fourth grade: theme 1 selection 5 this land is your land
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Fourth Grade: Theme 1
Selection 5This Land is Your Land
Spelling Words with the Long ū Sounds
•Long u has two sounds, /ü/ and /yü/.•Long u has several spellings, u-consonant-e, ew, oo, ui, and u.
•The letter patterns u-consonant-e, ew, oo, ui, and u can stand for /ü/ or /yü/.
u-consonant-e ew oo
huge threw mood
flute curfew smooth
excuse afternoon
confuse scooter
groove
Spelling Words with the Long ū Sounds
ui u
juice usual
cruise truthcruelpupil
bruise humorduty
Spelling Words with the Long ū Sounds
oo u
igloo influence
aluminumnutritionaccumulate
Challenge Words
Spelling FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?
usual
scooter
threw truth
flute
huge bruiseafternoon
cruel
juice excusemood
smooth cruise pupil
Spelling FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?
groove
nutrition
influence
humor
confuse aluminum
accumulateduty
curfew igloo
Teacher Read Aloud:The Volcano Wakesby Patricia Lauber
Activate Prior Knowledge:1.Think about what you know about volcanoes.2. Share your ideas about what happens when a volcano erupts.
Purpose Setting:Listen for details that will help you determine the main idea
of the selection.
1.What was the first sign that Mount St. Helen might erupt?2. How was Mount St. Helen formed?3. Why did the people living nearby Mount St. Helen not fear it?4.Who considered Mount St. Helen dangerous?5.What is the main idea of the selection?
Concept Vocabulary Web
The West
How the land was formed
Plants and animals
eruptions
volcano
earthquake
Comprehension Skill:Main Idea and Details
•The topic is what a paragraph, part of an article, or a whole article is about•The most important thing the author has to say about the topic is the main idea•The little pieces of information telling more about the main idea are the supporting details
Comprehension Skill:Main Idea and Details
•Main ideas tell the central ideas of an article.•Use a graphic organizer to record the most important points of an article.•Supporting details expand on the main idea, providing more information about it.
Comprehension Skill:Main Idea and Details
Topic: “Hiking in National Parks”Details: Some parks have difficult trails that lead hikers to waterfalls and other natural wonders. Easy trails are also available.Use a graphic organizer to identify the main idea.
Main Idea Graphic Organizer
Supporting DetailEasy trails are also available.
Supporting DetailSome parks have difficult trails that
lead hikers to waterfalls and other
natural wonders.
Topic
Hiking in National Parks
What is the main idea in an article with this topic and supporting details?
Main Idea?
Comprehension Skill:Main Idea and Details
What is the main idea in an article with this topic and details?
Main Idea - National parks offer a wide range of trails for hikers.
Letters Home from Yosemite
Author: Lisa Halvorsen
More Books Written by
Lisa Halvorsen
Yosemite National Park is located in the State of
California
Yosemite Park
wilderness
Efforts to protect the wilderness around Yosemite began in 1864.
Synonyms:back countryforestoutback
a wild region with few or no people living in it
preserve
He fought hard to convince the U.S. government to preserve Yosemite as a national park.
Synonyms:maintainconservesafeguard
to keep from harm or change: protect
species
It’s the largest species of tree in the world and it is found only on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Synonyms:groupcategorykind
a set of related living thing that share certain characteristics and that can interbreed
naturalist
a person who studies living things
Our tour guide said that one of the first people to visit this area was John Muir, a Scottish
naturalist.
Synonyms:preservationistenvironmentalisttree-hugger
slopes
land that goes up or down at an angle
It’s the largest species of tree in the world and it is found only on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Synonyms:bankascenddescend
glacier
a great mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or along a valley, or spreading very slowly over a land area
This morning on our way to Glacier Point we saw a black bear and her two cubs.
Synonyms:ice field
impressive
able to impress the mind, feelings, conscience
It seems that wherever we look, there’s something bigger, higher, or more impressive that before.
Synonyms:imposingawesome
Vocabulary FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?
wilderness
impressive
preserve species
naturalist glacierslopes
slopes wilderness glacier species
impressive preserve naturalist
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. wilderness2. impressive3. naturalist4. glacier5. preserve6. species7. slopes
Classifying
Place the following words in categories: wilderness preserve species naturalist slopes glacier impressive
• 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. It is important to have national parks to ___________ our most beautiful places.4. The skier did not expect to find such steep _______.
5. People who hike in the ____________ need to take a map and plenty of water.
6. The mountain hiker found a huge field of ice and realized that he had come across a __________.
2. There are many different _______ of plants and animals living in Yosemite Park.
7. I hope to become a ___________ someday so I need to learn all I can about plants and animals.
1. I think that Mt. McKinley in Alaska is the most _________ mountain in America..
wilderness, preserve, species, naturalist, slopes, glacier, impressive
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. group f. kind k. category p. conserve
b. back country
g. forest l. safeguard
q. preservationist
c. maintain h. environmentalist
m. ice field r. impressed
d. imposing
i. ascend n. tree-hugger
s. outback
e. bank j. awesome o. descend
wilderness
preserve
species
naturalist
slopes
glacier
impressive
Word Association Challenge1. Which word goes with climbing? Why?
Word Bank
wilderness preserve species naturalistslopes glacier impressive
2. Which word goes with sightseeing? Why?
3. Which word goes with erosion ? Why?
4. Which word goes with hiking ? Why?
5. Which word goes with protection? Why?
6. Which word goes with saving the earth? Why?
7. Which word goes with labeling? Why?
Some words can be used more than once. Can you figure out which ones?
1. Describe something you saw that was most impressive to you. Why?
2. Explain how a glacier helps to form mountains.3. List different species of trees. Which ones are found
near here?4. Describe all the things that you would take with you on a hike in the wilderness.5. If you were a naturalist, what things in nature do you feel are most important to preserve? Why?6. Do you think it is important to keep snowmobiles off the slopes of mountains located in a national park? Why or why not?
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