Fourth Grade: Theme 1 Selection 1 This Land is Your Land

VC CV Pattern  Vowels usually have the short sound when they are followed by two consonants.  Locate the first two vowels and place a dot underneath the vowels.  Underline the consonants between the vowels. sŭd den fĭn ger ĭn tend hăp pen

VCVC+CVCV=Word ădăd+mire=admire măgmăg+netnet=magnet rălrăl+lyly=rally făbfăb+ricric=fabric flăt+tenten=flatten răsrăs+calcal=rascal mămmăm+malmal=mammal căncăn+nonnon=cannon

VCVC+CVCV=Word enen+gine=engine finfin+gerger=finger mitmit+tenten=mitten inin+tend=intend concon+test=contest socsoc+cercer=soccer cuscus+tomtom=custom sudsud+denden=sudden gutgut+terter=gutter

Challenge Words magnify festival injury dungeon thunderstorm accident method

Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? admire engine rally contest magnetsoccer sudden method customfinger

Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? accident mammal rascal intend mittengutter happen fabric flattencannon

Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? magnify injury festival dungeon thunderstorm

Teacher Read Aloud: Child of the Silent Night by Edith Fisher Hunter Activate Prior Knowledge: 1.Remember a time when you were about five years old. 2. Talk about what it would have been like to try to learn a task, like tying your shoes, without being able to hear, see, or speak.

Purpose Setting: Listen for the sequence of events that bring a little girl and an older neighbor together as friends. This story tells about a little girl who has an illness that leaves her unable to see, hear, or speak. A kindly neighbor believes in the little girl and tries to teach her. 1.When did Laura’s parents realize Laura had lost her sight and hearing? 2.What were the steps in Laura’s recovery. Describe them in order.

Build Concept Vocabulary But he knew that she wanted kindness and attention and love.

Build Concept Vocabulary “ Somehow, I must get behind the cloth band that she wears over her eyes and bring the light of understanding to her.”

Concept Vocabulary Web What all people need What new friends can offer Diversity kindness attention understanding

Comprehension Skill: Sequence of Events 1.Events in a story occur in a certain order, or sequence. The sequence of events can be important to understanding a story. 2.Sometimes events in a story are told out of sequence. Something that happened earlier might be told after something that happened later.

Strategy: Summarize Good readers summarize. As they read, they pause to sum up the important ideas or events. This helps them remember the information. As you read a story, note the main events. After you read, ask yourself what the main events were and in what order they occurred.

Going Batty Summarize 1. Which grade is mentioned first in the story? Why do you suppose it is not the first event on your graphic organizer? 2.What time word clues tell you that Mr. Egan is going to tell about events that happened earlier in the day? 3.See if you can summarize what Mr. Egan told the fourth graders. Be sure to give the events in order.

Because of Winn-Dixie Author: Kate DiCamillo

Genre: Realistic Fiction Characters are like people in real life. Events are like events in real life.

Florida is a state in the southeastern part of the United States of America. Naomi is a fictional city in Florida in the story, Winn- Dixie.

More Books Written by Kate DiCamillo

the events in a story that occur in a certain order sequence Synonyms: chain progression The sequence of events can be important to understanding a story.

helping people to remember a person, thing, or event memorial Synonyms: statue record The Herman W. Block Memorial Library was built by Miss Franny’s father.

overly proud of oneself prideful Synonyms: boastful conceited snobbish “I don’t want to appear prideful,” she said, “but my daddy was a very rich man.

call back to mind; remembers recalls I’m the only one who recalls that bear! Synonyms: remembers cites retains

strange, unusual peculiar But then I became aware of a very peculiar smell, a very strong smell. Synonyms: uncommon strange weird

excellent; very good “ Why, that would be grand,” she said, “just grand.” grand Synonym: magnificent glorious marvelous

without doubt; sure “Yes ma’am,” I told her. “I’m positive. He’s my dog. I would know him anywhere.” positive Synonym: definite certain absolute

picking out; choosing I was selecting a book from the library. selecting Synonym: marking tagging taking

Vocabulary Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? grand selecting memorial peculiar positive recalls prideful sequence

grandmemorialpeculiarpositive pridefulrecallsselectingsequence Draw! Draw! Draw! A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!

Free Association When I say a word, you write down any words you can think of that remind you of that word. For example: The word is school: 1.learning 2.Science 3.pencils 4.Reading 5.Math 6.teachers 7.P.E. 8.Education 1. grand 2. memorial 3. peculiar 4. positive 5. prideful 6. recalls 7. selecting 8. sequence

Classifying Place the following words in categories: grand memorial peculiar positive prideful recalls selecting sequence Decide the names of the categories. Determine how many categories. Determine which words go in which categories. After classifying the words, write a paragraph explaining each of the categories and why certain words go in a particular category.

3. Grandma was ____________ about her fried pies winning a blue ribbon. 4. ______________ a flavor is so hard because they offer so many choices. 5. Many people support putting up a ___________ for all the deer killed crossing highways. 6. Besides the armadillo, another ________ animal is the porcupine, with its unusual quills. 2. Grandpa was _________ he couldn’t get along by himself. 7. Grandpa was so shaken up after the accident that he couldn’t remember the exact ___________ of events that led up to the accident. 1. Dad often _______ the fried pies that Grandma use to make. grand; positive; selecting; memorial; prideful; sequence; peculiar; recalls Can You Find the Context Clues? 8. One of the most amazing habitats in North America is the _______ Florida Everglades.

Synonym Search Match the vocabulary words on the left to the correct synonyms on the right. Some vocabulary words have more than one synonym. Ready, set, go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a. taggingf. statuek. conceitedp. glorious b. uncommong. markingl. certainq. taking c. boastfulh. strangem. marvelousr. remembers d. taggingi. magnificentn. weirds. progression e. definitej. chaino. retainst. record grand positive selecting memorial prideful sequence peculiar recalls

Word Association Challenge 1.Which word goes with building a house? Why? Word Bank grand; positive; selecting; memorial; prideful; sequence; peculiar; recalls 2. Which word goes with buying ice cream? Why? 3. Which word goes with the Liberty Bell? Why? 4. Which word goes with hitting a homerun? Why? 5. Which word goes with a hairless dog? Why? 6. Which word goes with planning a trip to Disney World? Why? 7. Which word goes with automatic? Why? Some words can be used more than once. Can you figure out which ones? 8. Which word goes with retelling a story? Why?

1.List and describe animals that could be considered peculiar. 2. Describe an experience that you feel very positive about. 3. Describe how you go about selecting an outfit to wear. 4. Describe the situation where you can recall someone acting very prideful. 5. Sequence how you would build a tree house. 6. List people, places or things that you consider grand and tell why. 7. Name a memorial that you would like to visit and tell why. Tell Me What You Know