Teacher's Notes: The Adventures of Skippy Fishback, Chapter 4
This is the fourth and last chapter in this story. While Chapter 4 has the least amount of new vocab, it repeats much from the previous chapters.
New Words
plunge
struggle
turn
keep (doing something)
collapse
admit
defeat
upright
in one piece
peer
familiar
burst into tears
on board
deck
glisten
wonder (noun)
enthusiastic
lost no time
incredible
discovery
afford
ride
terrified
admire
Worksheet Answers for Chapter 4
Antonyms: admit – deny; upright – upside-down; defeat – victory; familiar – foreign; on board – overboard; enthusiastic – bored; terrified – brave; in one piece – broken; burst into tears – laugh
Synonyms: plunge – dive, jump in; struggle – fight, try hard; turn – spin; keep doing something – continue; collapse – fall over, fall apart; admit – confess; glisten – shine; incredible – amazing; enthusiastic – excited and energetic; afford – able to buy something; admire – look at with appreciation; discover – find something new; terrified – fearful, frightened; peer – look closely
Sentences: 1. on board, 2. discovered, 3. struggled, 4. plunged, 5. collapsed, 6. upright, 7. afford, 8. defeated, 9. enthusiastic, 10. admired, 11. glistened, 12. admit, 13. keep, 14. familiar, 15. peered
Answers to the Review for Chapters 3 and 4
These worksheets isolate the new vocab from the last two chapters of the story. The first part is deciding objects that have certain qualities using the new vocab, and, in the next section, choosing the best end to each sentence beginning. The second part is sentence match-ups.
Find something that: 1. a train, 2. wings, 3. a shield, 4. ears, 5. a lion, 6. a wolf, 7. a hurricane, 8. an arrow, 9. a baby, 10. a hot air balloon, 11. a diamond
Multiple choice: 1. b, 2. c, 3. b, 4. a, 5. b, 6. a, 7. b
Find the end of each sentence: 1. H, 2. F, 3. K, 4. I, 5. M, 6. A, 7. O, 8. N, 9. C, 10. P, 11. D, 12. J, 13. G, 14. B, 15. L, 16. E
Answers to the Skippy Fishback Test, Chapters 1-4
These worksheets cover vocab from all of the chapters. The first page uses fill-in sentences with synonyms in parentheses. This way, students have two clues to help them find the correct word – an example sentence and a synonym of the word. The second page is fill-in sentences and synonyms.
Put synonym in sentences: 1. distraught, 2. retreated, 3. pleaded, 4. Toss, 5. distant, 6. chuckled, 7. soared, 8. squirmed, 9. concentrate, 10. restless, 11. gloomy, 12. tattered, 13. intend, 14. violent, 15. simultaneously, 16. collapsed, 17. glistened, 18. limbs, 19. bewildered, 20. struggled
Sentences: 1. helpless, 2. graceful, 3. stretch, 4. sting, 5. creatures, 6. carefree, 7. passengers, 8. pierce, 9. ominous, 10. relentlessly, 11. defeated, 12. afford
Synonyms: 1. E, 2. C, 3. I, 4. K, 5. J, 6. B, 7. M, 8. A, 9. L, 10. F, 11. D, 12. G, 13. H
Go to the Chapter 4 worksheet.
Go to the Review for Chapters 3 and 4.
