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

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

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

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

Challenge Words oo u igloo influence aluminum nutrition accumulate 5

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

Letters Home from Yosemite Author: Lisa Halvorsen

More Books Written by Lisa Halvorsen

Website Link http://www.nps.gov/yose/

Yosemite National Park is located in the State of California

Yosemite Park

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

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?