1. Fourth Grade:
Theme 1
Selection 3
This Land is Your Land 1

2. Long e is sometimes spelled ee or ea
sweet
each
three
least
freedom
season
Halloween
eagle
speedometer
seaweed
greet
underneath
seacoast 2

3. Long o is sometimes spelled oa or ow
throat
below
float
flown
foam
shallow
croak
rainbow
seacoast
grown
cocoa
hollow
Halloween 3

4. How Fast Can You Read the Words?
Spelling Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
sweet
three
freedom
Halloween
speedometer
greet
seaweed
each
least
season
eagle
seaweed
underneath
seacoast

5. Teacher Read Aloud:
Going Places
by Harriet Webster
Activate Prior Knowledge:
Think about any places you have traveled in the United States.
Talk about your travels with the students at your table.

6. Purpose Setting:
Listen for the sequence in which the author describes traveling across the United States.
If you traveled by car, how many hours would it take you to cross the country?
2. If you traveled by jet, how many hours would it take you?
What sights might you see when traveling across the country?
How did early settlers navigate their way across the country? 6

7. Comprehension Skill: Sequencing
Sequence means the order in which things happen.
Dates, times, and clue words such as first, then, next, and last can help you understand the order of events.
Sometimes two or more events happen at the same time. Words such as meanwhile and during can show this. 7

8. Concept Vocabulary Web
lush valleys
Traveling America
Places
Equipment
coast
route

9. Using a graphic organizer can help you understand what you read.
Strategy:
Graphic Organizers
Using a graphic organizer can help you understand what you read.
First Event
Second Event
Third Event 9

10. Grandfather’s Journey
Author and Illustrator: Allen Say

11. Grandfather’s homeland was in Asia, which is one of the world’s
seven continents.

12. Grandfather was born in Japan
Grandfather was born in Japan. Japan is a country located in the continent of Asia.

13. Japan is an island country located in East Asia.

14. Grandfather traveled from Japan to California and
back again many times. He traveled across the Pacific Ocean,
one of the world’s four oceans.

15. The first time Grandfather traveled to America was on a steamship.

16. Traditional Japanese Clothing
Kimono

17. More Books Written and Illustrated by Allen Say

20. Website Link: National Geographic Map Machine 3D View of the World
Type in Japan Type in California
Click Find a Place Click Find a Place
Click 3-D View Click 3-D View

21. surprised greatly; struck with sudden wonder; astounded
amazed
Deserts with rocks like enormous sculptures amazed him.
Synonyms:
impressed
astounded
astonished

22. completely confused; puzzled
bewildered
Huge cities of factories and tall buildings bewildered and yet excited him.
Synonyms:
baffled
befuddled
mystified

23. country that is your home; your native land
homeland
Finally, when his daughter was nearly grown, he could wait no more. He took his family and returned to his homeland.
Synonyms:
mother country
fatherland
native soil
motherland

24. longed wished for, wanted very much; desired greatly Synonyms: yearned
The more he traveled, the more he longed to see new places, and never thought of returning home.
Synonyms:
yearned
desired

25. works of art created by carving, modeling, casting, etc.
sculptures
Deserts with rocks like enormous sculptures amazed him.
Synonym:
statues
carvings

26. to make or become calm or quiet
still
I miss my old friends. So I return now and then, when I cannot still the longing in my heart.
Synonym:
subdue
dispel

27. very high
towering
He marveled at the towering mountains and rivers as clear as the sky.
Synonym:
massive‘
gigantic
elevated
colossal

28. How Fast Can You Read the Words?
Vocabulary Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
amazed
bewildered
homeland
longed
sculptures
still
towering

29. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
bewildered
homeland
longed
amazed
sculptures
towering
still
Draw! Draw! Draw!

30. Free Association 1. amazed 2. bewildered 3. homeland 4. longed
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:
learning
Science
pencils
Reading
Math
teachers
P.E.
education
1. amazed
2. bewildered
3. homeland
4. longed
5. sculptures
6. still
7. towering

31. Classifying Place the following words in categories:
bewildered homeland longed
amazed still sculptures
towering
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.

32. homeland; longed; bewildered; still; towering; amazed; sculptures
Can You Find the Context Clues?
1. Bob felt _____________ when he tried to put together the puzzle.
2. Even though my ___________ is Japan, I feel at home in the United States.
3. Lisa ___________ to travel to the far away places she had read about in
books.
4. The students were _________ to see the erupting volcano.
5. The _____________ in the museum were made of clay.
6. Grandfather could not __________ the longing in his heart for his homeland.
7. The Empire State Building was _______________ above all of the other
buildings.
homeland; longed; bewildered; still; towering; amazed; sculptures

33. 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. mother country
f. befuddled
k. astounded
p. colossal
b. mystified
g. astonished
l. fatherland
q. subdue
c. yearned
h. baffled
m. statues
r. impressed
d. gigantic
i. desired
n. dispel
s. elevated
e. carvings
j. massive
o. motherland
still
longed
bewildered
homeland
amazed
towering
sculptures

34. Word Association Challenge
Which word goes with forms and shapes ? Why?
2. Which word goes with the country of the United States? Why?
3. Which word goes with listening to a speech ? Why?
4. Which word goes with wanting a new bicycle? Why?
5. Which word goes with putting together a car motor? Why?
6. Which word goes with the Statue of Liberty? Why?
7. Which word goes with watching a juggler juggle 20 objects? Why?
Word Bank
bewildered amazed longed towering
sculptures still homeland
Some words can be used more than once. Can you figure out which ones?

35. Tell Me What You Know Explain situations that could be bewildering.
2. Describe your homeland. (Traditions; symbols; culture; language)
3. Have you ever longed for something? Describe what or who and why you longed for it.
4. Describe things or places that would cause you to be amazed.
5. Sequence how you would create a sculpture.
6. List buildings and people that tower over others.