Fourth Grade:

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Fourth Grade Theme 1 Selection 4 This Land is
Your Land
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Words that end with the long e sound often end
with ie, ey, or y.
-ie -ey -y
prairie honey finally
calorie valley country
movie money empty
rookie hockey city
collie alley breezy
trolley jury
balcony
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Challenge Words
-ey -y
parsley frequency
journey
chimney
attorney
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Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words?
misty
steady
balcony
collie
movie
rookie
alley
trolley
hockey

attorney
chimney
frequency
calorie
jury
money
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• Teacher Read Aloud
• Growing Up in the Old West
• by Judith Alter
• Activate Prior Knowledge
• Think about what it must have been like to live
  on a ranch in the Old West.
• Share your ideas about what it would be like to
  be a child growing up on a ranch in the Old West.

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• Purpose Setting
• Listen for details that will help you determine
  the authors purpose.
• How did the children of the Old West have fun?
• 2. What are some games that the children of
  the Old West played?
• What was the authors purpose for writing
  Growing Up in the Old West?
• What does the author think about the life of
  frontier children in the Old West?

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Concept Vocabulary Web
The Southwest
Ranch
Landscape
corral
rodeo
frontier
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• Comprehension Skill
• Authors Purpose
• An author may write to persuade, to inform,
  entertain, or to express ideas or feelings.
• Often an author has more that one purpose.
• The kinds of ideas and the way the author
  organizes and states them can help the reader
  determine the authors purpose.

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Comprehension Skill Authors Purpose

• Ideas
• what they are
• how they are expressed

• Text
• title and any heads
• facts and information
• fictional characters and plot
• patterns of ideas

• Authors Purpose
• persuade
• inform
• entertain
• express

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• Strategy
• Story Structure
• Story structure of fictional stories include the
  following
• problem or goal
• rising action (building up to the climax)
• climax (where the conflict is confronted)
• outcome(where the conflict is resolved)
• Most stories are told in time order, or sequence,
  and are written to entertain, but some teach a
  lesson at the same time they entertain.

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Strategy Story Structure
Active readers use story structure to help
determine the authors purpose.
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The Horned Toad Prince
Author Jackie Mims Hopkins
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More Books Written by Jackie Mims Hopkins
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More Books Written by Jackie Mims Hopkins
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Website Link

http//animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/rept
iles/horned-toad.html
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Southwestern United States

The southwestern United States includes Arizona,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
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How is your Spanish?
Spanish Word Translation English Spanish Word Translation English
arroyo stream Hola hello
Senorita lady, female serenata sing
Senor man, male siesta nap
padre father pronto now
amigo friend si yes
sombrero hat adios good-bye

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How is your Spanish?
Spanish Phrase Translation English Spanish Phrase Translation English
muy soliento very drowsy Muchas gracias Many thanks
Que Pasa Whats happening Esperate Wait up!
Tres pequenos favors Three small favors Por favor please
Yo tengo mucha hambre I am very hungry! Lo seinto I am sorry!

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channel in which a river flows or used to flow
riverbed

Reba Jo came upon a riverbed.
Synonyms river bed channel



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roped caught with a long rope with a loop on the
end
lassoed
She lassoed cacti, water buckets, fence posts,
and any unlucky critter that crossed her path.

Synonyms hooked snared trapped




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hurt the feelings of someone made angry
offended
Many, many years ago when I came to this country,
I offended the great spirit of the arroyo.


Synonyms angered insulted upset hurt




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made a loud, sharp, shrill sound
shrieked

Youve gotta be kiddin! shrieked Reba Jo.

Synonyms wail howl screech

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long area of level or rolling land with grass but
few or no trees
prairie

Reba Jo loved to twang her guitar and sing while
the prairie wind whistled through the thirsty
sagebrush.

Synonyms plain pasture meadow

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an agreement to trade or exchange deal
bargain

Now, Reba Jo, said her daddy, if you strike a
bargain in these parts, a deals a deal.

Synonyms deal agreement trade

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an act of kindness
favor

Reba Jo admitted that the horned toad had done
her a favor and in return she had promised to
feed him some chili, play her guitar for him, and
let him take a nap in her hat.

Synonyms assist oblige accommodate

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Vocabulary Fluency How Fast Can You Read the
Words?
prairie
lassoed
riverbed
bargain
offended
favor
shrieked

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
shrieked riverbed prairie offended
favor bargain lassoed
Draw! Draw! Draw!
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• 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
• learning
• Science
• pencils
• Reading
• Math
• teachers
• P.E.
• education

1. offended
2. prairie
3. lassoed
4. shrieked
5. bargain
6. riverbed
7. favor
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• Classifying
• Place the following words in categories
• prairie lassoed
  riverbed
• bargain favor
  offended
• shrieked
• 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.

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Can You Find the Context Clues?
1. The smell of the burning tire _______ Ms.
Pauly.
2. The drought was so severe that the river dried
up and you could see the ______________.
3. You ruined my beautiful cake! Milly
______________.
4. Buying the used car for that amount of money
was a real ____________.
5. The crowd will always _________ our team
over the other team.
6. The cowboy showed his expertise in roping
when he _________ a calf in record time.
7. The ranch was known for wide open spaces
which included the flat ________ and nearby
grasslands.
shrieked, offended, favor, bargain, riverbed,
lassoed, prairie
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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. assist f. agreement k. snared p. trapped
b. channel g. screech l. deal q. hurt
c. plain h. oblige m. angered r. wail
d. howl i. river bottom n. trade s. insulted
e. hooked j. meadow o. accommodate t. pasture
favor

lassoed
bargain
offended
prairie
shrieked
riverbed
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Word Association Challenge

1. Which word goes with landscape? Why?

2. Which word goes with the negotiating? Why?
3. Which word goes with enemy ? Why?
4. Which word goes with friendship? Why?
5. Which word goes with shrill? Why?
6. Which word goes with cowboy? Why?
7. Which word goes with bridge? Why?
Word
Bank riverbed lassoed
offended shrieked prairie
bargain favor

Some words can be used more than once. Can you figure out which ones?

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Tell Me What You Know

• Tell about a time you shrieked. Why?
• 2. Describe how you negotiated a bargain?
• 3. What favor would you want someone to do for
  you? Why?
• 4. List things and animals you would see on a
  prairie.
• 5. Describe a time you were offended by a
  friend. Why?
• 6. List things you might find on a riverbed.