1. Fourth Grade:
Theme 1
Selection 5
This Land is Your Land 1

2. 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/. 2

3. Spelling Words with the Long ū Sounds
u-consonant-e ew oo
huge
threw
mood
flute
curfew
smooth
excuse
afternoon
confuse
scooter
groove 3

4. Spelling Words with the Long ū Soundsui u
juice
usual
cruise
truth
cruel
pupil
bruise
humor
duty 4

5. Challenge Words oo u
igloo
influence
aluminum
nutrition
accumulate 5

6. How Fast Can You Read the Words?
Spelling Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
usual
threw
truth
huge
afternoon
bruise
flute
scooter
cruel
mood
juice
excuse
smooth
cruise
pupil

7. How Fast Can You Read the Words?
Spelling Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
groove
influence
confuse
aluminum
humor
nutrition
duty
accumulate
curfew
igloo

8. Teacher Read Aloud:
The Volcano Wakes
by Patricia Lauber
Activate Prior Knowledge:
Think about what you know about volcanoes.
Share your ideas about what happens when a volcano erupts.

9. Purpose Setting:
Listen for details that will help you determine the main idea of the selection.
What was the first sign that Mount St. Helen might erupt?
2. How was Mount St. Helen formed?
Why did the people living nearby Mount St. Helen not fear it?
Who considered Mount St. Helen dangerous?
What is the main idea of the selection? 9

10. Concept Vocabulary Web
eruptions
earthquake
volcano
How the land was formed
Plants and animals
The West

11. 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 11

12. Main ideas tell the central ideas of an article.
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. 12

13. Topic: “Hiking in National Parks”
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. 13

14. Main Idea Graphic Organizer
Topic
Hiking in National Parks
Main Idea?
Supporting Detail
Some parks have difficult trails that lead hikers to waterfalls and other natural wonders.
Supporting Detail
Easy trails are also available.
What is the main idea in an article with this topic and supporting details?

15. What is the main idea in an article with this topic and details?
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. 15

16. Letters Home from Yosemite
Author:
Lisa Halvorsen

17. More Books Written by
Lisa Halvorsen

18. Website Link

19. Yosemite National Park is located in the State of California

20. Yosemite Park

21. a wild region with few or no people living in it
wilderness
Efforts to protect the wilderness around Yosemite began in 1864.
Synonyms:
back country
forest
outback

22. preserve to keep from harm or change: protect Synonyms: maintain
He fought hard to convince the U.S. government to preserve Yosemite as a national park.
Synonyms:
maintain
conserve
safeguard

23. a set of related living thing that share certain characteristics and that can interbreed
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:
group
category
kind

24. a person who studies living things
naturalist
Our tour guide said that one of the first people to visit this area was John Muir, a Scottish naturalist.
Synonyms:
preservationist
environmentalist
tree-hugger

25. slopes land that goes up or down at an angle Synonyms: bank ascend
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:
bank
ascend
descend

26. a great mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or along a valley, or spreading very slowly over a land area
glacier
This morning on our way to Glacier Point we saw a black bear and her two cubs.
Synonyms:
ice field

27. able to impress the mind, feelings, conscience
impressive
It seems that wherever we look, there’s something bigger, higher, or more impressive that before.
Synonyms:
imposing
awesome

28. How Fast Can You Read the Words?
Vocabulary Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
wilderness
preserve
species
naturalist
slopes
glacier
impressive

29. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
slopes
wilderness
glacier
species
impressive
preserve
naturalist
Draw! Draw! Draw!

30. Free Association 1. wilderness 2. impressive 3. naturalist 4. glacier
When 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:
learning
Science
pencils
Reading
Math
teachers
P.E.
education
1. wilderness
2. impressive
3. naturalist
4. glacier
5. preserve
6. species
7. slopes

31. 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.

32. wilderness, preserve, species, naturalist, slopes, glacier, impressive
Can You Find the Context Clues?
1. I think that Mt. McKinley in Alaska is the most _________
mountain in America..
2. There are many different _______ of plants and animals living in Yosemite
Park.
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 __________.
7. I hope to become a ___________ someday so I need to learn all I can
about plants and animals.
wilderness, preserve, species, naturalist, slopes, glacier, impressive

33. Synonym Search
Match the vocabulary words on the left to the correct synonyms on the right. Some vocabulary words have more than one synonym. Ready, set, go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wilderness
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
preserve
species
naturalist
slopes
glacier
impressive

34. Word Association Challenge
Which word goes with climbing? Why?
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?
Word Bank
wilderness preserve species naturalist
slopes glacier impressive
Some words can be used more than once. Can you figure out which ones?

35. Tell Me What You Know
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?