1. THEME 1: Facing Challenges
Fourth Grade
Week 2
Day 1

3. Read Aloud Genre: Biography
(A true story about the life of a real person)
Biographies include:
information about why the person is important
Opinions and judgments based on facts
Events from the person’s life, told in time order
This biography is about a famous woman swimmer. One purpose for listening is to find out why this swimmer was remarkable.
Teacher Reads Be a Friend on page T28. Use the Interact with Text prompts that align with the numbers 1, 2 ,3

4. Focus Skill Character’s Traits and Motivations
Let’s look over workbook pg 8.

5. Reread the story and
complete PB 8.

8. Comprehension Strategy Use Story Structure
Setting
Characters
Setting
Plot Events
MODEL: Read aloud story on Transparency R3 then MODEL with the think aloud how to use the graphic organizer. Plan ahead of time how the completed organizer would look. MODEL for students how to complete the organizer.

9. Comprehension
Strategy- Use
Story Structure

10. Vocabulary  Let’s look at our vocabulary words for the week 
Routine on page T35: Read Vocabulary word, Students repeat word, read the definition, have students discuss the question (turn and talk) I would move the READ: vocabulary pages to Day 2

11. Who is an example of a legendary sports star?
Someone legendary is especially famous for something he or she did a long time ago.
Who is an example of a legendary sports star?

12. If you muttered something, how did you say it?
If you muttered, you said something very quiet because you did not want to be heard.
If you muttered something, how did you say it?

13. If you gaped at something, how did you feel when you saw it?
If you gaped at something, you stared openmouthed in surprise.
If you gaped at something, how did you feel when you saw it?

14. What might cause you to flinch?
flinched
If a person flinched, he or she quickly moved away from something dangerous or painful.
What might cause you to flinch?

15. How would you feel if you heard some kids snickering behind your back?
Snickering at someone is like laughing quietly at them because they did something silly.
How would you feel if you heard some kids snickering behind your back?

16. What might cause you to glare at someone in a library?
glared
If you glared at someone, you stared at them in an angry way.
What might cause you to glare at someone in a library?

17. How stunned would you be if your best friend suddenly moved away?
When someone is stunned by something amazing, he or she is shocked and sometimes even speechless.
How stunned would you be if your best friend suddenly moved away?

18. fluke A fluke is something unusual that happens by accident.
If a cook flipped a pancake and it landed on someone’s head, would that be a fluke? Why or why not?

22. Spelling: Word with Long Vowels and Vowel Digraphs
cheese
heel
season
boast
chief
gape
aim
brain
fluke
crayon
eagle
throw
rose
student
goal
woke
ripen
cube
rainbow
scrape,
Challenge Words:
teenage
obedience
bowling
league
migraine
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