The Planets in Our Solar System

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill Treasures4th Grade Unit 1 Week 4

Created by Teresa Wilson Desert Palms Elem. July 2010

Introduction

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Read a realistic fiction Make inferences and analyze text to come to a conclusion about the plot or characters Learn about a character through his or her dialogue with other charactersOBJECTIVESToday we will...

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EndlessSomething that is endless has no limit or end.Realistic Realistic means seeing things as they are.UniverseThe universe is everything that exists, including Earth, other planets, stars, and space.Astronaut An astronaut is someone who is trained to fly in a spacecraft.

VOCABULARY REVIEW

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Sensible Being sensible means having good judgment.

Protested When you complained about something, you protested.

Paralyzed Someone who is paralyzed is made powerless or helpless.

Pennants Pennants are long, narrow flags shaped like triangles.

VOCABULARY REVIEW

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GENRE: Realistic Fiction Realistic fiction is a made up story that could have happened in real life. Characters and setting are realistic and believable. Events in the story are things that really could happen.

STRATEGY: Make Inferences Authors do not always directly tell the reader everything that is happening in a story. Good readers use their own prior knowledge and clues from the text to make inferences, or draw reasonable conclusions about the characters and the plot. To make inferences, readers analyze, or think critically about, the characters experiences and compare these to their own experiences.

SKILL: Character

Authors provide readers clues to a characters personality by telling what the character does and says. Readers can also learn about a character through his or her dialogue with other characters.

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PREVIEW & PREDICTWhen I say Go, take 1 minute to preview the illustrations. Ask yourself: Where does the story take place? What kind of girl do you think Gloria might be?On your index card, write your predictions. After we listen to the selection, we will see if your questions were answered.

FOCUS QUESTION Read to find out...

How does a trip to the supermarket change Gloria?

NOWyou will read along as we listen to ...

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Lets Check our Predictions!Share with your criss-cross/shoulder partner your predictions. Were they correct? Did you figure out how the trip to grocery store changed Gloria?

TOMORROW WE WILL...

Use our Character Web to answer the Comprehension Check questions on page 101.

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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT... Think about a time when you met someone for the first time and, as a result, learned an interesting fact or a lesson.

Share with your partner.

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