The Master Spy of Yorktown

Ms. Mercer Fifth Grade Nicholas Elementary

Spell ing Words1. knotted

2. thinning

3. blurred

4. dropped

5. stirring

6. begged

7. starring

8. sobbed

9. fitting

10. dragged

1. fanned

2. snapped

3. hopping

4. robbed

5. admitted

6. digging

7. trapping

8. hotter

9. petting

10. winning

Spell ing Words adding to consonant endings

• knotted

• thinning

• blurred

• dropped

• stirring

• begged

• starring

• sobbed

• fitting

• dragged

• fanned

• snapped

• hopping

• robbed

• admitted

• digging

• trapping

• hotter

• petting

• winning

Word Knowledge

What is the pattern?

communications

reports

messages

news

Word Knowledge

What is the pattern?

communications

reports

messages

news

The pattern is synonyms

communications

reports

messages

news

Word Knowledge

What is the pattern?

armies

supplies

spies

strategies

Word Knowledge

What is the pattern?

armies

supplies

spies

strategies

The pattern is plural with –y ending

armies

supplies

spies

strategies

Word Knowledge

What is the pattern?

hardharderhardest

youngyoungeryoungest

Word Knowledge

What is the pattern?

hardharderhardest

youngyoungeryoungest

The pattern is comparative and superlative

hardharderhardest

youngyoungeryoungest

Word Knowledge

What is the pattern?

admitted

digging

trapping

hotter

winning

Word Knowledge

What is the pattern?

admitted

digging

trapping

hotter

winning

The pattern is doubled consonant endings

admitted

digging

trapping

hotter

winning

Sentences

The armies relied on communications from spies.

The messages were about the arrival of supplies.

Lafayette was one of the youngest major generals, and the spy Armistead was younger than he.

She admitted that digging a hole large enough to plant the tree had been difficult.

Vocabulary

• legislature• headquarters• campaign• petition• procure

legis lature

• The state’s legislature voted against the newly proposed law.

• Our state legislature works in the Capitol building making laws.

legis lature

• The state’s legislature voted against the newly proposed law.

• Our state legislature works in the Capitol building making laws.

a group of people who make or pass laws

headquarters

• Much of the planning of the war took place in the army’s headquarters.

• The president of the company worked at an office in their headquarters.

headquarters

• Much of the planning of the war took place in the army’s headquarters.

• The president of the company worked at an office in their headquarters.

a center of operations where leaders work and give orders; a main office

campaign

• The candidate for senate spent a year planning her election campaign.

• There was a campaign to raise money for the SPCA.

campaign

• The candidate for senate spent a year planning her election campaign.

• There was a campaign to raise money for the SPCA.

a series of actions planned and carried out to bring about a particular result.

petit ion

• Our class wrote a petition to the mayor asking for money to improve the neighborhood park.

• Colonists petitioned the government to protest the tax increase.

petit ion

• Our class wrote a petition to the mayor asking for money to improve the neighborhood park.

• Colonists petitioned the government to protest the tax increase.

a formal request to someone in authority

procure

• Her job was to procure funds for the local museum.

• Ed went from table to table at lunch, trying to procure more fruit salad from other students.

procure

• Her job was to procure funds for the local museum.

• Ed when from table to table at lunch, trying to procure more fruit salad from other students.

to obtain by making a special effort

Background

The Marquis de Lafayette was a young French nobleman at the time the colonies declared their independence. He wanted to fight for the colonists against England. He was a valuable officer and helped convince the French king to have an alliance with America against the British

Background

At first, France secretly supplied the Continental Army with supplies. The king was afraid the colonist would lose. After the first major patriotic victory, the king of France changed his mind and offered the Americans an alliance.

Background

At the end of the revolution, nearly ten thousand slaves who fought for the colonies were freed by Virginians for their service in the Continental Army. Slavery continued in the colonies, and the new nation but was slowly abolished (ended) in the North. Slavery did not end in the South until the Civil War.