Fourth Grade: Theme 1

Selection 2This Land is Your Land

Sound/Spellings for ā ai /ā/ is used at the beginning or middle of a word or syllableay /ā/ is used at the end of a word or syllableeigh /ā/ is a less common spelling

Examples:aim air train detailday spray Sundaysleigh freight

Sound/Spellings for ī

igh /ī/

Examples:

•sigh•thigh•frighten

ai /ā/ ay /ā/ eigh /ā/braid spray weighbait daylight eightgrain dismay sleightrait mayonnaise freightdetail eighteencampaignraisin

Sound/Spellings for long ā

-igh /ī/sigh slightthigh right

tightheightdaylighttwilight

Sound/Spellings for long ī

Spelling FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?

braid

spray

campaign

grain

bait raisin

daylighttrait

detail dismay

Spelling FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?

mayonnaise

thigh

eighteen

sleigh

weigh sigh

slighteight

freight right

Spelling FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?

tight

daylight

height

twilight

frighten

Teacher Read Aloud:Johnny Appleseed

Activate Prior Knowledge:1.Share what you know about Johnny Appleseed.2.Share what you know about pioneer life in the United States.

Purpose Setting:Listen for clues that will help you determine the author’s

purpose for writing “Johnny Appleseed.”

This is the story of Johnny Appleseed, an American legend. He traveled across the United States planting apple trees and sharing his love of apples with other people.

1.What do you think is the author’s main purpose for writing this selection?2.Why do you think the author includes a description of how Johnny Appleseed looked?

Build Concept Vocabulary

As he traveled, Appleseed claimed land, cleared it, and

planted seeds

Build Concept Vocabulary

As the new nation began taking root, John

Chapman became an American pioneer, and before long he would become a legend…

Build Concept Vocabulary

He became friends with Native Americans and

settlers in the territories he visited.

Concept Vocabulary Web

People who

traveled to new lands

Explorationpioneer

Places

territories

settlers

Comprehension Skill:Author’s Purpose

1.The author’s purpose is the reason or reasons the author has for writing.2.An author may write to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express ideas and feelings.

Comprehension Skill:Author’s Purpose

Author’s Purpose

Why do you think so?

Before you read:What do you think it will be?

As you read: What do you think it is?

Strategy:Answer Questions

Good readers know where to look for the answers to questions. They know that sometimes the answer to a question is in one place. Other times it is in several places. They know that sometimes they must use what they’ve read plus what they know to answer a question. That is what you usually have to do to answer a question about the author’s purpose

Jefferson’s BARGAINAuthor’s Purpose

1.Preview the article. Do you think the author’s purpose is to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express?2.To answer the skill question, look at the title and skim the text. Do you see numbers and dates? What purpose do they suggest?3.Is the author’s purpose what you thought it would be when you previewed the article? Why or why not?4.Why did the author ask “are you ready?” in the third paragraph?

Lewis and Clark and Me

A Dog’s Tale

Author: Laurie Myers

Genre: Historical Fantasy

This genre combines both historic events that really happened and fantastic events that could not possibly happen, such as a dog as narrator.

The Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first expedition of an overland nature that was taken in the United States to the Pacific Coast and then back.  The team of explorers was headed by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, and it was assisted by Toussaint Charbonneau and his wife, Sacajawea.  The goal of the mission was to get a better understanding of the resources that would be exchanged in the Louisiana Purchase.  This expedition laid a part of the groundwork for the westward expansion of the United States of America. 

Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774 and died on October 11, 1809.  He was an American soldier, explorer, and a public administrator.  He is most remembered for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, or Corps of Discovery, along with William Clark to explore the territory gained from the Louisiana Purchase.

William Clark was born on August 1, 1770 and died on September 1, 1838.  He was an American explorer, Indian agent, soldier, and a territorial governor.  He was originally a native of Virginia, but he also grew up in Kentucky before he settled in what would later become Missouri.  He led the Lewis and Clark Expedition with William Clark in 1803 until 1805 to the Pacific Ocean after crossing the Louisiana Purchase.

The Departure from St. Charles, May 21, 1804

More Books Written by Laurie Myers

The reason or reasons the author has for writing – to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express ideas or feelings.

Author’s Purpose

Synonyms:reasonintentionBig idea

Do you think the author’s purpose is to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express?

platforms built on the shore or out from the shore; wharves; piers

docks

Synonyms:landingpierwharves

The pioneers load their belongs onto flatboats tied to the docks.

going from one region to another with the change in seasons

migrating

Synonyms:leavedriftvoyage

Pioneers saw hundreds of squirrels crossing the river. Were they migrating?

to glance at; look over hastily

scan

As they traveled, pioneers would scan the country for food and Indians.

Synonyms:investigatescopebrowse

a smell

scent

I stuck my nose in the air and recognized the scent immediately.

Synonyms:

odor

perfume

track – trail

smell

platform built on the shore or out from the shore beside which ships can load or unload

wharf

Synonym:dockslippier

I can see the pioneers with all their goods, waiting on the wharf in St. Louis.

felt a longing or desire

My life on the wharves was good, but I was a young dog and yearned for more.

yearned

Synonym:longedached

Vocabulary FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?

Author’s Purpose

scent

migrating

yearned

dock

wharf

scan

Author’s Purpose

docks migrating scan

scent wharf yearned

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. Author’s Purpose2. docks3. migrating4. scan5. wharf6. scent7. yearned

Classifying

Place the following words in categories: scent scan docks migrating author’s purpose yearned wharf

• 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. Fishermen stood along the _______ trying to catch the evening’s meal from the waters below.4. The skies overhead are filled with the sounds of honking geese when they are ____________ south for the winter.

5. The _________ was crowded with boxes of food.

6. After reading the selection I have decided that the ______________ was to inform the reader about the route of Lewis, Clark, and Seaman’s journey.

2. The young girl __________ to travel to faraway places.

7. The lone wolf used his nose to follow the __________ of his prey.

1. The captain of the ship told the sailors to ______ the horizon for land.

author’s purpose, docks, migrating, scan, scent, wharf, yearned

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. longed f. landing k. wharves p. scope

b. pier g. leave l. browse q. big idea

c. smell h. investigate m. sniff r. odor

d. reason i. drift n. intention s. track

e. perfume j. ached o. voyage

Author’s Purpose

docks

migrating

scan scent

wharf

yearned

Word Association Challenge1. Which word goes with conducting a search for something? Why?

Word Bank

author’s purpose, docks, migrating, scan, scent, yearned, wharf

2. Which word goes with making a wish? Why?

3. Which word goes with dogs tracking or following the trail of another animal? Why?

4. Which word goes with harbor? Why?

5. Which word goes with herds and flocks? Why?

6. Which word goes with fishing? Why?

7. Which word goes with comprehension? Why?

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

1. Explain situations where you might scan your surroundings. 2. List animals that are known for migrating to the south.

3. Think of your favorite story and write what the author’s purpose was for writing it. Remember to tell how you figured

out the author’s purpose.

4. Describe things or people you would see at a wharf.

5. Describe and tell why you have yearned for something.

6. Imagine yourself standing on the docks looking out at the ocean. What could you be doing and why?

7. Describe your favorite scent and tell when you smell it.

Tell Me What You Know