Toto By: Marietta D. Moskin

Open Court 4th Grade Unit 1 Risks and Consequences

Lesson 2 Toto Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

timid

enviouslymock

snarecunning

Deep in Africa lived a timid, young boy named Suku.

timid“Use context clues”

•The new girl in school was too timid to speak in class.

timid- shy; feeling or showing a lack of courage (page 32)

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•Toto watched enviously as the birds sailed off into the sky.

enviously“Use context clues”

• Sam stared enviously atTom on his three wheeler.

enviously- with jealousy (page 36)Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

•The young males of the heard fought mock battles with each other.

mock“Use context clues”

I wore a mock diamond ring because I couldn’t afford a real one.

mock- pretend; fake (page 36)Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

The rope of a poacher’s trap had been pulled so tight that the snare had bitten deeply into the flesh.

snare“Use context clues”

The spider’s web is an effective snare.

snare- a trap (page 39)Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

Suku was angry at the poachers who had set their cunning trap so close to the game reserve.

cunning“Use context clues”

The cunning mouse stole the cheese out of the trap without getting caught.

cunning - tricky (page 40)Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

Vocabulary Review

timid- shy; feeling or showing a lack of courage enviously- with jealousy mock- pretend; fakesnare- a trapcunning - tricky

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Vocabulary Quiz

_____shy; feeling or showing a lack of courage _____ with jealousy _____ pretend; fake_____ a trap_____ tricky---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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timidenviouslymocksnare cunning

These words all have a common root word or

base word.

•protect•protected•unprotected

The root word protect means to keep someone or something from being harmed or hurt.

If we add the suffix –ed, -ed tells us this happened in the past, what does protected mean?

If we add the prefix un-, un- means not, what does unprotected mean?

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• patches• watch• hutch

The /ch/ sound is spelled tch preceded by a short vowel

What other words have the /ch/ sound spelled tch?

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These words have the suffix –ous, which means full of and is pronounced /u//s/.

• envious• furious

• mysterious

The suffix –ous turns root words into adjectives.

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These words from the story contain the long a sound spelled a_e, ai_, and _ay.

• midday• claim• sailed• brave• plains

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Wildlife is unprotected off the game reserve.

Which word in the sentence has a prefix and a suffix?unprotected

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Suku watched the lion inch closer.

Which word in the sentence has the /ch/ sound spelled tch?

watchedMelissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

He was following a mysterious path.

Which word in the sentence has the –ous suffix?

mysteriousMelissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

People sailed in tall ships in the olden days.

The word sailed contains the long a sound spelled ai_.

What other word in the sentence has the long a sound?

daysMelissa Lape – Wilson Elementary