1. Unit 1 , Week 1 The Mystery of the Missing Lunch
Miss Foster’s 4th Grade
eMINTS4ALL Classroom

2. Vocabulary assignments: a task to be completed
consideration: taking time to think about something
allergies: physical symptoms caused by the bodies over reaction to something.
accuse: to say that a person did something wrong.
suspicious: to be mistrustful.
evidence: things used to prove if something is true.
consume: something you use, or eat.

3. Vocabulary: Words in Context assignments, suspicious, consideration, evidence, allergies, consumes, accuse
We thought that his alibi sounded reasonable not at all _____________.
He showed ________ when he shared his lunch with a child who needed one.
There was little _________________ left by the lunch thief.
The teacher handed out several ____________ for us during vacation.
I was so surprised that she could _______ so many cookies!
She cannot ______ anyone of taking her lunch since she lost it.
Todd’s ________ made him sneeze in the fall.

4. Vocabulary : Words in Context
When you cannot figure out the meaning of a word with context clues, you should look the word up in a dictionary.
Good readers read all the definitions of a word to see which one best fits in the context

5. Vocabulary : Words in Context
Look up the following words to determine the correct meaning , for the context of the sentence.
The girl looked at her team apologetically after she missed the goal.
Both of my cousins have become vegetarians.
Does he have an alibi for the time when the jewels were stolen?
The team searched for the culprit who had taken their baseball.
Is your name on the list of potential band members?
Madge confirmed the state’s population by checking an almanac.
Using a Dictionary
Using Guide Words

6. Vocabulary : Story Words
scientific method: a tool that scientist use to find answers to questions.
secure: to close off an area in order to preserve any possible evidence.
survey: careful inspection of a place.
testify: to make an official statement about what you know.

7. Fluency: Intonation/ Pausing
Good readers learn to read groups of words together in phrases.
A comma means to pause and a punctuation mark means to stop. Read the sentences below, listen carefully to your pauses and intonation as you read.
On his way back to his desk, Ramon passed the library corner. He stopped. What was that scratching sound? Could there be a mouse in the classroom? Mice eat anything.

8. Phonics: Short Vowel Sounds
Example a
cash, ran, had,flat e
bell, shelf, wealth i
mill, grim, build o
dock, plot, copper u
culprit, plum, crunch

9. Phonics / Short Vowels

10. Comprehension/Make Inferences and Analyze
Authors do not always tell the reader everything that is happening in a story. A good reader uses their own prior knowledge and details that the author does not include to make inferences, or draw a possible conclusion.
To make inferences , readers analyze , or think critically about , the characters’ experiences and compare these to their own experiences

11. Comprehension/Make Inferences and Analyze
The critical reader

12. Comprehension/ Problem and Solution
A story usually presents a problem that the main character tries to solve.
The turning point of the story comes when the character gets information that helps him or her reach a solution to the problem.