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Home Activity Your child is learning to spell words that come from other cultures. Look up each word in the dictionary with your child.
Draw ConclusionsTo draw a conclusion is to form an opinion after thinking about what you have read. When you draw a conclusion, be sure it makes sense and is supported by details.
Activity“Drawing” Conclusions On a piece of paper, draw pictures about the things or people that are important to you. Have another person look at your picture, and draw a conclusion from it about your personality.
Comprehension Skill
WeslandiaWesley doesn’t have friends at school. To make himself happy during the summer, he uses his imagination and some of the things he learned at school to start a garden. This garden becomes his own world. In time, the world he creates interests the kids who once tormented him.
ActivityYour Own World Discuss the following with a family member: What if you had the chance to create your own little world? What would it look like? Who would live there? What would you do there? Draw your own little worlds and discuss them with each other.
Words to KnowKnowing the meanings of these words is important to reading Weslandia. Practice using these words.
Vocabulary Wordsblunders stupid mistakes
civilization the ways of living of a people or nation
complex made up of a number of parts; hard to understand
envy feeling of discontent, dislike, or desire because another person has what you want
fleeing running away
inspired filled with a thought or feeling; influence
rustling causing a light, soft sound of things gently rubbing together
strategy the skillful planning and management of anything
Lesson Vocabulary
Subject and Object PronounsPronouns used in the subjects of sentences are called subject pronouns. For example: I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they. Pronouns used as direct objects or objects of prepositions are object pronouns. For example: me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them.
ActivityPronoun Paragraph Ask someone in your family to write a sentence or two that doesn’t have any pronouns. Then, rewrite each sentence by substituting in subject and object pronouns. Take turns writing original sentences and rewriting them.
Directions Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below.
When Kyoung first arrived in the United States, he saw tall
buildings, cars, and people. It looked just like he’d seen in the movies. Everyone and everything moved very quickly. There also was so much more of everything than in his village in his old country. It wasn’t until he got to his new home in Maryville that time seemed to slow down.
At school, students didn’t talk to him
much because he didn’t speak English. His teacher suggested that he have a different student buddy each week. The students talked to him more. They asked about his life before he came to the United States. He tried to explain, but it was difficult. The cultures were very different and he was still learning English. Nevertheless, he told them a little each time they asked.
1. How do you think Kyoung felt when he first reached the U.S.?
2. What parts of the text helped you reach the conclusion you described above?
3. What things that you already knew helped you reach the conclusion you described above?
4. Do you think pairing Kyoung with other students was a good idea?
5. How do you think Kyoung felt when other students asked him about his past? Is your conclusion
based on the passage, on your own experience, or both?
Home Activity Your child drew conclusions from the details of a brief story. Read an article or story with your child about a faraway place. Ask him or her questions about how someone from there of your child’s age might adapt to life in the United States.
Theme and SettingDirections Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.
Rebecca was out picking blueberries when she glanced up, startled. The
sun was getting lower in the sky. “Better check the sundial in the garden,” she thought. Mother would want Rebecca and her sisters home with full baskets before sundown. Mother would contribute their blueberries for the village meal. Rebecca
picked up the hem of her frock so she could run faster. It wouldn’t do to be late today, when Mistress Goody was in charge of the cooking. Rebecca was glad to do her part to keep their village going. The villagers were never sure they’d have enough food for the winter. Some people were even afraid of a drought coming.
1. Where and when do you think this story takes place?
2. What clues helped you to know the setting?
3. How would you state the theme of the passage?
4. What helped you identify the theme?
5. On a separate sheet of paper, write a plan for how you could grow or find your own food.
Home Activity Your child identified theme and setting in a short passage. Using a book of familiar tales, ask your child to identify the theme and setting of a few.
Home Activity Your child learned how to use subject and object pronouns in writing. Ask your child to write a description of something he or she did with a friend or a group. Remind your child to use subject and object pronouns correctly.
Subject and Object PronounsDirections Use a pronoun from the box to complete each sentence. Write the sentence.
1. My mom and plant a garden every summer.
2. lets me pick out the seeds we will plant.
3. Some new flowers surprised both this season.
4. looked very strange among the roses and daisies.
5. As we watched grow, we became more and more amazed.
6. Their enormous leaves and huge white flowers puzzled Mom and .
7. Finally, Dad confessed. had planted moonflower seeds to surprise us!
8. Would have fallen for his joke?
Directions Write a paragraph about a unique person you know. Use subject and object pronouns correctly.
they he I us
them she me you
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Home Activity Your child has learned to read, write, and spell words from other cultures. Take turns spelling the list words.
Home Activity Your child drew conclusions from facts or details found in a reading passage about games. Read a story or an article with your child. Work with him or her to draw conclusions from the details in it.
Draw Conclusions
• Aconclusion is a decision you make after thinking about the details of what you read.
Directions Read the following passage. Then complete the diagram.
People have played games throughout history. There are all kinds of
games—card games, board games, sports games, children’s games, and problem-solving games. People have invented games that can be played by one person,
a few people, or by whole teams. Games give people a chance to challenge their minds and bodies. They also give people the thrill of winning. Best of all, games are fun.
Home Activity Your child reviewed subject and object pronouns. Challenge your child to write sentences using you, he, she, it, him, her, and them correctly.
Subject and Object PronounsDirections Write the letter of each pronoun next to the correct category.
1. Singular subject pronoun A we
2. Plural object pronoun B she
3. Singular object pronoun C me
4. Plural subject pronoun D you
5. Singular and plural, subject and object pronoun E them
Directions Write S if the underlined word is a subject pronoun. Write O if the word is an object pronoun.
6. We learned about the Anasazi people.
7. They built a civilization in the Southwest.
8. Like many civilizations, it depended on crops.
9. Maize and pumpkins provided the staple foods for them.
10. Little rain fell, but the Anasazi hoarded it to water crops.
11. The teacher asked Lia and me to report on cliff dwellings.
Directions Underline the correct pronoun in ( ) to complete each sentence.
12. My family and (I, me) visited Chaco Canyon.
13. (Us, We) learned about the pueblos the Anasazi built there.
14. Their skill in building with adobe amazed Sara and (I, me).
15. The people who lived here disappeared 800 years ago and took little with (them, they).
16. Why they left is a mystery to (us, we).
17. Scientists and (they, them) agree that drought may have forced them to migrate.