3. Reading
Aim: Fairy Tales
(p. 638)
Talk About It
What are the
features of a fairy
tale? Why do you
think fairy tales are
still popular after hundreds of years?
4. Reading
Aim: A Real Princess
(p. 640)
Homophones
Homophones are words
that sound the same but
have different spellings
and meanings. For
example, the homophones
bridle and bridal sound
alike but have very different
meanings.
5. Reading
Summarize
Sequence
A Sequence Chart helps you
summarize information by
listing events or actions in
the order that they take
place. use your Sequence
Chart as you reread "A Real
Princess" to figure out the
sequence of events.
6. The prince needs to marry a princess by
his thirtieth birthday, or the court will
dismiss him.
Princess Araya, wearing torn and muddy
clothes, arrives at the castle. The prince
doubts that Araya is a princess. The
queen asks the prince whether he will
marry Araya if the queen can prove that
Araya is a princess. The prince agrees.
Araya is sent to a bed of seven feather
mattresses. The queen orders that a
pebble be placed on top of the seventh
mattress to test Araya's royal blood.
Instead of sleeping, Araya gives the
mattresses away to poor people. The
prince sees her true worth and agrees to
marry her.
Events
7. Reading
Aim: The Golden Mare,
the Firebird, and the
Magic Ring (p. 642)
Genre
Fairy Tales take place
long ago, have
imaginary characters
and settings, and
involve good and evil.
8. huntsman: a person who hunts animals for
food.
mare: a female horse.
Tsar: a ruler in Russia having great or absolute
power or authority.
mythical: having to do with myths, or ideas
and stories that many believe but which aren't
true.
regal: having qualities of a king or other rule.
12. Alexi seeks fortune and adventure. He
meets a Golden Mare that can speak.
The mare takes Alexi to the Tsar. The Tsar is
impressed with the mare and hires Alexi as
a huntsman.
At midnight, maize was scattered over the
field, and Alexi took the saddle off the
Golden Mare. Then Alexi hid in a nearby
tree. All night they waited. As the first
golden rays of dawn lit the sky, the
Firebird came flying.
13. Reading Homework
Use your Sequence Chart to
summarize The Golden Mare, the
Firebird, and the Magic Ring.
Keeping track of the order of
events can help you better
understand the story.
14. If you dismiss someone, you fire that person
from a job.
Intentions are plans to act in a certain way.
Despair is lack of all hope.
The straps that fit around a horse's head
and guide the horse are called the bridle.
15. Descended means to have moved from a
higher place to a lower one.
Accompany means to go together with.
Delicacies are rare and delicious foods.
If you consented to do something, you
gave permission or agreed to it.
16. Math
Aim: Check My Progress (p. 575)
Lesson:
Complete pages 575576
Homework:
"My Homework" pages
17. Math
Aim: Least Common
Multiple (p. 577)
Lesson:
Define Math words
Complete pages 577580
Homework:
"My Homework" pages 581582
27. Language Arts
Aim: Vocabulary:
Prefixes and Suffixes
(p. 206)
Definition
Prefixes and suffixes are word parts added to
the beginning or ending of a base word, or
root word.
A prefix is a word part added to the beginning
of a base word. A suffix is a word part added
to the end of a base word.
28. Prefix Meaning
re again, back
un, dis, non not, the opposite of
mis wrongly, badly
pre before
bi having two of; twice
im, in not, without, in, into
Suffix Meaning
ful full of
able, ible capable or worthy of, fit for
ness state, condition, or quality of
less without, not having
ist one who does or makes
ment the act, state, quality, or result of
29. Write each sentence. Draw one line under words with a prefix.
Draw two lines under words with a suffix.
1. Last night we watched a movie that was sheer nonsense.
2. I rode my bicycle to the video store to ask for a refund.
3. The clerk was inexperienced but helpful.
4. We had forgotten to rewind the tape.
5. The clerk still honored the "money back" agreement,
even though the mistake had been ours.
6. place
7. wonder
8. amaze
9. patient
10. flex
11. behave
12. paint
13. agree
14. hope
15. pay
30. Homework Summary for Thursday May 2, 2013
Reading
Summary
Math
"My Homework" pages 581582
Spelling
Spelling words ten times each
