1. Open Court 4TH GRADE Unit 2: Dollars and Sense
Lesson 5: Food From the Hood: A Garden of Hope
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2. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
VOCABULARY
community
harvest
vendor
restoring
organic
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3. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
community
« use context clues »
all the people who live in the same place
They talked about different ways they could rebuild their community.
“We all want to give something back to the community, and this was the way to do it,” Carlos remembered.
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restoring
« use context clues »
bringing something back to what it was like at first
Carlos and 38 of Ms. Bird’s other students decided that planting was an important step towards restoring their neighborhood.
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harvest
« use context clues »
a crop that has been picked
Everyone agreed that their harvests should to people unable to buy food.
Food in the ‘Hood harvested its first crop two months after forming a business.
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organic
« use context clues »
grown without chemicals
Carlos heard that the prince loved organic gardening.
Whole Foods sells organic foods.
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vendor
« use context clues »
someone who sells a product
And herbs and spices came from small vendors rather than larger grocery store suppliers.
There are many vendors selling Barak Obama shirts in Washington, DC.
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8. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Review of vocabulary
community
all the people who live in the same place
restoring
bringing something back to what it was like at first
harvest
a crop that has been picked
organic
grown without chemicals
vendor
someone who sells a product
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9. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Word Knowledge
These words are indicators of time and order:
now
after
before
then
There are two pairs of antonyms
before/after
now/then
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10. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Word Knowledge
These words have different spellings of the /er/ sound:
suburbs
(ur)
mustard
(ar)
neighborhood
(or)
perfect
(er)
survive, number, color, polar
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11. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Word Knowledge
These words contain different spellings of the Long i sound:
(i_e)
qualified
(ie)
survive
(y)
right
(igh)
supply
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12. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Word Knowledge
These words from “Food from the ‘Hood: A Garden of Hope” contain the /er/ sound spelled ear or er and the /ar/ sound spelled ar.
scholarship
(ar)
harvest
(ar)
remembered
(er)
earned
(ear)
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Word Knowledge
In the sentence below, identify the word indicating order.
Students watered the garden after school.
Students watered the garden before school.
after
before
What is the antonym of after?
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Word Knowledge
In the sentence below, identify the plural nouns.
Families
Families traveled from the city to the suburbs.
suburbs
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15. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Word Knowledge
In the sentence below, find the past tense verb.
The community needed more than food to survive.
needed
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16. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Word Knowledge
In the sentence below, change the past tense verb to the present tense.
The community needs more than food to survive.
The community needed more than food to survive.
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Word Knowledge
In the sentence below, identify the word that contains the /ar/ sound. How is it spelled?
(ar)
A harvest is the gathering of crops when they are ripe.
harvest
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18. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Literary Elements
“Food from the ‘Hood: A Garden of Hope” is an example of an informational article.
It is nonfiction, gives facts and other information about a topic, and the purpose is to inform.
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Literary Elements
An informational article may do one or more of the following:
describe nouns,
compare & contrast nouns, or
tell how to do something.
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20. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Literary Elements
Copy and answer the following questions as you read the selection.
What caused the students to begin gardening?
How did the business start?
Besides the students, who else helped?
How did their business grow?
Was the business successful?
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21. Mama Akuba-Tree of Life PCS
Literary Elements
Open your student anthology to “Food from the ‘Hood: A Garden of Hope” on page 156.
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