1. Heartland by Diane Siebert

2. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 2 What do these words have in common? What do these words have in common? etchedstretchedhatchedswitched -ed is added to short vowel base words ending with the spelling –tch What do these words have in common? creating creasinganalyzingdefining The suffix –ing has been added to long vowel base words ending in silent e.

3. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 2 What do these words have in common? What do these words have in common? livestockstockyardsfarmland cornfield snowdrifts newbornfootsteps patchwork Compound words

4. Word Knowledge Unit 6, Lesson 2 What do these words have in common? chilly grassysillyhilly foggy Double consonant ending with –y and words in story.

5. Fluency Identify the wprd that ends in –tch and the suffix -ed  Sentence 1: I am the land where wheat fields grow/In golden waves that ebb and flow;/Where cornfields stretched across the plains/Lie green between the country lanes.  Sentence 2: I can feel/Machines of iron, tools of steel./Creating farmlands, square by square-a quilt of life I proudly wear;/  Sentence 3: The smell of livestock fills the air.  stretched

6. Fluency Identify the word the ends in silent e and the suffix –ing.  Sentence 1: I am the land where wheat fields grow/In golden waves that ebb and flow;/Where cornfields stretched across the plains/Lie green between the country lanes.  Sentence 2: I can feel/Machines of iron, tools of steel./Creating farmlands, square by square-a quilt of life I proudly wear;/  Sentence 3: The smell of livestock fills the air.  Creating  Identify the compound words.  Cornfields, farmlands, livestock.

7. Fluency Identify the words that contain a double consonant and end in -y  Sentence 4: A foggy morning can make a soggy field seem chilly.  Foggy, soggy, chilly.

8. Use these words to fill in the missing words.  Livestock stockyards farmland cornfield snowdrifts newborn footsteps patchwork  The ____ chickens just hatched this morning.  The ___ got out of the fence and wandered into the cornfield.  From the airplane, the farmland below looked like a ___ quilt.

9. Vocabulary Objective: Today we will learn new words so that we can better understand what we read.

10.  In the Heartland …whose barns and silos stand like treasures in the fertile hand.  Rich fertile soil is good for growing many crops.

11. Fertile means adjective able to produce good crops and a good harvest antonym: infertile, sterile synonym: fruitful, rich

12.  A quilt of life I proudly wear.. In hues of yellow, green, and brown.  The hues of the rainbow are beautiful.

13. Hues are noun shades of colors synonym: tint, shade antonym: invisible Find the hues of blue!

14.  In my song / Are cities… where highways meet and rails converge / Where farms and city rhythms merge / To form a vital bond between / the concrete and the fields of green.  Small rivers can merge to form one mighty river.

15. Merge verb means to unite or blend together synonym: blend, combine antonym: divide, separate

16.  In my song / Are cities… where highways meet and rails converge / Where farms and city rhythms merge / To form a vital bond between / the concrete and the fields of green.  Roads converge at an intersection.

17. Converge verb means to come together at the same location: meet. Synonym: meet Antonym: separate

18.  In my song / Are cities… where highways meet and rails converge / Where farms and city rhythms merge / To form a vital bond between / the concrete and the fields of green.  Air and water are vital for life.

19. Vital adjective means absolutely necessary to life synonym: needed, required antonym: unneeded, excess Sleep Eating T.V.

20.  For I have learned… That in the Heartland on these plains, Despite Man’s power. Nature reigns.  The king who reigns over this land is wise.

21. Reign means to lead or rule over someone or something synonym: govern, rule antonym: follower Principal Queen Child

22. Review  fertile  hues  converge  merge  vital  reign a)necessary to life b) colors c) able to produce a good, rich harvest d) to unite or blend together e) to rule over or lead f) Come together at the same location: meet.

23. On your white board please write the missing word  My bedroom is all __________ of pink.  The king and queen __________ over the people throughout the land.  The soil was very ___________ and produced a beautiful harvest!  My mom had to _________ into another lane since the road was ending.  When you are sick it is _________ that you get plenty of rest and drink a lot of water.  The cars __________ at the intersection. hues reign fertile merge vital converge

24. Spelling pre test white boards out.  Dizzy, hilly, messy, foggy, soggy, sunny, bunny, funny, guppy, puppy, smelly, sloppy, silly, chilly, grassy.

25. Apostrophe in Possessives  1. Use an apostrophe and s (‘s) to form the possessive of a singular noun.  Example: Jane’s cat, dog’s tail, book’s pages.  2. To form the possessive of a singular noun with two or more syllables and that ends in s or z sound add only an apostrophe.  Example: Mrs. Lopez’ job, Mr. Perkins’ coat.

26.  3. To make a plural noun ending in s possessive, add only an apostrophe.  Example: the Jones’ house, boys’ coats, horses’ saddles.  4. To make a plural noun that does not end in s possessive add an apostrophe and s.  Example: children’s toys, women’s department, salesmen’s product.

27. Practice possessives  Clydes paper was the best of the class.  Clyde carved Mary Masters initials on the tree.  The dogs name is Colonel Parker.  The cars right front tire was flat.  Childrens books are on the floor.  We looked in the babys toys for the lost button.  The boys coats hung on the rack.