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Lesson Plans
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Day 1
Vocabulary Word of the Day
ruin - Total destruction, either physical, moral, social, or economic; damage, wreck, spoil, mess up
Then his wife stood at the door and shouted for all the world to hear, "You're bringing ruin on this house!"
Read Chapter 1 - Who is Rip Van Winkle?
Answer Comprehension Questions page 10
Vocabulary Practice page 11
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Day 2
Vocabulary Word of the Day
glen - a small, thin valley or low land between hills or mountains
Wolf looked down into the dark brown glen.
Read Chapter 2 - A Long Walk
Answer Comprehension Questions page 16
Vocabulary Practice page 17
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Day 3
Vocabulary Word of the Day
ninepins - A bowling game in which nine wooden pins are the target.
Many of the men were playing ninepins.
Read Chapter 3 - The Little men
Answer Comprehension Questions page 22
Vocabulary Practice page 23
Craft Idea
Beaded Safety Pin Bowling Pin Pattern http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/craftsjewel/l/blsbp11.htm
Making Bowling Pins from Pop Bottles http://www.theideabox.com/Bottle_Bowling.html
Bowling Photo Magnet Craft Kit http://www.dealtime.com/xDN-Craft_Supplies--oriental_trading_company~V-rows~PG-50
Bowling Party Games http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/bowling.htm
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Day 4
Vocabulary Word of the Day
dread - To anticipate with alarm, distaste, or reluctance; fear, horror, fright
Rip dreaded seeing his wife.
Read Chapter 4 - A Long Sleep
Answer Comprehension Questions page 28
Vocabulary Practice page 29
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Day 5
Vocabulary Word of the Day
haunt - To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.
The Catskills have always been haunted by strange beings.
Read Chapter 5 - Back to the Village
Answer Comprehension Questions page 34
Vocabulary Practice page 35
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Day 6
Vocabulary Word of the Day
churchyard
At night, his ghost leaves the churchyard.
schoolhouse
Crane's schoolhouse was made of logs.
Read Chapter 6 - Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow
Answer Comprehension Questions page 40
Vocabulary Practice page 41
Practice with Compound Words
(5th Grade
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Day 7
Vocabulary Word of the Day
horseman
The ghost is called the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
Read Chapter 7 - Trouble for Ichabod
Answer Comprehension Questions page 46
Vocabulary Practice page 47
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Day 8
Vocabulary Word of the Day
beehive
Ichabod smelled a beehive.
slapjacks
He might put honey on his slapjacks one day.
Read Chapter 8 - A Ride in the Woods
Answer Comprehension Questions page 52
Vocabulary Practice page 53
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Day 9
Vocabulary Word of the Day
Daredevil
Brom Bones came to the party on his horse
Daredevil.
Read Chapter 9 - The Party
Answer Comprehension Questions page 58
Vocabulary Practice page 59
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Day 10
Vocabulary Word of the Day
Gunpowder
Soon, Gunpowder, Hans Van Ripper's horse, was ready for Ichabod.
Read Chapter 10 - The Dark Ride Home
Answer Comprehension Questions page 64
Vocabulary Practice page 65
Craft - Make a Jack-o-Lantern
3-D Paper Pumpkin http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/event/pumpkin_e.html
Painted Wooden Pumpkin http://craftandfabriclinks.com/holloween/wood_pumpkin_pattern.html
Paper Mache http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/crafts/hcrafta.htm
Painted Fishbowl http://www.make-stuff.com/hollidays/pumpkinpot.html
Felt Pumpkin http://www.make-stuff.com/hollidays/jackolantern.html
Pumpkin Yarn Bug http://www.makingfriends.com/bug/bug_pumpkin.htm
Beaded Safety Pin Pumpkin http://www.makingfriends.com/sp_jack.htm
Paper Patterns http://www.makingfriends.com/pumpkin_faces.htm
Graphing http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/halloween/graphing.htm
Jack-o-Lantern Crafts http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/pumpkin_crafts.html
Kleenex Box Cover http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/mkleenex.html
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