1. Family Times
Daily Questions
Language Skills
Activate Prior Knowledge
Drawing Conclusions
Vocabulary
Endings (-ed, -ing, and -s)
Predictions
Guided Comprehension
Main Ideas and Details
Idiom
Independent Readers
Poetry
Additional Resources

2. Study Skills
Genre: Fiction
Vocabulary Strategy: Word Structure
Comprehension Skill: Draw Conclusions
Comprehension Strategy: Answer Questions

5. Question of the Week:
How do people adapt to difficult situations?
Daily Questions:
Why do you think Wesley was such an outcast at school?
Would you like to be Wesley’s friend? Why or why not?
How can an ordinary house provide special places?

6. Transparency: Subject and Object Pronouns
Language Skills
Daily Fix It
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Transparency: Subject and Object Pronouns
Practice Book
Page 61
Page 62
Page 63
Page 64
Spelling
Strategies
Page 61
Page 62
Page 63
Page 64
Writing Workshop
Reading-Writing Connection Writing Prompt
Writer’s Craft Editing/Revising

7. Language Skills

8. Day 1 Daily Fix It Caleb told we about a book he red.
Caleb told us about a book he read.
It were about islands with natives and bannana trees.
It was about islands with natives and banana trees.
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9. Day 2 Daily Fix It The natives had lived on the iland for centurys.
The natives had lived on the island for centuries.
Them ate the roots, leaves, and fruits of a plant that growed there.
They ate the roots, leaves, and fruits of a plant that grew there.
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10. Day 3 Daily Fix It If I went to a jungle I would take a safarie.
Help! There’s a crockodile in the pool.
Help! There’s a crocodile in the pool!
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11. Day 4
Daily Fix It
Paul and him wrote a book on finding food in the wild!
Paul and he wrote a book on finding food in the wild.
The section on edible Flowers are interesting.
The section on edible flowers is interesting.
Language Skills

12. Day 5
Daily Fix It
The tamato was an early food of South american natives.
The tomato was an early food of South American natives.
Chocolate also comed to us, from Native Americans.
Chocolate also came to us from Native Americans.
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17. Spelling Strategy Problem Parts
We all have words that are hard for us to spell
Step 1: Ask yourself: Which part of the word gives me a problem?
Step 2: Underline the problem part.
Step 3: Picture the word. Focus on the problem part.
For example: khaki, banquet, waltz
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24. Language Skills
Writing Prompt
Write an to a story character. Tell the character what you like about his or her actions by referring to the text of the story.

25. Editing/Revising Checklist
Language Skills
Editing/Revising Checklist
Did I refer to the text of a story in the ?
Have I used subject and object pronouns correctly?
Have I spelled words from other cultures correctly?

26. Activate Prior Knowledge
leaves
Seeds
Plant Parts
bark
oil

27. Draw Conclusions:
A conclusion is a decision you make after thinking about the details in what you read.
Often you prior knowledge can help you draw, or make, a conclusion.
When you draw a conclusion, be sure it makes sense and is supported by what you have read.
Detail +
Detail +
What you know
Conclusion

28. Answer Questions:
Sometimes you must draw a conclusion to answer a question asked in a book, by a teacher, or on a test. The details you need for your answer may be in one place or in several places. Use those details plus what you already know to draw a conclusion that answers the question.

30. Write:
Read “The Go-Cart.” Make two graphic organizers like the one above to help draw conclusions about why Jeff entered the go-cart race and how he felt about himself.
Answer this question and explain you answer: Was Jeff’s family helpful and supporting?

34. Introduce Vocabulary
Place a check in the Meaning column if they know the definition of the word, and a check in the Sentence column if they can use the word correctly in a sentence.
Meaning
Sentence
Word
Blunder
Civilization
Complex
Envy
Fleeing
Inspired
Rustling
Strategy

35. Homographs:
Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
Complex:
Complex can be a noun or an adjective and has two pronunciations.
Look up complex in dictionary, write a meaning for each part of speech, and then use each of the meanings in a sentence.
Which meaning do you believe will be used in the selection?

36. Synonyms and Antonyms
Use the Vocabulary words to come up with synonyms and antonyms.
Write analogies with vocabulary words.

37. Blunders
Stupid mistakes

38. Civilization
The ways of living of a people or nation.

39. Complex
Made up of a number of parts; hard to understand

40. Envy
Feeling of discontent, dislike, or desire because another person has what you want.

41. Fleeing
Running away

42. Inspired
Filled with a thought or feeling; influenced

43. Rustling
Causing a light, soft sound of things gently rubbing together

44. Strategy
The skillful planning and management of anything

45. More Words to Know Breakfasting: eating the first meal of the day
Innovations: changes made in the established way of doing things
Seedlings: young plants grown from seeds

46. Practice Lesson Vocabulary:
What kind of blunders might a baseball player make?
What kinds of things are painters inspired by?
What is a good strategy for passing a test?
Could you build a complex model without the directions?
Would a modern civilization include a government?
Can a snake make a rustling sound?

47. Vocabulary Strategy: Word Structure: Endings (-ed, -ing, and –s)
An ending is a letter or letters added to a base word. The endings –ed, -ing, and –s may be added to verbs to change the tense. You can use endings to help you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
Examine the unfamiliar word to see if it has a base word you know.
Check to see if the ending –s, -ed, or –ing has been added to the base word. Remember that some base words drop the final –e before adding an ending. For example, rustle becomes rustling.
Reread the sentence and make sure the word shows action. (The ending –s may be added to nouns too.)
Decide how the ending changes the meaning of the base word.
Try the meaning in the sentence.
As you read “Long-Ago Lives,” look for words that end with –ed, -ing, or –s. Use the endings to help figure out their meanings

50. Genre: Fiction Stories
Fiction stories that the author has made up. As you read, notice how the characters makes up his own world.

51. Why does Wesley take up the challenge of creating his own world?

52. Preview and Predict
Preview the title and illustrations and make predictions about the main character. Use lesson vocabulary words as you talk about what they expect to read.

53. Guided Comprehension
On p. 398, Wesley’s mother says, “He sticks out.” What does this sentence tell you about Wesley?
What do you think is the setting of this story? Why?
What does it mean when the author says that “Wesley’s thoughts shot sparks” in paragraph 2 on p. 400?
Find the main idea and one supporting detail from pp
Think of a time when you felt like you were different from everyone else. How did it feel and what did you do about it?
What is the base word of blushing? How does the ending –ing change the meaning of the base word?
Besides growing a food crop, what else did Wesley do as part of his summer project?
What does the picture on p. 404 show about Wesley’s method of telling time?

54. Guided Comprehension Continued:
Why do you think Wesley’s schoolmates went from being scornful to curious about his summer project.
How do Wes’s parents feel about his summer project?
How do you think the author feels about independent thinking and creative kids like Wes?
What would our world be like if no one was like Wes and everyone lived the same way?

55. Main Ideas and Details
Main Idea is the most important idea about the topic.
Details are pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea.
Pages discuss how Wesley decides to grow his own staple food crop and founded a new civilization for the summer project. This is the main idea. One detail that supports this idea is that “he turned over a plot of ground in his backyard.”
Find another detail on p. 401 that supports the main idea.

57. Idiom
An idiom is a group of words that cannot be understood by the ordinary meaning of the words. Examples include “pulling your leg” or “bury the hatchet.”
In idioms, words take on non-literal meanings.
Often the meaning of idioms can be understood by figuring out what makes sense in context.
Reread p. 400, paragraph 3 together as a class and notice the idiom: “( the wind) set his curtains snapping.” Wesley’s curtains don’t actually snap, but they make a noise that sounds like snapping when the wind blows them hard.
Brainstorm and write down other idioms you know as well as their meaning.

58. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
SUMMARY
Jane and her family emigrate with other English families to England’s first American colony at Roanoke. They plan to join earlier colonists who settled there, but find the colony deserted. Thanks to a lot of hard work and a friendly encounter with an Indian girl, Jane and
her family hope the colony will survive.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 5 How does Jane feel about journeying to the New World?
PAGE 7 What does Jane’s dream foreshadow?
PAGE 10 How long was the journey from England to Virginia?
PAGE 15 What conclusion can you draw about Governor White and his leadership abilities?
PAGE 17 Why was it so important for the settlers to get crops planted?
PAGE 25 What did Jane know about raspberries?

61. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
SUMMARY
The author tells a story about a brother and sister who have just moved to a new town. The story focuses on their adjustment to a new group of friends and a school environment. At first, things seem difficult, but soon they become more comfortable.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGES 4–5 Look at the illustrations. What are
some of the things Ella and Pete will see in
conclusions can you draw about what is happening
to Pete and Ella?
PAGE 23 Look at the final paragraph on the
page. What does this paragraph suggest
about the theme of the book?
PAGE 24 Why do you think the author may have
included a page explaining what goes on at
festivals in different towns? their new neighborhood?
PAGE 8 Based on the illustration, what

64. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
SUMMARY
Technological advances in the past twenty years, such as the creation of the personal computer, the Internet, cell phones, and DVD players, have had a huge impact on the way we run our daily lives. The Computer Age has affected everything from the way we shop and write to the way we learn.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGES 4-5 What problems did Sally confront?
PAGE 8 What are the benefits of word processors?
PAGE 11 How are the Industrial Revolution and
Computer Age similar?
PAGE 16 Why are search engines important for
students?
PAGES 20–21 What conclusions can you draw about the benefits and drawbacks of computer technology?

67. What do you think these two poems will be about?
Poetry:
A poem is a composition arranged in lines. Some poems have rhyme. Others do not rhyme.
Many poems are written in the first person, with the speaker acting as a character.
The poet creates images through the rhyme and rhythm of language.
The poet also uses images to express thoughts and feelings.
What do you think these two poems will be about?

70. What makes the Porch a secret place?
Look back at Weslandia and ask yourself what kind of poem Wesley might write about the world he created.
Write a poem about Weslandia that you think Wesley might have written.

71. Additional Resources Book and Author Literature Guide
Vocabulary Practice
Subject and Object Pronoun Quiz
Subject and Object Jeopardy
Drawing Conclusions
Drawing Conclusions 2