canyon a narrow valley with steep sides This is a view of the Grand Canyon.

pride a feeling of happiness and satisfaction about doing something well This Olympic skier shows pride in his gold medal win.

swiftly very quickly This bird can fly swiftly through the air.

skillful showing skill; showing a talent for doing something well This guitarist is very skillful.

feast a special celebration with a large amount of food We will celebrate our victorious basketball season with this tasty feast.

gazing looking with a long, steady stare The newlyweds are gazing lovingly at one another.

arranged put in some kind of order The shoes are arranged in pairs.

A stream ran through the ______. canyon pride swiftly skillful feast gazing arranged

The fortune teller was ______ into the crystal ball. canyon pride swiftly skillful feast gazing arranged

These children take _____ in being on the A B Honor Roll. canyon pride swiftly skillful feast gazing arranged

The kindergartners enjoyed their Thanksgiving _____. canyon pride swiftly skillful feast gazing arranged

Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Look at these homophones and tell how they are different in meaning. hear - here one – won way – weigh heard – herd flour – flower beet – beat hair - hare Find the homophone for each sentence. We grew the biggest red ______ in our vegetable garden. Across the prairie came a ______ of buffalo. We saw the tracks of the ____ in the new snow. A horse can ______ over 100 pounds.

Good readers compare and contrast elements in a story. Compare means to tell how things are alike. Contrast means to tell how things are different. Compare and contrast the snow in this short passage: We woke up to a beautiful wonderland of white, freshly- fallen snow. But as we pulled out of the driveway we hit piles of dark brown slush. Soon the car was covered with salt streaks, but the fields we passed were white and sparkling.