By Mary Hoffman
Illustrated by Matthew
Faulkner
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Vocabulary Definitions
Vocabulary Sentences
Additional Resources
Fiction
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Genre:
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Comprehension Skill:
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Drawing Conclusions
Comprehension Strategy: Answer Questions
Comprehension Review: Compare Contrast
Vocabulary: Prefixes
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A play has all the elements
of a story-characters, setting,
plot, and theme- but it
doesn’t look like a story
because it’s written to be
performed. As you read,
think about how this play
might be different as a
chapter in a book.
Grace and her friends build a time
machine powered by imagination.
Using the memories of Grace’s
grandmother and Mrs. Myerson, a
neighbor, everyone has fun
experiencing far-off places such as
Gambia, Trinidad, and Heidelberg.
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A Comparison tells how two or more
things are alike.
A Contrast tells how they are different
Clue words such as like or as show
comparisons.
Clue words such as but or unlike show
contrasts.
What
can we
accomplish by using
our imaginations?
aboard
vehicle
atlas
reseats
awkward
miracle
mechanical
capable
chant
contraption
pantomime
excursion
invention
research
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Do you think time travel is possible?
If you could make a trip to a different
time, would you travel to the future or
past?
What would be the benefit of time
travel?
Why could traveling through different
times be dangerous?
Listen to the story.
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When you draw conclusions,
you use details and what you
already know to form opinions
or make decisions about
characters and events.
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facts and details are small
pieces of information in the
story.
Facts and details “add up” to a
conclusion.
 A flashback briefly “pauses” the
present-time events of the story.
 A flashback helps explain
something that is happening
now in the story.
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Brazil
sizes
land
features
people
Bolivia
1. We built a time
machine. In our base
ment.
2. It can goes forword or
backward in time.
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But Prudy herself found that she
could barely get to her desk to feed
her mice.
In this sentence, the word mice is
an irregular plural noun.
What is the singular form
of mice?
mouse
The singular noun, mouse,
does not add -s or -es to form
the plural.
Instead, it has a special form:
mice
OX
SHEEP
CHILD
DEER
FOOT
OXEN
SHEEP
CHILDREN
DEER
FEET
 Arkansas
 garden
 sharp
 forward
 force
sport
apartment
Florida
storm
partner
 start
 backyard
 argue
 story
 corner
alarm
form
garbage
forest
morning
carnation
 margarine
 informative
 snorkel
 departure
What
happens when
Grace and her
friends use their
imaginations?
 Prefixes
are letters added to the
beginning of a word that change
its meaning.
 The prefix re- means “again.”
If you retie a knot, you tie it again.
 The prefix a means “on, in or at”.
If you are abed, you are in bed.
Word
think
work
read
visit
set
play
Add Prefix re-
rethink
Sentence
I’ll rethink that question.
on board; in or on a ship,
train, bus, airplane, etc.
device for carrying people
or things, such as a car,
bus, airplane, etc.
book of maps
sits again
not graceful or skillful in
movement or shape; not
easily managed
a wonderful happening that
is contrary to, or independent
of, the known laws of nature
like a machine; automatic;
without expression
having fitness, power,
or ability; able;
efficient; competent
to call over and over again
device or gadget
to express by gestures
a short trip taken for interest
or pleasure, often by a group
of people together
something made for
the first time
the act of hunting
carefully for facts or
truth
● Read aloud “Journal of a Teenage
Genius” on p. 188m. Explain how
you use what you know about the
characters to choose a voice for
each one and make the dialogue
more interesting.
3. Our time machine took
us back in time, we lands
in an ancient forest.
4. We saw wolfes and
mooses among the trees.
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Readers & WB 74
Spelling- Day 2 WS 30
Language Day 2 WB 29
Tri-Fold Section 2
SmartBoard- Vocabulary Practice
How
did using her
imagination affect
Mrs. Myerson?
1. How did grace show she was
capable of taking care of Nana?
2. How were the trips to The
Gambia and Trinidad alike?
3. What does this story teach about
inventions?
4. How did Mrs. Myerson fell about
the children?
1. Why do you think the author wrote
this story?
2. How might Mrs. Myerson’s
imaginary trip affect her present life?
3. Would you like to time travel? Why
or why not?
4. How were the imaginary trips to
Trinidad and Heidelberg alike?
Each new
invention seemed
like a mechanical
miracle.
Each new
invention seemed
like a mechanical
miracle.
The train was
capable of wild
speeds of up to 20
miles per hour.
The train was
capable of wild
speeds of up to 20
miles per hour.
Each rider was
thrilled when they
heard, “All
aboard!”
Each rider was
thrilled when they
heard, “All
aboard!”
He was clumsy and
awkward as he
walked across the
ice.
He was clumsy and
awkward as he
walked across the ice.
The conductor
reseats us after the
train started.
The conductor
reseats us after the
train started.
The click of the wheels
sounds like a chant.
The click of the wheels
sounds like a chant.
Now there is every
kind of vehicle on the
roads.
Now there is every
kind of vehicle on the
roads.
We will look in the
atlas to see what
country is the farthest
away.
We will look in the
atlas to see what
country is the farthest
away.
That is the most
remarkable
invention I have
ever seen.
That is the most
remarkable
invention I have
ever seen.
Sometimes we
have to do research
to find out more
information.
Sometimes we
have to do research
to find out more
information.
We took an
unexpected
excursion last
week to the
mountains.
We took an
unexpected
excursion last
week to the
mountains.
What do you call that
unusual contraption?
What do you call that
unusual contraption?
We will act out or
pantomime the
story.
We will act out or
pantomime the
story.
5. Did you see men and
woman on your visit to the
distant past.
6. There were no human
beings but there was huge
animals.
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Language Arts Day 3 WB 30
Partner Read & WB 77-78
Spelling- Day 3 WS 31
Tri-Fold Section 3
SmartBoard- Reading Review
What do you think is
the best way to spend a
summer day with
friends?
7. Next we’l take our
time machine. To visit
the future.
8. What will citys of the
future look like!
FUNBRAIN
Hartcourt
Game
Computer
Reading Test
 Essay Questions
 Language Day 4 WB 31
Tri-Fold Section 4
1.
2.
3.
From the events described in this
story, what could you conclude about
time travel?
How were the imaginary trips to
Trinidad and Heidelberg alike?
How might Mrs. Myerson’s imaginary
trip to the past affect her present life?
What
can we
accomplish by using
our imaginations?
 All
advertisements sell a
product or service.
 Advertisements
want their
product or service to appear
the best.
 There
are four parts to an
advertisement:
-photo or illustration
-a headline in large type
-information about the product
-who makes the product or service
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Reading WB 79-80
Language Day 5
Writing Assignment
Tri-Fold Section 5
SmartBoard- Prefixes and Suffixes
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Think of a scene in which two
characters are having a conversation.
They might be arguing, making a
decision, or trying to solve a problem.
Visualize what they look like and
where the scene is taking place.
Write their exact words.
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Make your characters’ speech – or
dialogue – sound the way people
really talk.
Describe important actions
occurring on stage using adverbs.
Organize your writing carefully.
always begin with a description of
the scene.
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Vocabulary Practice
Reading Review
Prefixes and Suffixes
Answering Questions
Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast
Game
How to write a friendly
letter
Timeline/Time Machine
Game
FUNBRAIN
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Hartcourt Game
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•Quia: Plural Nouns (Regular &
Irregular)
•Quia Challenge Board: Plural
Nouns
•BrainPop: Roots, Prefixes, &
Suffixes
•Internet 4 Classrooms: Prefixes
•TV411: What Are They Selling?
•Inferences Study Zone
•Drawing Conclusions Study Zone
•BrainPop: Graphic Design
•BrainPop: Drama
•Author's Purpose Practice