Buffalo Hunt

The Buffalo Hunt Open Court Fifth Grade Unit 5 Lesson 1  Ms. Mercer  Nicholas Elementary  SCUSD

Spelling Words
mistook
dislike
disagree
mistreat
disloyal
discover
misspell
disgrace
mislaid
misprint
displease
disconnect
mislead
misjudge
distrust
distance
distinct
disappear
disturb
discuss

Word Knowledge
What is the pattern?
corral chorale
wade weighed
tale tail
What is the pattern? Each word is a homophone , a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and, sometimes, a different spelling

Word Knowledge
buffalo
deer
bison
elk
fish
What is the pattern? Each of these words shows the irregular plural form of nouns. The spelling of these words is the same in both their singular and plural forms.

Word Knowledge
stretch
watch
stitch
notch
match
What is the pattern? These words have the /ch/ sound spelled tch , which occurs only at the end of words or syllables.

Word Knowledge
disappear
disagree
displease
mistreat
mistook
What is the pattern? These words have the prefixes dis- and mis-

Sentences
He had to wade across the wide river carrying a pack on his back that weighed fifty pounds.
The Plains Indians depended on the buffalo for most of their needs.
The women would stretch and stitch the skins of bison to make clothing.
It would displease our parents if they thought we would mistreat our little sister.

Vocabulary
legendary
roamed
preserve
ceremonial
sufficient
slaughter

legendary
In olden times, it was said, buffalo used to eat Indians. They ate so many Indians that a legendary figure called Old Man had to put a stop to it.
Native American stories tell of l egendary characters who could talk to animals.
told about in a legend or story

roamed
As recently as 150 years ago, countless millions of buffalo still roamed the prairies and plains.
As the buffalo roamed the West, the Plains Native Americans followed the herds for their hides, meat, and horns.
wandered

preserve
It was a woman’s job to skin and butcher the buffalo, to preserve the meat and tan the hides.
After a summer of good hunting, women of long ago would preserve the buffalo meat. This would allow their families to have meat all winter.
to prepare food so that it can be eaten in the future

ceremonial
First he smoked a ceremonial pipe with one of the band’s elders. Then he reported what he had seen.
Many Native American tribes have ceremonial clothing that they wear when performing important rituals.
describes something related to a ceremony or formal celebration

sufficient
A typical tipi measured perhaps fifteen feet across at the base, allowing sufficient living space for the family and its possessions.
One fat buffalo could supply meat sufficient for one hundred people.
enough

slaughter
Alarmed by the large-scale slaughter of their herds, angry warriors from many tribes banded together.
The buffalo slaughter continued for so many years that today there are almost no buffalo left.
killing of large numbers of animals

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Buffalo Hunt

by Alice Mercer on Apr 23, 2007

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