Where the Red Fern Grows

 

 

Fifth graders are reading Where the Red Fern Grows. This classic tells the exciting story of 10-year old Billy living in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression. After saving for two years Billy earns enough money to buy two hound pups, Old Dan and Little Ann. Together Billy and these two hounds go coon hunting almost daily. They even enter a coon hunting tournament.

We cover a large number of skills with this unit. In reading we learn a number of vocabulary words. Students also practice comparing and contrasting characters from the story. Below is the list of SPI's covered using the Portals for Reading Series with this book.

  • Pages 9-10 Making Compounds 5.1.3
  • Page 11 Base Words 5.1.1
  • Page 12 - Syllables 5.1.1
  • Pages 13-14 - Where When How 5.1.7
  • Page 15 Classifying 5.1.26
  • Page 16 Following Directions
  • Page 18 Sequencing 5.1.10
  • Pages 19-20 Main Idea 5.1.11
  • Pages 23-24  Fact and Opinion 5.1.13
  • Pages 25-26  Drawing Conclusions 5.1.25
  • Page 27 Cause and Effect 5.1.12
  • Pages 29-30 Meaning through Context 5.1.9
  • Pages 33-34 Figurative Language
  • Page 35  Synonyms 5.1.2
  • Pages 36 Antonyms 5.1.2
  • Pages 41-42 Choosing Correct Meanings 5.1.8
  • Pages 43-44 Making an Outline 5.2.14

 

 

This unit has become known as our Sentence Writing Unit. We practice using correct end marks, subject-verb agreement, combining sentences, and correcting run-on sentences.

This book lends itself to several fun projects. We enjoyed making balloon hounds, dog banks, and Puppy Chow. I hope you will enjoy looking at the photos of these projects below.

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Balloon Hounds

 

 

Puppy Chow Recipe

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Measure 1 cube butter or margarine, 1 cup chocolate chips

 


and 1 cup of peanut butter. Place in a small mixing bowl. Melt the butter, peanut butter, and chocolate chips.

 

Measure 8 cups of Chex cereal.

Pour the melted butter, peanut butter, and chocolate chips into a bag with the Chex cereal and mix well.

Add 4 cups of powdered sugar.

 

Shake.

Shake


Shake

Delicious!!!!

   

 

Origami Dogs

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