Home Activity Your child is learning about four sounds made with two consonants together, called digraphs. Ask your child to tell you what those four sounds are and give one list word for each sound.

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DVD•62 Digraphs th, sh, ch, ph

Digraphs th, sh, ch, ph

• Generalization Words can have two consonants together that are pronounced as one sound: southern, shovel, chapter, hyphen.

Word Sort Sort the list words by digraphs th, sh, ch, and ph.

th 1. ___________________

2. ___________________

3. ___________________

4. ___________________

5. ___________________

sh 6. ___________________

7. ___________________

8. ___________________

9. ___________________

10. ___________________

ch 11. ___________________

12. ___________________

13. ___________________

14. ___________________

15. ___________________

16. ___________________

17. ___________________

18. ___________________

ph 19. ___________________

20. ___________________

SpellingWords 1. shovel 2. southern 3. northern 4. chapter 5. hyphen 6. chosen 7. establish 8. although 9. challenge 10. approach

11. astonish 12. python 13. shatter 14. ethnic 15. shiver 16. pharmacy 17. charity 18. china 19. attach 20. ostrich

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Compare and ContrastWhen writers compare and contrast things, they tell how things are alike or different. Words such as same, also, before, although, and however are clues that things are being compared or contrasted.

ActivityYours and Mine With a family member, find two pairs of shoes from different people in your house and put them side by side. Compare and contrast the size, color, style, and how much wear they show. Try comparing and contrasting other household items by using a Venn Diagram.

Comprehension Skill

At the BeachOn a regular day at the beach, Fernando leads three other children on an adventure he knows they shouldn’t take. Little Javi unexpectedly gets hurt by a sea urchin. Fernando lies to his parents at first. He eventually confesses, and his mother praises him for telling the truth.

ActivityTo Tell or Not to Tell Imagine that you did something you shouldn’t have. Would you lie if you thought you could get away with it? Talk over this problem with members of your family. List your reasons for telling the truth.

Summary

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Practice Tested Spelling Words

Words to KnowKnowing the meanings of these words is important to reading At the Beach. Practice using these words.

Vocabulary Wordsalgae a group of related living things, mostly living in waterconcealed put out of sight; hiddendriftwood wood carried along by water or washed ashore from the waterhammocks hanging beds or couches made of canvas, cord, etc.lamented felt or showed griefsea urchins small, round sea animals with spiny shellssternly strictly, firmlytweezers small pincers for picking up small objects

Lesson Vocabulary

Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns Regular plural nouns name more than one and are formed by adding -s or -es. Irregular plural nouns are formed in unusual ways such as changing a final f or fe to v before adding -es. For example, the plural of leaf is leaves. Other nouns are made into plurals by changing their spellings. An example of this is man and men. The plural form of brother-in-law is brothers-in-law. Study and remember irregular plural forms of nouns.

ActivityIrregular Plural Nouns Have a family member help you think of how to spell the irregular plurals of the following nouns. Use a dictionary for help. How many others can you list?halfstaffmother-in-lawoxdeertooth

Conventions

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Compare and Contrast

• Whenyoucompare and contrast two or more things, you show how they are alike and different.

• Cluewords,suchaslike or asshowcomparisons.Wordssuchasbut or however show contrast.

• Sometimes,writersdonotusecluewordswhentheycompareandcontrastthings.

Directions Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below.

Plagiarism, taking another writer’s work and presenting it as one’s own, is

becoming a big problem in schools. Even though students have a very good chance at getting caught, they still plagiarize. In elementary and secondary schools, students are typically punished by a failing grade, being kicked off teams, or being suspended from school. At the college level, however, the penalties can become more serious. Students are often expelled from the college after only one instance of plagiarism. Teachers and professors usually know, or have a strong suspicion, that a student is plagiarizing.

The student who does his or her own work typically shows improvement slowly over time. A student who copies someone else’s work may turn in one assignment that is of poor quality, and then the next week hand in writing that could win prizes. Internet sites that sell or give away finished writing assignments tempt many students who cheat. Like these students, teachers have started using the Internet. Web sites are now available where teachers can upload a student’s paper and find out if it has been written by anyone else anywhere in the world.

1. How is plagiarism usually dealt with in elementary and secondary schools?

2. How is plagiarism usually dealt with at the college level?

3. What is the difference between the work of students who do and don’t plagiarize?

4. How has the Internet made it possible for students to cheat?

5. How has the Internet made it possible for teachers to catch plagiarism?

Home Activity Your child answered compare and contrast questions about plagiarism. Have your child think about other ways that students are tempted to cheat. Have your child list possible consequences for these offenses.

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Author’s PurposeDirections Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below.

The sun was high in the sky as it shone down on the men in the pirate ship.

Diego tried to untie his wrists before Captain Flemming turned around. “You’re a terrible pirate!” Diego shouted at Flemming. “What’s that, lad?” Flemming asked. “A pirate? And how exactly would you describe yourself?” Flemming had a good point. Diego was a pirate too. But Diego considered himself an honest one.

“You’d better hope I don’t escape this island, Flemming!” Diego warned bitterly. Flemming smiled a wicked grin. “Well, if you ever do, don’t forget to bring me my treasure. You buried it! Har, har, har!” Diego had his own reason to be happy. He’d recently spied a small boat hidden in the weeds just beyond the beach. Flemming hadn’t noticed the boat. It was just a matter of time before Diego would be free.

1. What is the purpose the author has for writing this passage?

2. How can you tell what the author’s purpose is?

3. What type of passage is this?

4. Who is Diego?

5. Does the author succeed at his or her purpose?

Home Activity Your child answered questions about the author’s purpose for writing a short passage. Read a newspaper article with your child and discuss what the author’s purpose might be.

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Home Activity Your child learned how to use plural nouns in writing. Have your child point out plural nouns on packages and labels and explain the rule for forming each plural.

Regular and Irregular Plural NounsDirections Write a sentence using the plural form of each noun.

1. woman

2. foot

3. monkey

4. deer

5. leaf

Directions Write the paragraph on the lines. Write the plural form of each noun in ( ). Add a word of your own to describe each plural noun. Write your own ending sentence for the paragraph.

It was a beautiful day, and (family) were enjoying the beach. Near the waves, (boy) made (sand castle). By the dunes, some (man) tossed a football. Several (lady) searched for (seashell). Two (baby) put their (toe) in the water.

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Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell combined consonants, called digraphs. Have your child underline the digraphs in each list word and then say the word.

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DVD•68 Digraphs th, sh, ch, ph

Digraphs th, sh, ch, ph

Word Search Circle the ten list words below that are hidden in the puzzle. They are across, down, and diagonal. Write the words.

E S T A B L I S H C S A

A P H A R M A C Y H O P

T X U Y I Y L G J O U P

T B Q Y P N B N B S T R

A C Q E T H N I C E H O

C D L N A D E Y K N E A

H C H A L L E N G E R C

G G A L T H O U G H N H

Words in Context Finish the story with list words.

The money we raised at the (11) ____ auction will (12) ____

you. We were able to (13) ____ last year’s record amount of

$585.00. People bid on items such as an (14) ____ egg and a

book about snakes with a (15) ____ on the cover. One

(16) ____ cup fetched $25.00! An antique (17) ____ brought

in $20.00. Auctions are exciting. Each time the gavel

sounded, a (18) ____ of joy went down my spine.

11. ______________

12. ______________

13. ______________

14. ______________

15. ______________

16. ______________

17. ______________

18. ______________

althoughattach

chosenethnic

pharmacyapproach

challengeestablish

hyphensouthern

1. ______________

2. ______________

3. ______________

4. ______________

5. ______________

6. ______________

7. ______________

8. ______________

9. ______________

10. ______________

Spelling Wordsshovelchosenastonishpharmacy

southernestablishpythoncharity

northernalthoughshatterchina

chapterchallengeethnicattach

hyphenapproachshiverostrich

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Home Activity Your child compared and contrasted before and after details from a short passage. Read a favorite story with your child. Identify an important event in the story and compare and contrast what happened before and after that event.

Compare and Contrast

• Whenyoucompare and contrast two or more things, you show how they are alike and different.

• Clue words such as but or however show contrasts. The clue words like and as show

comparisons.

• Sometimes,writersdonotusecluewordswhentheycompareandcontrastthings.

Directions Read the following passage. Fill in the columns below based on Jorge and Ed’s friendship before and after the tornado touched down.

Jorge and Ed grew up on opposite ends of the same street. They went to the

same school, and they were sometimes in the same classroom. They were always friendly to each other, but Jorge and Ed didn’t really know each other very well.

On the night the tornado touched down, things changed between Jorge and Ed. The

roof of Ed’s house was blown off. Jorge and his parents were the first people there to help Ed’s family. They worked together all night to help clean up Ed’s house. That night, Jorge and Ed began to know each other a lot better. They became good friends.

Before After

1. They lived 2. They worked

3. They were sometimes 4. They became

5. On a separate sheet of paper, compare and contrast one of your friendships now with what it was like at the beginning. How has it changed? How has it remained the same?

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Home Activity Your child reviewed regular and irregular plural nouns. Ask your child to list things you have in your kitchen and write the plural form for each noun.

Regular and Irregular Plural NounsDirections Write the plural forms of the underlined singular nouns.

1. What activity do you enjoy at the beach?

2. Some people take blanket and umbrella for sunbathing.

3. Child and adult can take class in sailing and surfing.

4. Some people ride horse or pony on the sand.

Directions Cross out each incorrectly spelled plural noun. Write the correct spelling above the word you crossed out.

5. The sailors’ wifes made picnic lunchs for the beach.

6. They served sandwichs, peaches, and tomatos.

7. The antes, flys, and bees did not bother anyone.

8. The women packed colorful glasss and dishs.

Directions Write each sentence. Write the plural forms of the nouns in ( ). Add your own describing word for each plural noun.

9. (country) have (seashore) with (hotel) and (restaurant) nearby.

10. (beach) with white sand and (wave) are (place) for (vacation).

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