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Love As Strong As GingerVocabulary

• dialect
• dumpling
• mallet
• singsong
• ginger

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dialect

• Chiubungbung, she replied, meaning
  stinky-stinky in Taishanese, our Chinese dialect.
• Her Southern dialect was evident when she said
  yall.

Dialect a form of language that is spoken in a
particular area or by a particular group of
people.
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context clues
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dumpling

• She taught me how to make doong, sticky rice
  dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, and I taught
  her how to dress a fashion doll.
• My favorite food is fried dumplings. The dough
  covering gets crunchy when they are cooked that
  way.

Dumpling a small pocket of dough filled with a
meat or vegetable mixture and cooked by steaming
or boiling it.
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context clues
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mallet

• How do you crack crab?
• With a mallet. She made a pounding fist.
• The railroad worker drove in the last spike with
  his mallet.

Mallet a type of hammer with a head made of wood
or other hard material.
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context clues
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singsong

• When it came, it was crowded with ladies clucking
  their tongues in singsong languages.
• The singsong noise of the train put me to sleep.

Singsong having a repetitive, musical sound.
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context clues, word structure
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ginger

• You were right, Katie, she said, chowing
  scallions, ginger, and black-bean paste with the
  crab.
• My mom cooks ginger chicken a lot. I love the
  strong taste of the spice.

Ginger a strong-tasting spice made from ground
ginger root.
Which skill(s) did you use to determine the
meaning of the vocabulary word?
Context clues
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Spelling patternconsonant blends
11. sparkle 12. startle 13. stumble 14. cruel 15.
greedy 16. grandma 17. crowded 18. apron 19.
sponges 20. starched

• throat
• stress
• swallow
• flavor
• clothing
• stubborn
• profit
• clinic
• broken
• blister

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Word Knowledge
What do these words have in common?
might current roll tick
Theyre homonyms. What is a homonym?
Homonyms are words with different meanings that
have the same pronunciation and spelling. What
are the different meanings of the homonyms above?
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Long a sound

• What is the spelling pattern for the long a sound
  in these words?
• explained complain rain pail

explained complain rain pail
Can you think of other words that contain the
same spelling of long a?
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/ch/ sound

• Where do you hear the /ch/ sound in these words?

Chinatown lunchtime chives chase
Can you think of any other words with the /ch/
sound?
BONUS QUESTION Is ch a digraph or a blend? Why?
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Spelling Patterns

• What do these words have in common?

grandma
crowded
apron
sponges
starched
They all have a 2- or 3-letter consonant blend.
Can you underline the blends in each word?
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Homonyms

• That wrestler might have more might, but his
  opponent moves more quickly.

What are the homonyms in this sentence and what
does each of them mean?
Can you create a sentence using a different pair
of homonyms?
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Long a sound

• He explained that the rain would probably let up
  tomorrow.

Which words contain the long a sound?
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Digraph /ch/

• She went to Chinatown at lunchtime for dumplings.

Can you circle the words containing the /ch/
sound?
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Which words have consonant blends?

• The caterer wore a simple black dress and a
  starched white apron.

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