The Buffalo Hunt

Open Court Fifth Grade Unit 5 Lesson 1 Ms. Mercer Nicholas Elementary SCUSD

Spelling Words

1. mistook

2. dislike

3. disagree

4. mistreat

5. disloyal

6. discover

7. misspell

8. disgrace

9. mislaid

10. misprint

11. displease

12. disconnect

13. mislead

14. misjudge

15. distrust

16. distance

17. distinct

18. disappear

19. disturb

20. discuss

Word Knowledge

What is the pattern?

• corralchorale

• wadeweighed

• taletail

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

What is the pattern?• 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

What is the pattern?

• 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

What is the pattern?• 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 legendary 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