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Home Activity Your child is learning about related words. Ask your child how the word pairs are related.

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Word Sort Sort the list words by whether they are or are not base words.

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5. ___________________

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not base words 11. ___________________

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Spelling Words 1. poem 2. poetic 3. direct 4. direction 5. origin 6. original 7. combine 8. combination 9. repeat 10. repetition

11. critic 12. criticize 13. history 14. historic 15. academy 16. academic 17. inspire 18. inspiration 19. depart 20. departure

Challenge Words 21. erode 22. erosion 23. maintain 24. maintenance 25. confiscate 26. confiscation

Challenge Words

base words 21. ___________________

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Generalization  Related words often have parts that are spelled the same but pronounced differently: poem, poetic.

not base words 24. ____________________

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Deep-Sea DangerThe crew of a research ship is preparing to explore an ocean canyon in a submersible. The Professor asks Marcus, the crew’s electrician, to take a photo of the submersible team, which annoys Marcus because he is not included in the photo. Eventually the team takes the submersible underwater. They quickly run into trouble when a giant squid attacks them. The crew uses one of Marcus’s new inventions to escape from the squid, and they return safely to the research ship. They want to take a picture to remember the moment, and this time, the crew asks Marcus to use the camera’s timer function so everyone can be in the photo.

ActivityUnderwater Scene Imagine exploring the ocean in a submersible. What would the ocean be like? What kinds of animals would you see? Talk about what you think you might discover.

Summary

Draw ConclusionsWhen you draw a conclusion, you form a reasonable opinion about something you have read. Your conclusion should make sense. Ask yourself: Is my conclusion based on facts or details? Does the information I read support the conclusion?

ActivityRead My Mind Think of a subject you know about ocean life and write a conclusion about it, such as “Sharks are dangerous.” Don’t show your written conclusion. Say two or three facts that support your statement, and see if a family member can draw the same conclusion that you wrote down.

Comprehension Skill

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Indefinite and Reflexive PronounsIndefinite pronouns do not always have definite antecedents. For example: No one answers when I call. No one does not have an antecedent in the example. It is an indefinite pronoun. Some singular indefinite pronouns include someone, nobody, and anyone. Plural indefinite pronouns include everyone, several, both, others, and many. Reflexive pronouns reflect the action of the verb back onto the subject. They end in -self or -selves.

ActivityThe Truth About Our Family With a family member, take turns creating true statements about your family and the people in it. Each statement should include an indefinite or reflexive pronoun. For example: Nobody in our family has ever been to Buenos Aires. Sarah made herself breakfast this morning.

Words to KnowKnowing the meanings of these words is important to reading Deep-Sea Danger. Practice using these words.

Vocabulary Wordsego sense of self-centeredness, conceitedness hatch an opening or entrance into a vesselintrepid brave, fearlesspropulsion driving forward or onwardsilt fine particles of earth or sand carried by moving watersubmersible a vessel that travels underwater, a submarinetentacles long flexible arms of an animal such as an octopus or squid

Lesson Vocabulary

Practice Tested Spelling Words

Conventions

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Home Activity Your child drew conclusions by analyzing details in a scene. Read a story together. Have your child make a prediction about what will happen in the story. Then have him or her draw conclusions about the characters’ personalities.

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Draw Conclusions

• Whenyoudraw conclusions, you form reasonable opinions about what you have read. Use what you know about real life to help you draw conclusions.

• Besurethatthereareenoughfactsorinformationinthetexttosupportyourconclusions.

Directions Read the following scene from a drama. Then answer the questions.

(Two commanders are preparing to enter a submersible and explore the ocean.)Commander 1 I think we should be aware that some of the creatures we see in the ocean might be dangerous. They could attack the submersible.Commander 2 I’ve never heard of ocean creatures attacking a submersible. Why would you think that? Commander 1 I just don’t want to risk my life because we didn’t take the time to come up with a plan and make sure we’re using the necessary equipment.Commander 2 I am only telling you what my experience has been. We will be

perfectly safe without any equipment to fight off dangerous sea creatures.(Commander 1 attaches a stun gun to a robotic arm on the submersible. Commander 2 packs some snacks and attaches a small net to another robotic arm.)Commander 2 I have snacks in case we get hungry and a net to catch the small and harmless sea creatures I know we will find.Commander 1 Fine, but don’t touch my stun gun when we are attacked by a giant blowfish!

1. What conclusion can you draw about Commander 1’s personality?

2. What details from the scene support this conclusion?

3. What conclusion can you draw about Commander 2’s personality?

4. What details from the scene support this conclusion?

5. What do you predict Commander 1’s response will be if they see a giant fish?

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Home Activity Your child has identified the plot in a play. Watch a movie or read a story with your child. Ask him or her to tell you about the plot. Have your child explain the problem, the rising action, the climax, and the resolution.

PlotDirections Read the play. Then answer the questions below.

YIN: Look at this submersible! I wonder how it got to this beach.FOREST: The hatch is open. Let’s go inside!YIN: OK. I wish I could really travel in a submersible. FOREST: Let’s close the hatch and pretend we are moving.(YIN and FOREST close the hatch.)FOREST: I bet we could find sunken treasure.YIN: What’s that ship over there? Let’s open the hatch and check it out.

FOREST: Uh-oh! The hatch is stuck. I guess it’s rusty.YIN: Oh no! It’s late and no one is here. What can we do?FOREST: We need something to remove the rust. YIN: I have some lip balm in my pocket. That might work.(YIN and FOREST spread the lip balm around the rim of the hatch and push again.)YIN: It’s moving. I have never been so glad to have chapped lips!

1. Who are the characters in the play?

2. What is the problem?

3. What is a key event?

4. What is the climax?

5. What is the resolution?

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Home Activity Your child learned how to use indefinite and reflexive pronouns in writing. Have your child write a note to his or her teacher using two indefinite or two reflexive pronouns and tell you which is which.

Indefinite and Reflexive PronounsDirections Write a sentence using the indefinite pronoun and the correct verb in ( ).

1. everyone (listen, listens)

2. several (learns, learn)

3. no one (understands, understand)

4. both (walk, walks)

5. somebody (is, are)

6. everything (fall, falls)

Directions Write a sentence using the reflexive pronoun.

7. myself

8. themselves

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Home Activity Your child has learned to spell related words. Ask your child to pick a list word from Exercises 1–10 and tell how the spelling of the base word changed when the ending was added.

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Related Words Write a related list word for each word below.

1. critic

2. origin

3. depart

4. history

5. direct

6. academy

7. poem

8. inspire

9. repeat

10. combine

Word Search Find and circle ten list words in the word search. Write the words on the lines.

I I E C I M E D A C A R

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poem poetic direct direction originoriginal combine combination repeat repetitioncritic criticize history historic academyacademic inspire inspiration depart departure

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Draw Conclusions

• Whenyoudraw conclusions,youformreasonableopinionsaboutwhatyouhaveread.Usewhatyouknowaboutreallifetohelpyoudrawconclusions.

• Besurethatthereareenoughfactsorinformationinthetexttosupportyourconclusions.

Directions Read the following article. Then complete the diagram by drawing a conclusion about the possibility of life as we know it on Mercury.

Mercury is a small planet. It is not very far from the sun. Its surface

temperature varies greatly from side to side. The side of Mercury that is closer to the sun is extremely hot (427 degrees Celsius). The other side is very cold (about –183

degrees Celsius). That’s quite a difference!As opposed to Earth, Mercury has a thin

atmosphere made of sodium and helium. Scientists have concluded that craters, plate movement, and volcanoes are responsible for shaping the surface of the planet.

Conclusion4. There is no

Fact or Detail1. Mercury is too close

Fact or Detail2. The temperature

Fact or Detail3. The atmosphere

5. What did you visualize the surface of the planet Mercury to look like?

Home Activity Yourchilddrewaconclusionbasedondetailsinanarticle.Haveyourchildvisualizewhataplanetwouldlooklikeifheorshecouldcreateit.Askyourchildtodrawaconclusionaboutwhatlifewouldbelikeonthisplanetbasedonhisorherdescriptionofit.

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Indefinite and Reflexive PronounsDirections Underline the indefinite pronoun in ( ) that completes each sentence correctly.

1. (Someone, Few) is taking us to the launch pad.

2. (Many, No one) arrive for Cadet Training.

3. (Both, Anyone) are trained to pilot a starship.

4. (Several, No one) knows about navigating through a meteor shower.

5. (Few, Each) have seen the asteroid belt.

Directions Write the correct reflexive pronoun to complete each sentence.

6. We cannot get there by .

7. Nick saw as a future pilot.

8. They let in through the main hatch.

9. You must think of as an ambassador for Earth.

10. I can fly a spaceship by .

Directions Circle the verb in ( ) that completes each sentence correctly.

11. Everything (has, have) to be packed carefully on a spaceship.

12. Some (practices, practice) spacewalking.

13. Somebody always (forgets, forget) to close the hatch.

14. Few (fail, fails) Cadet Training.

15. Nobody (volunteer, volunteers) for the mission to Planet X.

16. The ensign leaves the ship while others (wait, waits) on the loading dock.

17. Everyone (hear, hears) the space cow make a grunting noise.

18. Because both Tom and Andrea are good pilots, either (flies, fly) the starship.

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