledge – Sentences

•Identify the words with short vowel sounds.

Silver can be used to make coins.

- silver, can

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