Home Activity Your child is learning about final syllables that sound the same but are spelled differently. Ask your child to spell three list words with endings that sound alike but are spelled differently.

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DVD•98 Final Syllables er, ar, or

Final Syllables er, ar, or

• Generalization Words with final syllables er, ar, and or often sound alike even when they are spelled differently: danger, dollar, tractor.

Word Sort Sort the list words by the spelling of the final syllable.

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SpellingWords 1. danger 2. wander 3. tractor 4. dollar 5. harbor 6. eager 7. eraser 8. surrender 9. solar 10. sticker

11. locker 12. helicopter 13. pillar 14. refrigerator 15. caterpillar 16. rumor 17. glimmer 18. linger 19. sensor 20. alligator

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Author’s PurposeThe author’s purpose is the reason or reasons the author has for writing. One purpose is to persuade. When authors write to persuade, they try to convince readers to agree with their opinion.

ActivityTravel Plans Think of some places you really want to visit. Then pick a place you want to go more than all the others. Write a paragraph explaining why the place you want to visit is the perfect choice. Explain what you would want to do there and why other people would have a great time too.

Comprehension Skill

The Midnight Ride of Paul RevereRevolutionary war hero Paul Revere warned the colonists of an advancing attack by the British army. Revere rode his horse through the night warning every village and town. The colonists, prepared by Revere’s warning, defeated the British forces.

ActivityHousehold Poetics With a family member, write a short poem describing something you do every day, like eating lunch or walking to school. Try to make the poem as exciting as possible.

Summary

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Practice Tested Spelling Words

Words to KnowKnowing the meanings of these words is important to reading The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. Practice using these words.

Vocabulary Wordsfate what becomes of someone or somethingfearless without fear; afraid of nothing; brave; daringglimmer a faint, unsteady lightlingers stays on; goes slowly, as if unwilling to leavemagnified caused something to look larger than it actually issomber having deep shadows; dark; gloomysteed a horse, especially a riding horse

Lesson Vocabulary

Subject-Verb AgreementSubject-verb agreement occurs when the correct singular or plural verb is used to match the singular or plural noun or pronoun in the subject. Singular nouns and pronouns take singular verbs. Plural nouns and pronouns take plural verbs. For example: Jenny wants to go to Philadelphia. Her parents want to go to Boston instead. “Jenny” is singular, so it takes the singular “wants,” but “her parents” is plural, so it takes the plural “want.”

ActivityMix ‘n’ Match With a family member, take a piece of paper and divide it into twelve squares. On six of the squares, write six different subjects (nouns). Make some plural, like cats, and some singular, like dog. On the other six squares, write six different verbs that agree with the nouns. Then mix up the squares, and match the subjects and verbs in different combinations so they all agree.

Conventions

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Author’s Purpose

• Theauthor’s purpose is the reason or reasons the author has for writing.

• Anauthormaywritetopersuade,toinform,toentertain,ortoexpressfeelingsandideas.

Directions Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

In 1773, American colonists held the Boston Tea Party, raiding three British

ships in Boston Harbor. They dumped more than three hundred crates of British tea into the water. They were protesting England’s taxes on the American colonies. Eight months earlier, the British government had created a tax on all tea shipped from England to America. The

colonists were furious. On the night of December 16, 1773, approximately one hundred colonists led by Samuel Adams stormed the British ships waiting to unload their tea. By dumping all the tea into the harbor, the colonists let the king know that they would not stand for his high taxation.

1. What is the author’s purpose in this passage?

2. What happened as a result of the English tax on tea in the American colonies?

3. List some facts you learned about the Boston Tea Party in this passage.

4. What words or phrases does the author use to show how upset the colonists were with the English taxes?

5. In your opinion, is the author’s purpose achieved? Why or why not?

Home Activity Yourchildanalyzedtheauthor’spurposeinapassageabouttheBostonTeaParty.Askyourchildtodescribeaneventthathappenedatschool.Afterheorshehasfinished,askyourchildtoexplainthepurposeindescribingtheevent.Wasittoinform,persuade,entertain,expresshimselforherself,oracombination?

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Literary Elements • Setting and ThemeDirections Read the article. Then answer the questions below.

Patrick Henry was one of the many interesting characters in the American

Revolution. He provided us with one of the great sayings in American history As a young man, he tried and failed at being a farmer and shopkeeper. He eventually educated himself and became a lawyer. Patrick Henry became a famous activist in the fight against British control of the

colonies. He spoke out against English rule early and often. He urged fellow colonists to revolt. He challenged the British over their restrictions upon American liberty. In 1775, at a meeting of colonial leaders, he spoke his most famous line: “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.” This was the theme of his adult life.

1. When and where did Patrick Henry live?

2. How do you know Patrick Henry was outspoken?

3. How did Patrick Henry feel about British rule of the colonies?

4. Why do you think Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give me death”?

5. On a separate sheet of paper, describe something you feel so strongly about that you would

say something like what Patrick Henry said.

Home Activity Your child read a short passage and answered questions about setting and theme. Discuss the setting of one of your child’s favorite places. Ask your child: What does it look like? What do you see there?

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Home Activity Your child learned how to write subjects and verbs that agree. Ask your child to make up sentences in the present tense describing favorite animals, first using a singular subject, then a plural subject (dog/dogs, lion/lions, and so on).

Subject-Verb AgreementDirections Add a verb to complete each sentence. Be sure to use the correct verb form.

1. The Liberty Bell ____________________ a well-known American symbol.

2. It in the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia.

3. Many tourists this site.

4. the bell ever ring?

5. No. A crack up the side of the bell.

6. The main metals in the bell copper and tin.

7. The bell 2,080 pounds.

8. Philadelphia in southeastern Pennsylvania.

9. More than a million and a half people there.

10. Tourists the many historic sites in Philadelphia.

Directions Circle the verb that agrees with each subject. Then write sentences using at least three of the subject-verb pairs.

11. class is studying are studying

12. historic site inspire inspires

13. teacher tell tells

14. some students sing sings

15. they is are

16. I feel feels

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Home Activity Your child has learned to spell words with final syllables er, ar, and or. Look through a book or magazine with your child and find four other words with the same endings.

DVD•104 Final Syllables er, ar, or

Final Syllables er, ar, or

Word Scramble Riddle Unscramble each list word and then write the numbered letters on the lines below to answer the riddle.

Riddle: What’s the answer to “See you later, alligator!”?

1. RRNDSEURE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 18

2. ARERSE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 6

3. EOERRIRRFAGT ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 4 2

4. RAERPCTALIL ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3

5. LEMMGRI ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 11

6. LOLDAR ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 5

7. PALIRL ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 14

8. EINGLR ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 19

9. RLAITALGO ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 20 10

10. CISKTRE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 13

11. OSRAL ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 7

12. LCERKO ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 15

13. NGDREA ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 1 21

14. UMRRO ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 17

15. RNEWAD ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 8

16. ATOCRTR ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 16

17. HRRABO ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 9

18. AGREE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 12

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Spelling Wordsdangereagerlockerrumor

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Home Activity Your child analyzed the author’s purpose in a historical account. Show your child an example of historical nonfiction and an example of historical fiction. Ask your child to explain the different purposes the authors had in the two examples.

Author’s Purpose

• Theauthor’s purpose is the reason or reasons the author has for writing.

• Anauthormaywritetopersuade,toinform,toentertain,ortoexpressfeelingsandideas.

Directions Read the passage. Then fill in the chart below and answer the questions.

No one is exactly sure who fired the first shot of the American

Revolution. When the British army arrived in Lexington, about seventy militiamen met them. The British were there to disarm the colonists, but the colonists were ready. The two sides stood face-to-face. After some yelling back and forth, a shot was fired. A battle followed.

When it was over, eight colonists were dead. Later, both sides blamed the other for firing first, but many claimed they had no idea who started shooting first. Still others said the first shot came from behind a hedge or from inside a tavern. The truth is, with all the confusion, we may never know who fired “the shot heard ’round the world.”

Author’s Purpose How You Know1. 2.

3. If the author wished to use this same story to entertain, what could be done differently?

4. Was the author successful in achieving his or her purpose in this passage?

5. On a separate sheet of paper, rewrite the paragraph with a different purpose, such as

persuading, entertaining, or expressing an idea.

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DVD•106 Subject-Verb Agreement

Home Activity Your child reviewed subject-verb agreement. Ask your child to read a newspaper or magazine article and point out singular and plural subjects. Have him or her explain why the verbs agree with those subjects.

Subject-Verb AgreementDirections Underline the subject of each sentence. Circle the verb in ( ) that agrees with the subject.

1. Paul Revere (is, are) a legendary figure of the Revolutionary War.

2. Americans (love, loves) hearing about his midnight ride.

3. I (imagine, imagines) that night.

4. Three men (ride, rides) from Boston to Concord.

5. Danger (lurk, lurks) around every bend.

6. An English scout (yell, yells) “Stop! Who goes there?”

7. His companions (stop, stops) one of the three riders.

8. One man (go, goes) no farther that night.

9. It (is, are) Paul Revere.

10. Few people (know, knows) that fact.

Directions Add a present tense verb to complete each sentence. Be sure the verb agrees with the subject in number.

11. This portrait a serious man.

12. It a portrait of Paul Revere.

13. Several objects on the table next to him.

14. They a silversmith’s tools.

15. The man’s right hand his chin thoughtfully.

16. His left hand a silver teapot.

17. Americans still the silver work of Revere.

18. A silver piece by Paul Revere great value today.

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