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Vocabulary

Comparative Suffixes -er, -est

Lesson Objectives Day 1

Students will:

• Understand that words with -er compare two things and words with -est compare more than two things • Understand that when words end in -y, the y changes to i before adding -er or -est • Identify base words in comparative words • Write spelling words and base words

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My hamburger My hamburger is fatter than is fatter your than hamburger. your hamburger.

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This is theThis easiest is the book easiest I’ve ever bookread. I’ve ever read.

Spelling Changes Spelling Changes

e-Drop e-Drop

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healthier

juiciest

• Understand words ending in -y change y to i before adding dirtiest strongest -er or -est • Sort words ending in -y into -ier and -iest categories • Sort words into e-Drop, y to i, and No Change categories for adding -er and -est • Write base words from both sorts • Use the correct form of the comparative suffix in sentences 3

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Take-Home Activity (BLM 6) Name ___________________________________

Date ____________________________________

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That was 1.the That __________________ was the __________________ thing I’ve everthing seen.I’ve ever seen.

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I wish that 2. I was I wish __________________ that I was __________________ than you. than you.

hottest

funny

happiest

funnier funny

brave

funniest funnier

braver brave bravest braver

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The man3.lifting Theweights man lifting is really weights __________________. is really __________________. strong

stronger strong

strongest stronger

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the world’s highest mountain? Would you skydive, bungee jump, or fly off

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be braver than the rest of us . . . or maybe just crazier!

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One of the hottest extreme sports lately is wingsuit flying, sometimes called body gliding. Wingsuit flying is probably the closest thing

bravest

to flying that man has ever done. Fliers, or birdmen, wear a special suit

sunny

sunnier sunny

sunniest sunnier

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the wind and lift the flier. Many people have compared these suits to a

Do you think 3. Do it will youbethink __________________ it will be __________________ today than it today was yesterday? than it was yesterday?

strongest

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flying squirrel’s body. In fact, some people call them squirrel suits. Once

sunniest

you become a pro at it, soaring above the ground may be one of the

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calmest sports around. 4.

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That boy 4. was That the __________________ boy was the __________________ boy in the room. boy in the room. grumpy

grumpier grumpy

grumpier grumpiest

My big sister 4. My wasbig really sister __________________ was really __________________ when she won when the she contest. won the contest. lucky

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Birdmen jump from high places like cliffs or even higher places like airplanes in flight. They can glide as slowly as fifty miles per hour (mph)

luckiest

or faster than 100 mph, depending on how they hold their wings. The wings can slow them down by resisting the wind; a free-fall jump that

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brighter bright

brightest brighter

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What’s the wildest thing you can imagine doing? Would you climb

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One of the hottest extreme sports lately is wingsuit flying,

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Reading Passage (BLM 9)

Additional Materials: • Word Study Notebooks • Pocket Chart

Date ____________________________________

Spelling Peer Check Directions: Work with a partner. Follow the directions from your teacher to use this BLM to write your spelling words.

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be braver than the rest of us . . . or maybe just crazier!

an experienced flier. Not everyone can be a birdman. Could you?

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Take-Home Activity (BLM 8)

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the end of a ski jump? People who try these kinds of extreme sports may

before they can try wingsuit flying. They usually also receive training from

coolest

Reading Passage (BLM 9)

Name ___________________________________

Review Words

the world’s highest mountain? Would you skydive, bungee jump, or fly off

sport. It’s very risky. Fliers must have at least 200 skydives under their belt

Take-Home Activity Take-Home (BLM 8)Activity (BLM 8)

Spelling Dictation

Birdmen Take to the Skies

before landing. They land with a parachute, just like skydivers.

closest

My new bike 6. My is really new __________________. bike is really __________________. It’s way __________________ It’s way __________________ than than

smallest

Classroom Activity Classroom (BLM 7)Activity (BLM 7)

• Recognize comparative -er and superlative -est words in a reading passage • Sort -er and -est words from a passage and write base words for them • Correctly spell dictated words

longer in a wingsuit. Birdmen can also use their wings to soar for miles

closer close closest closer

my old bike, but my old my bike, brother’s but bike my brother’s is still thebike __________________. is still the __________________.

and my baby and brother my baby is thebrother __________________ is the __________________ one in our family. one in our family. smaller small

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might usually last fifteen seconds can be stretched out to a minute or

Make no mistake; wingsuit flying is a probably not the healthiest

I may be6.__________________, I may be __________________, but my sister but is __________________ my sister is __________________ than me, than me,

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I live __________________ 5. I live __________________ to my best friend, to mybut best I wish friend, webut lived I wish we lived __________________. __________________.

__________________ __________________ as the red shirt. as the red shirt. bright

Date ____________________________________

Review Words

the end of a ski jump? People who try these kinds of extreme sports may

funniest

Name ___________________________________

Spelling Dictation

Birdmen Take to the Skies

that has wings under the arms and between the legs. These wings catch

Students will:

sometimes called body gliding. Wingsuit flying is probably the closest thing to flying that man has ever done. Fliers, or birdmen, wear a special suit that has wings under the arms and between the legs. These wings catch

New Words

the wind and lift the flier. Many people have compared these suits to a

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flying squirrel’s body. In fact, some people call them squirrel suits. Once

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What’s the wildest thing you can imagine doing? Would you climb

Classroom Activity (BLM 7)

you become a pro at it, soaring above the ground may be one of the

Materials: • BLM 9: Reading Passage • BLM 10: Spelling Dictation • BLM 11: Spelling Peer Check

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Which Word? Which Word?

Yesterday1.wasYesterday the __________________ was the __________________ day so far thisday year. so far this year.

happiest happier

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hotterhot hottest hotter

easier greasier

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Which Word? Which Word?

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Comparative Comparative Suffixes Suffixes

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Word Cards (BLM 5)

Directions: Read Directions: each sentence Read and eachwrite sentence the correct and write wordthe oncorrect the blank wordline. on the blank line.

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Name ___________________________________ Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________ Date ____________________________________

happier happy

craziest grumpier grumpier dirtier dirtier closest

rougher rougher

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Word Cards (BLM 4)

was. happy

closer craziest

healthier healthier roughest roughest luckier luckier clumsiest clumsiest lazier lazier naughtiest naughtiest

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Word Cards (BLM Word 5) Cards (BLM 5)

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brightest brightest finer finer noisier

noisiest noisiest

finest finest

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Materials: • BLM 2: Category Cards • BLMs 4–5: Word Cards • BLM 7: Classroom Activity • BLM 8: Take-Home Activity • Teacher Category Cards • Teacher Word Cards—easier, weaker, rougher, finer, lazier

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PatternPattern Sort Sort Parent Directions: Parent Have Directions: your child Have write your the correct child write comparative the correct -ercomparative or superlative -er-est or superlative words -est words from the word bank from in thethe word appropriate bank in the circles. appropriate circles.

noisier noisier

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fiercest fiercest

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greasiest

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Word Cards (BLM 3)

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slipperiest

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greasier

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fiercer fiercer

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easiest

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cleverest cleverest naughtiest naughtiest

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slipperier

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luckiest

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easier

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cleverer cleverer naughtier naughtier

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craziest

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juicier

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luckier

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healthiest

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crazier

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dirtier

brighter brighter grumpier grumpier

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brightest brightest grumpiest grumpiest

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greasiest

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Category Cards (BLM 2)

lazier

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calmest

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clumsiest

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laziest

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Anchor Chart (BLM 1)

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Anchor Chart (BLM Anchor 1) Chart (BLM 1) Word Study & VocabularyWord 2: Unit Study 2: Comparative & Vocabularysuffi 2: Unit xes -er, 2: Comparative -est suffixes -er, -est

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brave – e + brave est =– bravest e + est = bravest

• Understand rules for using comparative -er and superlative -est • Sort words into -er and -est categories • Sort spelling words according to comparative endings

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brave – e + brave er = –braver e + er = braver

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pretty – y pretty + i + er– = y + prettier i + er = prettier

Base words Base ending words in ending e, drop in thee,edrop before theadding e before theadding suffix. the suffix.

braver Materials: bravest • Anchor Poster • BLM 6: Take-Home Activity closer • Teacher Category Cards— -er, -est, -ier, -iest closest • Teacher Word Cards—same as BLM 3 clumsier

luckiest

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healthiest

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Today is the Today hottest is the dayhottest of theday summer. of the summer.

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The wind is The calmer wind today is calmer thantoday it was than yesterday. it was yesterday.

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calmest sports around.

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Birdmen jump from high places like cliffs or even higher places like airplanes in flight. They can glide as slowly as fifty miles per hour (mph) or faster than 100 mph, depending on how they hold their wings. The wings can slow them down by resisting the wind; a free-fall jump that

Sentence

might usually last fifteen seconds can be stretched out to a minute or longer in a wingsuit. Birdmen can also use their wings to soar for miles before landing. They land with a parachute, just like skydivers. Make no mistake; wingsuit flying is a probably not the healthiest sport. It’s very risky. Fliers must have at least 200 skydives under their belt before they can try wingsuit flying. They usually also receive training from an experienced flier. Not everyone can be a birdman. Could you?

Reading Passage (BLM 9)

Spelling Dictation (BLM 10)

Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 2: Comparative suffixes -er, -est

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Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11)

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Spelling Dictation (BLM 10)

• Correctly spell the comparative -er and superlative -est words

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Day One Supporting ELs Help English Learners understand the concept of comparatives by using concrete objects, for example, an apple and an orange for the words juicy and juicier. If necessary, begin with simple comparatives such as longer/longest and bigger/ biggest.

Blending Practice If some students have difficulty reading the words, help them read the words syllable by syllable. For example, point to the word roughest on the chalkboard. Show how you divide the word into two syllables between the consonant digraph and the -est ending, rough/est. Point out the ou vowel digraph and the closed syllable with -est. Read each syllable and then blend the syllables together: rough/est: roughest. Continue to support students who need help with blending throughout the week, using the example words used in the lesson.

Review Hyphenated Compounds Focus Words: double-header, empty-handed, high-rise, time-out, well-dressed Say: My aunt rents an apartment in a new high-rise downtown. Ask students what they remember about words such as high-rise. Remind them that it is a hyphenated compound word made up of two words joined by a hyphen. Ask students to write the word and then check to see if it looks right. Repeat with the remaining review words. Ask students to work with a partner to use each of the words in an oral sentence.

Introduce Comparative Suffixes -er, -est Model Write the suffixes -er and -est on the chalkboard. Say: When you add the comparative suffix -er to a base word, it shows that you are comparing two things. When you add the comparative suffix -est to a base word, it shows that you are comparing more than two things. Write the word dirty on the chalkboard. Say: If I have two shirts that are dirty and I want to compare them, I would say that the red shirt is dirtier than the green shirt. I add the comparative ending -er. If I want to compare the red shirt to all my shirts, I would use the ending -est and say that the red shirt is dirtiest of all. Write the words dirtier and dirtiest on the chalkboard. Notice how I changed the y at the end of dirty to i before adding the comparative suffixes. Write the word brave on the chalkboard. Say: If I wanted to compare two brave people, I would add -er. I would first drop the e from brave and then add -er.

Guide Write the words fiercer, fiercest, creepier, creepiest, luckier, luckiest, cleverer, and cleverest on the chalkboard and read each word with the students. Ask volunteers to circle the comparative suffixes in the words. Then ask students to tell you which word they would use to compare how clever two people are; to compare how creepy the house next door is to the others on the block; to compare how fierce an eagle is with a crow; to compare how lucky a kid in your class is to the rest of you.

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Write the words grumpy, naughty, and calm on the chalkboard. Ask students to work with a partner to add a comparative suffix to each base word and use it in a sentence. Have the pairs share their sentences.

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Spelling Words with Comparative Suffixes Unit Spelling Words: stronger, crazier, juicier, lazier, healthiest, luckiest, roughest, greasiest Write all the spelling words on the chalkboard. Point out to students that the spelling words either end with the -er suffix or the -est suffix. Call attention to the word stronger and explain that the base word is strong and that there is no spelling change to the base word when we add -er. Point out the word crazier. Ask students to tell you the base word and write it on the chalkboard. (crazy) Point out that the letter y is changed to i before we add the suffix -er. Repeat with the words juicier and lazier. Then ask students to tell you what the suffix is in the remaining words. Have them point out which words changed y to i before adding -est.

Assessment Tip Observe students as they work with comparatives to make sure they are able to identify the base words and know when to use the -er or -est comparative ending. Note if they understand that words that end with -y change y to i before adding the comparative ending.

Home/School Connection Students can take home a list of the spelling words and practice reading, writing, and spelling the words with a family member.

Ask individual students to tell you which word they could use to compare two things and which word they could use to compare more than two things. Have students make a two-column chart in their word study notebooks with the headings Two Things and More than Two Things. Ask them to write the spelling words in the appropriate columns. Have them underline any words where y changed to i when -er and -est were added. Have partners check each other’s work.

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Day Two Providing Support Have a variety of objects of varying sizes available for students to compare: pencils, books, math manipulatives, pieces of paper, and so on. Encourage students to sort the objects according to size or shape and then describe the objects using comparative words, for example: This book is small. This book is smaller. This book is the smallest.

Review Comparative Suffixes -er, -est Use the anchor poster to help students review the rules for comparatives. Write the words rougher and roughest on the chalkboard. Ask volunteers to use the words in sentences. Then write the words greasy, greasier, and greasiest on the chalkboard. Have partners work together to use the three words in sentences.

Teacher-Directed Sort Teacher Word Cards: same as BLM 3 Teacher Category Cards: -er, -est, -ier, -iest

Teacher-Directed Sort -er

-est

-ier

-iest

braver closer stronger fiercer

bravest closest strongest fiercest

juicier healthier clumsier dirtier

juiciest healthiest clumsiest dirtiest

Home/School Connection Have students take home BLM 6 to complete with a family member. Students can also take home the word cards and share their sorts with a family member.

Place the category cards in a row in the pocket chart. Hold up the word juicier and model how you sort it. Say: To sort this word, I need to check the base word. The base word is juicy, which ends with a -y. I know that to add the -er ending, we change the y to i and then add -er. I will place this word card in the category for -ier. Have students help you sort the rest of the words from BLM 3. When the cards are sorted, ask students to tell you the base word for each of the sorted words. Write the words on the chalkboard. Spelling. Have students use each of their spelling words in a sentence that compares two things or more than two things.

Supporting ELs Because some ELs may not have someone at home who speaks English well enough to work with them on BLM 6, make sure that they understand what they are supposed to do on the BLM.

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Day Three Pattern Sort

Assessment Tip

Teacher Word Cards: easier, weaker Teacher Category Cards: -er, -est, -ier, -iest Place the category cards in a row in the pocket chart. Remind students that yesterday, they helped you sort the words according to their suffixes. Hold up the word card easier and ask students what the suffix of the word is and where you should sort it. Repeat with the word weaker. Give pairs of students the word cards from BLM 4 and the suffix category cards from BLM 2 and ask them to sort the words according to their suffixes.

Common Features Sort Teacher Word Cards: rougher, finer, lazier Teacher Category Cards: e-Drop, y to i, No Change

Monitor students as they complete BLM 7 to make sure they know when to use the comparative -er and when to use the superlative -est.

Pattern Sort -er

-est

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weaker weakest crazier calmer calmest easier luckier lazier greasier slipperier

craziest easiest luckiest laziest greasiest slipperiest

Common Features Sort

Place the category cards in the pocket chart. Model how to sort the words according to how the suffixes were added to the base words. Hold up the word card rougher. Say: To sort the words according to how the suffixes were added, I need to decide what the base word is. For rougher, the base word is rough, which has a VVCC pattern, so no changes are made when adding -er or -est. Look at the word finer. The base word fine has a VCe pattern, so the e is dropped when adding -er or -est. Say: What’s the base word for lazier? What do we need to do to a base word that ends with a -y?

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finer finest fiercer fiercest

naughtier naughtiest grumpier grumpiest noisier noisiest

brighter brightest rougher roughest cleverer cleverest

Providing Support

Give pairs of students the word cards from BLM 5 and the category cards e-Drop, y to i, and No Change from BLM 2. Have them sort the words into the category that explains how -er and -est were added to the base words.

ELs and struggling readers may have difficulty completing BLM 7 on their own. Have them work with a partner to read and complete it.

Applying Meaning. Give students BLM 7 and have them complete the cloze, choosing the word with the correct comparative or superlative ending.

Home/School Connection Give students BLM 8 to complete with a family member. Explain that they are to do the same thing they did on BLM 7 in class.

Supporting ELs Make sure that ELs understand what to do on BLM 8 since there may not be anyone at home who speaks English well enough to help them complete it.

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Day Four Providing Support Some ELs and struggling readers may have difficulty reading the passage. Have these students read with an on-level reader. Alternatively, you could read the passage to them while they follow along or echoread with you. Ask students to look and listen for examples of comparatives with -er and superlatives with -est. Name ___________________________________

Date ____________________________________

Birdmen Take to the Skies What’s the wildest thing you can imagine doing? Would you climb the world’s highest mountain? Would you skydive, bungee jump, or fly off the end of a ski jump? People who try these kinds of extreme sports may be braver than the rest of us . . . or maybe just crazier!

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One of the hottest extreme sports lately is wingsuit flying, sometimes called body gliding. Wingsuit flying is probably the closest thing to flying that man has ever done. Fliers, or birdmen, wear a special suit that has wings under the arms and between the legs. These wings catch the wind and lift the flier. Many people have compared these suits to a flying squirrel’s body. In fact, some people call them squirrel suits. Once you become a pro at it, soaring above the ground may be one of the calmest sports around. Birdmen jump from high places like cliffs or even higher places like airplanes in flight. They can glide as slowly as fifty miles per hour (mph) or faster than 100 mph, depending on how they hold their wings. The wings can slow them down by resisting the wind; a free-fall jump that might usually last fifteen seconds can be stretched out to a minute or longer in a wingsuit. Birdmen can also use their wings to soar for miles

Word Hunt Give students the reading passage on BLM 9. Tell them to work independently to read the passage and find and underline the -er and -est words. When students have completed the word hunt, ask them to make a three-column chart in their word study notebooks with the headings Base Word, -er Ending, and -est Ending. Ask them to record the words they found on the chart and complete the columns for each word. Name ___________________________________

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Spelling Dictation

Spelling Dictation Review Words 1.

Give2.students Spelling Dictation (BLM 10). Dictate the following words from last 3. week’s spelling words to students, one at a time, and have students write them on theirNewBLMs: high-tech, in-depth, close-up. Words 1.

Dictate the following words from this week’s unit, one at a time, having students 2. write3. them on the BLMs: stronger, luckier, crazier. Dictate the following sentence and have students write it on their papers: Sentence Oranges are juicier than pears, and they are also one of the healthiest fruits.

before landing. They land with a parachute, just like skydivers. Make no mistake; wingsuit flying is a probably not the healthiest sport. It’s very risky. Fliers must have at least 200 skydives under their belt before they can try wingsuit flying. They usually also receive training from an experienced flier. Not everyone can be a birdman. Could you?

Reading Passage (BLM 9)

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Home/School Connection Have students take the reading passage on BLM 9 home to read to a family member and point out the words with comparative and superlative endings -er and -est.

Supporting ELs Make sure ELs know the meanings of the spelling words. Before student pairs use BLM 11, have the partners tell each other sentences using the spelling words.

Write the words and sentence on the chalkboard and have students self-correct their papers. Spelling Dictation (BLM 10) Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 2: Comparative suffixes -er, -est

Spelling Practice

Give pairs of students Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11). While one student reads the spelling words from his or her word study notebook, the other student writes the words in the First Try column. After the second student has spelled the words, the first student places a check mark next to words spelled correctly. For the second try, the first student may prompt the second student by sounding out the words that were spelled incorrectly the first time. If the second spelling attempt is correct, the first student places a check mark in the Second Try column. Then students switch roles.

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Day Five Name ___________________________________

Spelling Assessment

Date _______________________________________

Unit 2 Quick-Check: Comparative Suffixes -er, -est

Use the following procedure to assess students’ spelling of the unit spelling words: • Say a spelling word and use it in a sentence.

Answer Questions Directions: Look at each set of words and write the missing base word, -er word, or -est word on the blank lines.

Base Word

Comparative -er

happy

happier __________________

happiest

weaker

weakest __________________

juicier __________________

juiciest __________________

dirtier __________________

dirtiest

1.

• Have students write the word on their papers.

2.

• Continue with the remaining words on the list.

weak __________________

3.

juicy

dirty __________________

• When students have finished, collect their papers and analyze their spelling of the words.

4.

• Use the assessment to plan small-group or individual practice.

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Superlative -est

Apply Directions: In the space below, list two words that are comparatives with -er endings and two words that are superlatives with -est endings.

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Directions: Using the words from the word bank, complete the following sort by writing the words in the appropriate category.

Quick-Check Assessment

-er

-est

-ier

-iest

cooler finer hotter

hottest coolest finest

lazier

laziest

Word Bank cooler, hottest, finer, hotter, laziest, coolest, finest, lazier

Think and Write about Comparative Suffixes -er, -est

Assess students’ mastery of comparatives and superlatives using the Quick-Check for Unit 2.

Directions: In the space below, explain how understanding comparatives -er and superlatives -est helps you as a reader, speller, and writer.

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Answer Key Unit 2 Quick-Check

Answer Key BLM 6

Suggestions for Independent Practice Write Words. Give each pair of students a mix of word cards from BLMs 3–4. Tell them to each select ten word cards and write the base word for each word card on a piece of paper. Have students trade papers and write each word again adding the -er and -est endings. Finish My Sentence. Tell students to select eight to ten of their favorite words and use them to write a cloze sentence. For example, I live closer to school than you do, but Maria lives the ______. Have students trade sentences and then complete their partner’s sentences. What’s the Base? Have pairs of students use word cards from BLM 5. Tell them to place the cards facedown and take turns drawing a card and reading the word on the card. Have them ask their partners to name and spell the base word for the word card. Students should then use the base word, the comparative -er word, or the superlative -est word in an oral sentence. Word Hunt. Tell students to work independently to search for comparative -er words and superlative -est words. Tell them they can use any printed materials in the classroom in their search. Have them make a list of the words they find to add to a class list of -er and -est words.

-er

-est

closer grumpier dirtier easier finer noisier greasier healthier luckier lazier

craziest closest brightest bravest cleverest roughest clumsiest naughtiest

Answer Key BLM 7 1. hottest 2. happier 3. strong 4. grumpiest 5. brighter, bright 6. small, smaller, smallest

Answer Key BLM 8 1. funniest 2. braver 3. sunnier 4. lucky 5. close, closer 6. cool, cooler, coolest

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Name ____________________________________

Date ________________________________________

Unit 2 Quick-Check: Comparative Suffixes -er, -est Answer Questions Directions: Look at each set of words and write the missing base word, -er word, or -est word on the blank lines.



Base Word

Comparative -er

Superlative -est

1.

happy

__________________

happiest

weaker

__________________

__________________

__________________

__________________

dirtiest

2. __________________ 3.

juicy

4. __________________

Apply Directions: In the space below, list two words that are comparatives with -er endings and two words that are superlatives with -est endings.

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

Directions: Using the words from the word bank, complete the following sort by writing the words in the appropriate category. -er

-est

-ier

-iest

Word Bank cooler, hottest, finer, hotter, laziest, coolest, finest, lazier

Think and Write about Comparative Suffixes -er, -est Directions: In the space below, explain how understanding comparatives -er and superlatives -est helps you as a reader, speller, and writer.

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