Week 20 4th Grade

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Week 204th Grade

• Day 1
• Theme 4

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Fact and Opinion

• Writers of nonfiction texts sometimes include
  their own opinion.
• Remember
• A fact is something that can be proved.
• An opinion is a statement of feeling or belief.

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Would these statements be facts or opinions?

• My favorite food is pizza.
• Going to the beach makes the best vacation!
• Math is the most interesting subject.
• Barak Obama is the U.S. President.
• I love to eat at Burger King!
• The Bulldogs won the game last night.
• Whoever cooked this meal is a GREAT cook!

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Turn in your Reading Practice Book to page 114.
STATEMENT FACT OR OPINION EVIDENCE
I think that Alexander Calder is the best artist who ever lived.
They are made of metal and have names like Flying Dragon and Flamingo.
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Theme

• A storys Theme is its most important message, or
  moral.
• All the elements in a story work together to
  reveal the theme.
• Theme can be stated directly or indirectly.
• To figure out an unstated theme, think about
  what the main character learns or does.

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Turn in your Reading Practice Book to page 115.

• Who are the main characters?
• What is the setting?
• What are the important Plot Events?
• What does the main character learn?

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intentions
Intentions are ideas about what a person means to
do.
What do you think it means to have good
intentions?
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inadvertently
If you do something inadvertently, you do it
without meaning to.
What is something a person might do
inadvertently?
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Theme test 4Help Us Create a Butterfly Garden

• I will hand out your testing materials. You will
  receive a testing booklet and a answer document.
• Do NOT start until I give you the directions to
  begin.
• Once we begin you will have 25 minutes to
  complete this portion of the test. When 25
  minutes has passed, I will give you and
  additional 5 minutes to complete the test.
• If you finish before the time is up STOP. Do NOT
  complete any other portion of this test. STOP
  after number 6.

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Following Written Directions

• Written directions usually tell how to make or do
  something.
• Carefully READ all the steps first! Ask
  questions about anything unclear.
• Gather all the materials you will need.
• Follow the steps in order.

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Turn in your Reading Practice Book to page 116.

• What should you do before you start to follow the
  directions?
• What should you do after folding the paper back
  and forth?
• Why should you do step 3 before step 5?
• What will happen if you cut the whole fold?

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ThemeRead along with me

• On a hot summer day, a fox was strolling through
  an orchard until he came across some grapes.
  Just the thing for my hunger, Fox thought.
• He got a running start and he leapt up to grab
  the grapes with his teeth, but he missed them.
  Again and again, the fox tried these running
  jumps. He leapt as high as he possibly could.
  But at last, he walked away with his nose in the
  air saying, I am sure they were sour grapes
  anyway.

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Theme Narrative Form

• Why do you think Fox says the grapes are sour?
• What is the Theme of the story?
• What kind of narrative form is this story?

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magnificent
Something magnificent is very beautiful and
impressive.
What view would be more magnificent, the view
from under your bed or the view from the top of a
mountain?
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distressed
Someone who is distressed feels very sad and
helpless.
Would you expect someone who is feeling
distressed to whistle a cheerful song? Why or
why not?
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trampled

• If you trampled something, you stepped on it
  very hard and damaged it.

What might you use to trample something?
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Ominous

• A sign of trouble or a warning that something bad
  is about to happen.
• Why might smoke be an omnious sight?

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Confound

• To surprise or confuse someone.
• What kind of question
  
• might confound you?

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MISERABLE

• To feel uncomfortable or unhappy.
• How might a cold make you feel miserable?

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Words ending with-le, -al, -el

• Add the appropriate/correct ending to complete
  each word
• nation__
• lev__
• gent__
• arriv__
• sing__

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Spelling Words

• puddle
• bottle
• gentle
• arrival
• tropical
• national
• finger
• master
• corner
• dollar

• mice
• overboard
• overreact
• overactive
• tunnel
• level
• camel
• doctor
• motor
• horror

• cellar
• sugar
• underline
• undergo
• underpass
• babies
• classs
• childs
• geese
• teeth

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Theme test 4Creative Cooking

• I will hand out your testing materials. You will
  receive a testing booklet and a answer document.
• Do NOT start until I give you the directions to
  begin.
• Once we begin you will have 25 minutes to
  complete this portion of the test. When 25
  minutes has passed, I will give you and
  additional 5 minutes to complete the test.
• If you finish before the time is up STOP. Do NOT
  complete any other portion of this test. STOP
  after number 12.