The Baker’s NeighborTheme 2 Story 1

Reading Vocabulary and Activity Support

By Patrick Heath

4th Grade

Frank Long Elementary

Table of Contents

• Vocabulary words with definitions• CPS Vocabulary Review• Vocabulary Games • Skills Practice: Figurative Language• Skills Practice: Cause and Effect• Language Practice: Complete and Simple

Predicates• Spelling words

Standards

• ELA4R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of awarranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts– d. Identifies sensory details and figurative language.

• ELA4R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly inreading and writing. The student – a. Reads a variety of texts and incorporates new words into oral and written

language. – f. Identifies the meaning of common idioms and figurative phrases. – g. Identifies playful uses of language (e.g., puns, jokes, palindromes).

• ELA4C1 The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats. The student:– a. Recognizes the subject-predicate relationship in sentences.

Privilege

• Pri-vil-ege

• Noun

• A special benefit enjoyed under special conditions

Luxury

• Lux-ur-y

• Noun

• Anything of value, gives comfort, but is not necessary for life

Elated

• E-la-ted

• ADJ.

• Filled with joy or pride

Assent

• [uh-sent]

• Verb

• To agree or approve

Ad Lib

• Ad lib

• N

• To make up things on the spot; improv.

Shiftless

• Shift-less

• ADJ.

• lazy

Indignantly

• In-dig-nant-ly• ADV.• Being angry about

something that doesn’t seem right

Shamefacedly

• Shame-fac-ed-ly• ADV• Shows shame for

doing something bad

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Vocabulary Games

• Vocabulary Flashcards

• Quia Flashcards/matching/concentration/word search

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Vocabulary Sentences using CPS

The actor had to ___ his lines because he couldn’t find his script.A. privilege

B. assent

C. Ad lib

D. luxury

It’s a ___ to go to the library after you have finished your classwork.

A. luxury

B. privilege

C. shiftless

D. Ad lib

The ___ cat laid in the sun and slept all day.

A. shiftless

B. elated

C. indignantly

D. assent

The yacht was a ___ the rich man could afford to own.

A. Ad lib

B. elated

C. shiftless

D. luxury

The child looked ___ after he broke his mom’s favorite vase.

A. shiftless

B. shamefacedly

C. luxury

D. elated

The children who were not talking in line looked ___ when the entire class lost 5 minutes of recess.

A. shamefacedly

B. elated

C. indignantly

D. shiftless

The student was ___ when she made an A on her test.

A. elated

B. shiftless

C. assent

D. indignantly

Your mom or dad had to ___ for you to read those books by signing a permission slip.

A. Ad lib

B. elated

C. luxury

D. assent

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Skills Practice:Figurative Language

What is Figurative Language

Figurative Language Activities

Figurative Language CPS Quiz

What is Figurative Language

• Expressions that say one thing but mean another.

• Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language.

What is Figurative Language

• Any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject.

• The most common figures of speech are simile, metaphor, and alliteration.

Types of Figurative Language

• SimileA figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as. Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands.

• MetaphorA figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by like or as. Example: The road was a ribbon of moonlight.

Types of Figurative Language• Alliteration

Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. Alliteration is used to create melody, establish mood, call attention to important words, and point out similarities and contrasts. Example: wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken.

• PersonificationA figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. It is a comparison which the author uses to show something in an entirely new light, to communicate a certain feeling or attitude towards it and to control the way a reader perceives it. Example: a brave handsome brute fell with a creaking rending cry--the author is giving a tree human qualities.

Types of Figurative Language

• OnomatopoeiaThe use of words that mimic sounds. They appeal to our sense of hearing and they help bring a description to life. A string of syllables the author has made up to represent the way a sound really sounds. Example: Caarackle!

• HyperboleAn exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Example: She’s said so on several million occasions

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Skills Practice: Figurative Language Activities

• Harcourt Test Tutor

• Fling the Teacher Game

• Quia flashcards

• Drag and Drop Metaphors

• Simile Quiz

• Simile and Metaphor Brain Pop Movie and quiz

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Skills Practice: Figurative Language CPS Review

Which of these groups is a metaphor?

A. Her lips were rubies

B. A little princess

C. Visitors came to the king’s castle

D. Long, long ago

Here teeth were like the finest pearls. Why does the author compare the

princess’s teeth to pearls?

A. Because pearls come from oysters

B. Because pearls cost a lot of money

C. Because pearls are hard and cold

D. Because pearls are shiny and white

Here voice was so sweet that she probably didn’t need to put sugar in her tea. What type of figurative language

is used in this sentence?

A. hyperbole

B. personification

C. metaphor

D. simile

Which group of words is a simile

A. Very, very cold

B. Fell from the skies

C. Stuck to the branches

D. Looked like glass

Old man winter picked up his paintbrush and painted the whole

world white. Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

A. metaphor

B. personification

C. simile

D. hyperbole

Which group of words is a metaphor?

A. Later, the rain changed

B. Chugged through the snow

C. Fell from the skies

D. Puffing out clouds of steam engine smoke with each warm breath

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Skills Practice:Cause and Effect

What is Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect Activities

Cause and Effect CPS Quiz

What is Cause and Effect

Examples of Cause and Effect

• Cause: Did not complete homework assignment.

• Effect: Reprimand by teacher/parent. • Cause: Severe thunderstorms start in the

morning and continue all day. • Effect: The all-day trip to the zoo and museum

is canceled, along with the picnic in the park.

Cause and Effect Activities

• Cause and Effect Concentration Quia

• Cause and Effect Matching Quia

• How to make a Cause and Effect card game

• Using Cause & Effect Transitions

• Practice Cause and Effect

• Cause and Effect Post Test

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Cause and Effect CPS Quiz

What is the EFFECT in the following sentence:

The mother bird gathers dried grass to build her nest.

A. mother bird

B. gathers

C. Build her next

D. gathers dried grass

What is the CAUSE in the following sentence:

The tree fell in the middle of the road because of the high wind

A. high wind

B. because

C. Tree fell

D. In the middle of the road

What is the best cause for this effect?She cut her finger?

A. outside

B. In the house

C. yesterday

D. Sarah picked up broken glass

What is the best effect for this cause?Ashley loved to read.

A. Story books

B. reading

C. She had many books

D. loved

What word indicates a cause and effect relationship?

When the fire alarm sounded everyone walked out of the classroom in a quiet line.

A. everyone

B. when

C. sounded

D. walked

What is the Cause?The yard looked nice since Kyle

mowed and raked the grass.

A. Looked nice

B. Kyle mowed

C. since

D. Mowed and raked the grass

Identify the Effect.Bradley improved his hitting after

taking batting practice

A. Bradley improved his batting

B. after

C. Taking batting practice

D. practice

Select the best cause and effect.The house was dark

A. when

B. Electricity went out

C. Last night

D. dark

Select the best effect for the cause.The cat ran away

A. therefore

B. and

C. Kate cried all day

D. Ran away

What is the Cause and Effect relationship word?

Mom made lemonade so that the kids could have something to drink.

A. made

B. So that

C. Could have

D. lemonade

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Language Practice: Complete and Simple Predicates

What are Complete and Simple Predicates

Complete and Simple Predicate Activities

Complete and Simple Predicate CPS Quiz

What are Complete and Simple Predicates

• The complete predicate is the section of the sentence that tells what the subject of the sentence has done.

• The simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase in the sentence.

Examples of Simple and Complete Predicates

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Simple and Complete Predicate Activities

• Harcourt Predicate Game

• Sink or Swim

• Simple subject or predicate game

• Subject and predicate game Quia

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Simple and Complete Predicate CPS Quiz

Identify the simple predicateJordan slept on the sofa

A. Slept on the sofa

B. slept

C. Jordan

D. The sofa

Identify the simple predicateA tiny mosquito landed on my handA. tiny

B. mosquito

C. landed

D. hand

Identify the simple predicateThe grey spider spun a beautiful

web.

A. spun

B. Spun a beautiful web

C. grey

D. The grey spider

Identify the simple predicateThe window in my bedroom blew

open.

A. The window

B. window

C. In my bedroom

D. blew

Identify the simple predicateMy friends and I played lacrosse in

the field behind the school

A. My friends

B. I

C. Played

D. Played lacrosse

Identify the complete predicateSara picked up a stick from the

ground.

A. Picked up a stick from the ground

B. Picked up a stick

C. Picked up

D. picked

Identify the complete predicateThe brown cow gazed in the

meadow.

A. The brown cow

B. gazed

C. Gazed in the meadow

D. Brown cow gazed

Identify the complete predicateMark sneezed loudly.

A. Mark

B. Sneezed

C. loudly

D. Sneezed loudly

Identify the complete predicateWe played darts in the garage.

A. We

B. played

C. played darts in the garage

D. We played

Identify the complete predicateMarcia baked a chocolate cake in

the oven.

A. Baked a chocolate cake in the oven

B. baked

C. Marcia

D. Marcia baked

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Spelling words Words with /är/ (like car)

Spelling wordsSpelling words Activities

Frank Long Spelling WordsFrank Long Spelling Activity

Words with /är/ (like car)

Spelling word activies

• Harcourt Spelling game

• Spelling Scramble Quia

• Quia matching/flash cards/concentration/wordsearch

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Frank Long Spelling Words

• 1. Tapioca• 2. Gourmet• 3. Delicious• 4. Delicatessen• 5. Pastry• 6. Inverse Operations• 7. Product

• 8. Multiple• 9. Fact Family• 10. Adaptation• 11. Mimicry• 12. Camouflage• 13. Niche• 14. Harpoon• 15. Totem Pole

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Frank Long Spelling Activity

• Spelling City

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