The Voyage of the Mayflower

Open Court Reading

Unit 6 Lesson 2 Word Knowledge
and Vocabulary
Word Knowledge
Grade 4, Unit 6 Lesson 2
These words contain the ending -ly
Line 1: safely suddenly carefully freshly
All the words are adverbs

These words contain the spelling pattern -tion
Line 2: position additional option caution


These words contain different spelling for the Long I sound
Line 3: sighting spy terrified iron
Igh, y, _ie, I

These words contain the ing ending
Line 4: capsizing howling sinking planking
Drop the E and add ing

Sentence 1: The passengers and crew could reach land safely.

Sentence 2: The businessmen recruited additional volunteers in London.

Sentence 3: Adults tried to comfort the terrified children.

Sentence 4: A ship must lower its sails in a storm to avoid capsizing.
freshly
caution
spy
iron
capsizing
planking
cap-siz-ing
A sailing ship must lower its sails and drift with the wind to avoid
capsizing or breaking apart.

To keep a canoe from capsizing, do not stand up in it.
capsizing- overturning in the water
din
Suddenly, above the din of the storm of the storm, they heard the
noise of splitting timber.

The din of a blaring siren woke me from a sound sleep.
Din- a loud and unpleasant noise that lasts for a while
pro-vi-sions
The sixty-seven sailors on the Mayflower made provisions for their
journey.

I carried my food, sleeping bag, and other provisions in my
backpack.
provisions- supplies of food or necessary tools
mus-kets

He then fired a couple of muskets and a
fowling piece near an open half-full barrel
of gunpowder.
The pilgrims used muskets to shoot
animals for food.

muskets-old-fashioned
guns used before
modern rifles were
invented
pre-vail-ing
With the prevailing winds and currents, it made the return trip in only
thirty-one days.

The latest poll shows the prevailing opinion is that children watch
too much television.
Prevailing-most frequent; occurring most often
The Mayflower
The Mayflower was
the famous ship that
transported the
Pilgrims from
Plymouth, England, to
Plymouth Colony,
Massachusetts
(United States), in
1620.
The Journey
The vessel left England
on September 6, and
after a grueling journey
marked by disease, the
ship dropped anchor
inside the hook tip of
Cape Cod (Provincetown
Harbor) on November 11
One of its purposes
The Mayflower was used primarily as a cargo
ship, involved in active trade of goods (often
wine) between England and other European
countries

Virtual Tour of the Mayflower