Fourth Grade: Theme 1 Selection 4 This Land is Your Land

Words that end with the long ē sound often end with ie, ey, or y. -ie-ey-y prairiehoneyfinally calorievalleycountry moviemoneyempty rookiehockeycity colliealleybreezy trolleyjury balcony

-ey-y parsleyfrequency journey chimney attorney Challenge Words

Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? misty alley steadybalcony trolley colliemovierookie hockey attorneychimneyfrequency caloriejurymoney

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 Landscape Ranch corralrodeo 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

More Books Written by Jackie Mims Hopkins

More Books Written by 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 arroyostreamHolahello Senoritalady, femaleserenatasing Senorman, malesiestanap padrefatherprontonow amigofriendsiyes sombrerohatadiosgood-bye How is your Spanish?

Spanish Phrase Translation English Spanish Phrase Translation English muy solientovery drowsy Muchas gracias Many thanks Que PasaWhat’s happening EsperateWait up! Tres pequenos favors Three small favors Por favorplease Yo tengo mucha hambre I am very hungry! Lo seintoI am sorry! How is your Spanish?

riverbed Reba Jo came upon a riverbed. Synonyms river bed channel 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: hooked snared trapped 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: angered insulted upset hurt hurt the feelings of someone; made angry

shrieked made a loud, sharp, shrill sound “You’ve gotta be kiddin’!” shrieked Reba Jo. Synonyms: wail howl screech

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: plain pasture meadow

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: deal agreement trade

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: assist oblige accommodate

Vocabulary Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? prairie shrieked lassoedriverbed bargainoffendedfavor

shriekedriverbedprairieoffended favorbargainlassoed Draw! Draw! Draw! A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!

Free Association 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: 1.learning 2.Science 3.pencils 4.Reading 5.Math 6.teachers 7.P.E. 8.education 1. offended 2. prairie 3. lassoed 4. shrieked 5. bargain 6. riverbed 7. 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 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a. assistf. agreementk. snaredp. trapped b. channelg. screechl. dealq. hurt c. plainh. obligem. angeredr. wail d. howli. river bottomn. trades. insulted e. hookedj. meadowo. accommodate t. pasture favor lassoed bargain offended prairie shrieked riverbed

Word Association Challenge 1.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