Mrs. McEntire

Ananse’s Feast

Vocabulary

brilliant - shining brightly; sparkling

delighted - feeling pleasure; joyful

greedy - feeling a strong desire to have a lot of something

cunning - clever in deceiving; sly

barren - not able to produce much

guest - a person who is received and entertained at another's house or table

feast - a rich meal prepared for some special occasion and for a number of guests
stomach - the large muscular bag in the body that receives swallowed food

drought - a long period of dry weather; continued lack of rain

Links
Learn More About

Aesop’s Fables
          http://www.aesopfables.com/
Aesop’s Fables II
          http://www.4to40.com/folktales/fabledefault.htm

Anansi and Turtle
          http://www.beaufort.k12.nc.us/nes/anansiturtle.htm

Animals, Myths and Legends
            http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm
Scott Foresman Internet Workshop
            http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Cookbook/about_cb_wh.html

Skills

Multiple Meaning Words – Class Presentation
       http://208.183.128.8/la/mcbride/MultipleMeanings_files/frame.htm

Multiple-meaning words – Practice
        http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/multiplemean.htm

Multiple-meaning words – Practice II
       http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps4mm1.htm

Multiple-meaning Word List

        http://sb058.k12.sd.us/multiple%20meanings/multiple_meaning_words.htm

Compare and Contrast – Class Presentation and Practice
       http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcccon1.htm

Compare and Contrast Practice
       http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/comconprac3.htm

Compare and Contrast – Sun and Wind Fable
       http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~cdavis01/map2000/3rd/mr11.ppt

Contrast Words
       http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/contrast01.html

Cleanup Your Grammar Game
       http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm#

Word Ending
       http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar4.htm#

Prefix and Suffix Practice Game
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/wordworks/3_endings3.html

Interesting Adjectives – Class Activity
       http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/spelling/18_act.shtml

Adjectives
       http://sf.factmonster.com/ipka/A0885349.html

Adjectives Practice – Game
        http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/blustery_day/index.html

Sam and the Lucky Money

Vocabulary

appreciate - to be thankful for

dragon - huge, fierce animal in old stories
lucky - having or bringing good luck
rustling - a light, soft sound of things gently rubbing together
scolded - blamed with angry words
startled - suddenly frightened
devoured - ate hungrily or greedily
exploding - blowing up; bursting with a loud noise
firecrackers - paper rolls containing gunpowder and a fuse
worthless - good for nothing

Links
Learn More About

Chinese New Year Celebration
          http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html

Chinese New Year Page
          http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/new_year/index.html

Learn How to Write from 1-12 in Chinese
            http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/apr99/number/index.html

Skills

Idioms
          http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listidiomsms.html

Idioms - Color
          http://www.quia.com/rr/39470.html

Idiom Quiz – Animals
          http://www.quia.com/quiz/289755.html

Idioms – Body Parts
          http://www.quia.com/jw/56425.html

More Idioms
          http://www.essdack.org/tips/idiomlst.html

Adjective Practice – Game
          http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/adverb_trail/index.html

Comparing with Adjectives
          http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/adventure/index.html

Adjective Order
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/adjective_order01.html

Adjective Blast - I
          http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=3&Unit=4&Topic=Adjectives+and+Adverbs&x=45&y=1

Adjective Blast II
            http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=4&Topic=Adjectives

Thunder Cake

Vocabulary

distance - a place far away

lightning - a flash of electricity in the sky

measured - found the size or amount of anything

recipe - a set of directions for preparing something to eat

weather - the condition of the air at a certain place and time

thunder - the loud noise that accompanies or follows a flash of lightning

bolt - a flash of lightning

bellowed - made a loud deep noise; roared

horizon - the line where earth and sky seem to meet

luscious - very pleasing to taste, smell, hear, see, or feel

Links
Learn More About

Kids’ Lightning Information and Safety
http://www.kidslightning.info/zaphome.htm

Thunder and Lightning - explains the science behind the crash and boom
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning/index.html

Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm

Skills

          Cause and Effect
                http://courses.lib.odu.edu/eci/wreed/eci304wr/s_collins/pageseven.htm

          Cause and Effect – Class Presentation I
              http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/o/causeeffectl.cfm

          Cause and Effect – Class Presentation & Practice
              http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/570/pulp/hemp5.htm

          Cause and Effect - Practice
              http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/o/causeeffectp.cfm

          Cause and Effect – Practice II
              http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/comconprac3.htm

          Cause and Effect – Practice III
              http://a4esl.org/q/h/mb/adv_cause.html

          Phonics “oi” , “oy”
                        http://www.sadlieroxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/dipthongs/dipthongs2.htm

          Suffixes
                        http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/suffixes/suffix.htm

       Adverbs – Class Presentation
                   http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/g/useadverbsl1.cfm

          Using Adverbs – Class Presentation II
              http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/g/useadverbswhenp3.cfm

          Using Adverbs - Class Presentation III
              http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/g/useadverbswherep4.cfm

          Adverbs Practice I
              http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/shining_light/index.html

          Adverbs Practice II
                        http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/bugs/index.html

          Adverbs Practice III
              http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/adverb_ringers/index.html

          Adverbs Practice IV
           http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/term/matchgeneric2.asp?filename=msmith5adverbmatch

          Adverbs Practice V
              http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=msmith5adverbswhere

          Adverbs Practice VI
              http://sf.factmonster.com/ipka/A0885360.html

          Adverbs Practice VI
              http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=7&Topic=Adverbs+and+Prepositions

          Adverb Quiz
                        http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=msmith5adverbsquiz

          Adjective / Adverb – More Practice I
              http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/Adjadv.html

          Adjective / Adverb – More Practice II
                        http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/gc-advadj.html

One Grain of Rice

Vocabulary

double - twice as much

grain - the smallest possible amount

reward - a return made for something done

single - one and no more

thief - a person who steals

decreed - made an official decision; law; order

famine - lack of food in a place; a time of starving

palace - a very large house, especially the official house of a king or queen

Raja - a ruler or chief in India and in some other Eastern countries

storehouses - places where things are stored

Links
Learn More About

Folk Tale – Write your own Folktale
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/course1/unit/folktale.shtml##

Meet the Author
http://www.yourlibrary.ws/childrens_webpage/e-author92001.htm

How Much Rice
http://www.thesolutionsite.com/lesson/23951/lesson2.html

Skills

Compare and Contrast
        http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/compcontrast/

Compare and Contrast
       http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/comconprac3.htm

Compare and Contrast
        http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_13.htm

Capitalization Class Presentation / Practice
            http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/g/capitalizationp.cfm

Capitalization – Class / Practice
       http://sf.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771333.html

Capitalization Practice
       http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=3&Unit=5&Topic=Capitalization+and+Punctuation

Capitalization Practice
       http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=5&Topic=Capitalization+and+Punctuation

Capitalization Practice
       http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/g/capitalizebegsentp.cfm

Capitalization Quiz
       http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ed-caps.html

One Grain of Rice - Alphabetical Order
       http://www.quia.com/pp/11724.html

Contractions

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/contractions.htm

The Woman Who Outshone The Sun

Vocabulary

arrived - came to a place

astonished - surprised greatly

cruel - ready to give pain to others

excitement - an excited condition

respect - honor; esteem

shone - was lit and bright

spied - kept secret watch

thirst - a dry, uncomfortable feeling in the mouth caused by having had nothing to drink

compassion - pity; feeling for another's sorrow or hardship that leads to help

despair - the loss of hope

dignity - a sense of pride and self-respect

refuge - shelter or protection from danger or trouble