Please get a copy of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow from the front table

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Please get a copy of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow from the front table.

Enjoy your independent reading book for 10 minutes.

After reading, take out your notebook for vocab/root words and your Sleepy Hollow comprehension questions and prepare to finish the story.

HOMEWORK: Finish the questions.

Vocabulary

pedagogue (n) a school teacher

formal and old fashioned

Root words

ped- (or pedo-)From Greek paido- meaning “child”Other words using this root:

pediatrics – a branch of medicine focusing on children’s growth, development and diseases

pediatrician – a children’s doctor

Root words

-agogueFrom Greek –agogos “leader” or

“bringer”Other words using this root:

Demagogue - a person (especially a political leader or orator) who gains power by arousing people’s negative emotions and prejudices

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