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

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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