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McBroom the McBroom the RainmakerRainmaker

Unit 5 – Lesson 7Unit 5 – Lesson 7

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Word KnowledgeWord Knowledge

Line 1Line 1

skunk

mud

stuck

run

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Word KnowledgeWord Knowledge

Line 2Line 2

raise

please

gazed

size

uses

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Word KnowledgeWord Knowledge

Line 3Line 3

kind

keep

picnic

track

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Word KnowledgeWord Knowledge

Line 4Line 4

disposition

harvested

smallest

shrinking

dried

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SentencesSentences

Sentence 1:

Our tires keep getting stuck in the mud.

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SentencesSentences

Sentence 2:

Please raise your hand if you have an idea

to share.

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SentencesSentences

Sentence 3:

Do you remember when that skunk ruined

our picnic?

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SentencesSentences

Sentence 4:

After the lavender was harvested, it was

dried and used for flower arrangements.

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VocabularyVocabulary

regardregard

parchedparched

droughtdrought

genuinegenuine

prairieprairie

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regardregard

I dislike to tell you this, but some folks I dislike to tell you this, but some folks havehave

no no regardregard for the truth. for the truth.

While in the park, give some While in the park, give some regardregard to the to the sign that says “Keep Off the Grass.”sign that says “Keep Off the Grass.”

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thought or carethought or care

regardregard

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parchedparched

The earth was so The earth was so parchedparched, we couldn't, we couldn't

raise a crop of beets and the varmints raise a crop of beets and the varmints werewere

getting downright ornery. getting downright ornery.

After a few hours of playing basketball with After a few hours of playing basketball with

no water to drink, I was no water to drink, I was parchedparched!!

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very hot and dry, thirstyvery hot and dry, thirstyparchedparched

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droughtdrought

Then it came- the Big Dry. “Not a rain cloudThen it came- the Big Dry. “Not a rain cloud

in sight, Pa,” Mary called from the tree in sight, Pa,” Mary called from the tree

house. An idea struck me. I’d break the house. An idea struck me. I’d break the

droughtdrought. .

Only dried mud remained in the riverbed Only dried mud remained in the riverbed as as

a result of the long a result of the long droughtdrought. .

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droughtdroughta long period of time without a long period of time without rainrain

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genuinegenuine

““It’s a It’s a genuinegenuine rain crow, my lambs.” rain crow, my lambs.”

Will you choose a wallet made of Will you choose a wallet made of genuinegenuine

or imitation leather?or imitation leather?

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realrealgenuinegenuine

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prairie prairie

We traveled miles and miles across the We traveled miles and miles across the

prairie, this way and the other, and not a prairie, this way and the other, and not a

rattle out of that rain crow.rattle out of that rain crow.

Some early pioneers crossed the prairie, Some early pioneers crossed the prairie,

while others stopped to farm the rich, while others stopped to farm the rich,

rolling land. rolling land.

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large area of grass with few large area of grass with few treestrees

prairieprairie