Fourth Grade: Theme 1 Selection 4 This Land is Your Land.
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Fourth Grade: Theme 1
Selection 4This Land is Your Land
Words that end with the long ē 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
-ey -yparsley frequencyjourneychimneyattorney
Challenge Words
Spelling FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?
misty
alley
steady balcony
trolley
collie movierookie
hockey
attorney chimneyfrequency
calorie jury money
Teacher Read Aloud:Growing Up in the Old West
by Judith Alter
Activate Prior Knowledge:1.Think about what it must have been like to live on a ranch in the Old West.2. Share your ideas about what it would be like to be a child growing up on a ranch in the Old West.
Purpose Setting:Listen for details that will help you determine the author’s
purpose.
1.How did the children of the Old West have fun?2. What are some games that the children of the Old West played?3. What was the author’s purpose for writing “Growing Up in the Old West”?4.What does the author think about the life of frontier children in the Old West?
Concept Vocabulary Web
The Southwest
LandscapeRanch
corral rodeo
frontier
Comprehension Skill:Author’s 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 author’s purpose.
Comprehension Skill:Author’s Purpose
Ideas
•what they are •how they are expressed
Author’s Purpose
•persuade•inform•entertain•express
Text
•title and any heads•facts and information•fictional characters and plot•patterns of ideas
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.
Strategy:Story Structure
Active readers use story structure to help determine the author’s purpose.
The Horned Toad Prince
Author: Jackie Mims
Hopkins
More Books Written by
Jackie Mims Hopkins
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/horned-toad.html
Website Link
Southwestern United States
The southwestern United States includes Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
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
How is your Spanish?
Spanish Phrase
TranslationEnglish
Spanish Phrase
TranslationEnglish
muy soliento very drowsy
Muchas gracias
Many thanks
Que Pasa What’s 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!
How is your Spanish?
riverbed
Reba Jo came upon a riverbed.
Synonymsriver bedchannel
channel in which a river flows or used to flow
lassoed
She lassoed cacti, water buckets, fence posts, and any unlucky critter that crossed her path.
Synonyms:hookedsnaredtrapped
roped; caught with a long rope with a loop on the end
offended
Many, many years ago when I came to this country, I offended the great spirit of the arroyo.
Synonyms:angeredinsultedupsethurt
hurt the feelings of someone; made angry
shrieked
made a loud, sharp, shrill sound
“You’ve gotta be kiddin’!” shrieked Reba Jo.
Synonyms:wailhowlscreech
prairie
long area of level or rolling land with grass but few or no trees
Reba Jo loved to twang her guitar and sing while the prairie wind whistled through the thirsty sagebrush.
Synonyms:plainpasturemeadow
bargain
an agreement to trade or exchange; deal
“Now, Reba Jo,” said her daddy, “if you strike a bargain in these parts, a deal’s a deal.”
Synonyms:dealagreementtrade
favor
an act of kindness
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:assistobligeaccommodate
Vocabulary FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?
prairie
shrieked
lassoed riverbed
bargain offendedfavor
shrieked riverbed prairie offended
favor bargain lassoed
Draw! Draw! Draw!
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
Free AssociationWhen 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. offended2. prairie3. lassoed4. shrieked5. bargain6. riverbed7. favor
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.
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.
2. The drought was so severe that the river dried up and you could see the ______________.
7. The ranch was known for wide open spaces which included the flat ________ and nearby grasslands.
1. The smell of the burning tire _______ Ms. Pauly.
shrieked, offended, favor, bargain, riverbed, lassoed, prairie
Can You Find the Context Clues?
Synonym SearchMatch 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
Word Association Challenge1. Which word goes with landscape? Why?
Word Bank
riverbed lassoed offended shrieked
prairie bargain favor
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?
Some words can be used more than once. Can you figure out which ones?
1. 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.
Tell Me What You Know