The document provides information about the song "Erie Canal." It includes the lyrics to the folk song that celebrates the Erie Canal. It then discusses how monuments commemorate significant people and events from the past. Finally, it prompts the reader to describe a photograph and discuss how people remember the past.

1. Written by: TIME for Kids Editors
Created by: Stephanie McNeely & Ronella Rainge 1

2. Song of the Week “Erie Canal”
I got a–-- mule, her name is ----------Sal,
Fif-teen-----miles on the E-rie Canal!
She‟s a good old--- work-er and a good old--- pal,
Fif-teen ----miles on the E-rie Canal!----
We‟ve hauled some barg-es in our ---- day,
Filled with lum-ber, coal, and hay,
And we know ev-‟ry inch of the way
From Al-ba-ny– to Buf-fa-lo--------
Low bridge, ev-‟ry-bod-y down,
Low bridge, „cause we‟re com-ing to a town;
And you‟ll al-ways know your neigh-bor,
You‟ll al-ways know your pal, If you ev-er nav-i-gat-ed on
the E-rie Ca-nal.---

3.  Monuments are buildings, structures, or
sculptures that commemorate significant
persons or events.
 WEEKLY THEME:
 What are some ways people remember the
past? Let‟s make a list.
READ THE “TALK ABOUT IT” ON
page 192 in the textbook.
Describe the photograph.
What do you see in the photograph?
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4. 1. Is it important to remember  Tell why the features of the
what happened in the past? Women in Military Service for
Why or why not? America Memorial are
2. How did one architect create appropriate for honoring
two of the most powerful women in the military.
memorials in the United  How do the features of the
States? memorials and monuments
3. What does the National you have read about reflect
Understand Railroad Freedom the memorials‟ purpose?
Center, the National Museum
of the American Indian, the  NONFICTION ARTICLE
Civil Rights Memorial, and the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial A Non-fiction article in a
have in common? newspaper or magazine
presents facts and
information.
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5. Liberty Island, New York
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6.  GENRE: Nonfiction
 The features of nonfiction are:
 deals with actual persons, things, or events
 provides facts, statistics, and other information about topics such
as history, science, or art
 Listencarefully for reasons that explain why the
Washington Monument is so remarkable as we read
“The Great Mall Memorials.”
 Pay attention to phrasing, expression, and tone of voice.
 Choose a word from “The Great Mall Memorials” that
relates to the week‟s theme.
 (Read “Toward Freedom” pp. 194-195).
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7. Washington D.C.
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8.  Research and Inquiry  Can you think of some national
 We will discuss how to monuments? Choose your favorite
conduct research and write and begin filling out the KWL
articles about national chart on your paper.
monuments.
 Articles give important
 Examples of good research
information about specific questions are listed below. You
topics. should answer questions like these
 Books and internet links will to include in your article.
help you with your research.  What are some facts about
when, why, and how the monument
was constructed?
KWL Chart  How do visitors feel about visiting the
What I Know What I Want What I monument?
to Know Learned  What photographs or diagrams will
help the readers understand the
information?
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9. Washington D.C.
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10.  dedicated – Dedicated means to show or open
something to the public.
 equality – Equality is the condition of having
the same rights as everyone else.
 artifacts – Artifacts are tools, weapons, or other
things made by people in the past. Museums
contain many artifacts from people who lived
long ago. What are some types of artifacts you
might see in a museum?
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11.  Exhibits are displays or things that are shown
to the public. The city‟s museum of natural
history has several dinosaur exhibits. Tell about
exhibits you have seen or might see in a
museum.
 A site is a place or a location. The site of the
new shopping mall used to be a horse pasture.
What is a synonym for site?
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12. Washington D.C.
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13.  Use
word meanings and context clues to fill in the missing
vocabulary words.
site, equality, artifacts, exhibits, dedicated
1. The major ____ the memorial to the veterans of foreign
wars.
2. Martin Luther King, Jr., fought for ______ among people
so that all people would be treated the same.
3. The cave was full of pottery and other _____.
4. I saw several _____ on prehistoric Native Americans.
5. The ____ was chosen for a presidential library.
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14. Montgomery, AL
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15. Inflectional Endings
 These are word endings such as –ed, -s, -ing,
-er, and –est.
 Inflectional endings such as –ed or –s can
change the meaning of a word by changing
the tense of the verb or by making a noun
plural.
 For example, the word exhibit is changed to the
plural exhibits by adding the inflectional ending
–s. The addition of the ending changes the noun
from singular, or one, to plural, or more than one.
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16.  Add the inflected ending  If the base word ends
–ed to the word. with a vowel and a
 To form the past tense of the consonant, repeat the
verb affect, add –ed. The final consonant before
spelling of the base word adding the ending.
does not change.
 Hop = hopped
 Affect = affected
 Ifthe base word ends with
 Ifthe base word ends
a consonant and an
e, delete the e before with y, replace the y
with an i before adding
adding the ending.
-ed.
 Bake = baking
 Cry = cried
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17.  Let‟s say the words aloud. Identify the base word and the
inflected ending. Tell the rule that explains how the ending
was added to the word.
accompanied challenging glimpsed
blundered apologized concentrated
proposed distressing bartered
demonstrated forgetting multiplied
Rules
If base word ends with a If base word ends with a If the base word ends
consonant and an e, vowel and a consonant, with y, replace the y
delete the e before adding repeat the final consonant with an i before adding
–ing or -ed before adding –ed or -ing -ed.
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18. jogging dripping skimmed raking
amusing easing regretted forbidding
referred injured deserved applied
relied renewing fascinated complicated
qualified gnarled envied threatening
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19. jogging dripping skimmed raking
amusing easing regretted forbidding
referred injured deserved applied
relied renewing fascinated complicated
qualified gnarled envied threatening
Words ending in -ed Words ending in -ing
1 5 9 1 5
2 6 10 2 6
3 7 11 3 7
4 8 12 4 8
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20.  Toform the plural of  To
form the plural of
most nouns ending in f nouns that end with a
or fe, add –s vowel then o, add –s
 Belief = beliefs  Radio = radios
 Roof = roofs  Studio = studios
 Toform the plural of  Toform the plural of
some nouns ending in nouns ending in a
f or fe, change the f consonant followed
to v and add –es by o, add –s or –es
 Leaf = leaves  Jumbo = jumbos
 Life = lives  Tomato = tomatoes
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21.  Some nouns have a  Some nouns stay the
special plural form that same whether singular
does not end in –s or plural
 Mouse = mice  Fish = fish
 Goose = geese  I caught a fish.
 A school of fish swam by.
 Woman = women
 Man = men
 Deer = deer
 Child = children
 Sheep = sheep
 Louse = lice
 Ox = oxen
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22. Look at each word below and use a thesaurus to find
synonyms for each word.
amusing complicated
forbidding injured
jogging
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23.  Proofread and circle the misspelled words. Write them
correctly.
1. When I was joging, I saw a girl rakeing leaves.
2. He was fasinated by the huge statue.
3. She regreted not wearing kneepads after she injered
herself.
4. He deserved the award because he was the most
qualifyed.
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24.  Write the plural form of each noun in parentheses.
1. My favorite pastime is watching (video) at home.
2. I enjoy watching movies about real-life (hero).
3. My favorite characters are men and (woman) from
history.
4. I also like movies about nature, especially (wolf).
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25.  When you summarize an article, you include
the main idea and the important details
that support the main idea.
 In a summary, the main points are presented in
order of importance and do not include the
reader‟s own opinions.
 First, locate the main idea of the selection.
Then, find the main idea of each paragraph.
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26. main idea is the most
 The  The main idea of a passage or
important point an author a selection may be implied as
makes about a topic. well as stated directly.
 The main idea is often stated at  Readers must put together major
the beginning of a details to figure out the unstated
main idea.
paragraph.
 Good readers are able to identify
 The other sentences in the important and unimportant
paragraph usually give major information, to identify the
and minor details about the unstated main idea, and then
main idea that help explain state it in their own words.
and support it.
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27. A metaphor is a kind of figurative language in
which two unlike things are compared without
using the words like or as.
 For example: The sky is a blue bowl.
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a
comparison using like or as.
 For example: She ran like a cheetah.
 Personification
is adding human characteristics or
human qualities to an inanimate object.
 For example: Wasp promised to make a buzzing
sound before he stung anyone.
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28. A search engine is a tool for  Once you have typed in a topic‟s
finding information on the key word, click the “search” or
Internet. Search engines “go” button.
search for Web Sites that give  The search engine will search the
information about a topic. databases, which are arranged for easy
retrieval.
 For information about the  The search engine will list relevant Web
Underground addresses.
Railroad, type in the key  Reliability of Online Sources
words that narrow this topic.  Some online sources are reliable, but
The more specific your key other are not.
word search is, the more likely  One way to evaluate a site is to notice
the sponsor. The reliable sponsor may be
you are to find relevant a government agency (.gov), an
information. educational institution (.edu), or a
national organization (.org).
Maya Lin Studio: http://www.mayalin.com/  Sites labeled .com may be unreliable
and should be avoided.
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