1. Unit 2 Week 2 My Diary from Here to There
Mrs. Murray’s 4th Grade eMINTS Classroom
Created by: Miss Foster’s
eMINTS4ALL Classroom

2. Vocabulary overheard- heard something when you were not supposed to
border- a line where one country ends and another begins
opportunities- good chances; favorable times
citizen- a person who was born in, or chooses to be a member of, a country
unions- groups of workers joined together to protect their interests
strikes- work stoppages to fight together for better work conditions
boycotts- agreement to join with others in refusing to deal with a person, nation, or business
Vocabulary Game

3. Vocabulary: Words in Context
We learned that people in many cities organized _____ to protest the rules for riding buses.
The fight for Civil Rights happened on both sides of the _____ between the northern and southern states.
Some _____ of Montgomery, Alabama, decided to stop riding the buses until they had equal _____ .
In other cities, there were workers who went on _____ .
Finally, a _____ was created to help change the laws in the United States.
I _____ there might be a strike in our city tomorrow.

4. Vocabulary: Word Origins
Practice: Word Origins
Some words come from the names of people. For example, the Fahrenheit temperature scale is named after Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, who invented it.
The meaning of words is found in their history. Spelling preserves the meaning and holds keys to understanding words deeply.

5. Vocabulary: Story Words
escalators- mechanical staircases that continually move up or down
hummingbird- a tiny bird whose wings move so fast they make a humming sound
immigration- the movement of people from their native country to live in another country
immigrants- people who leave their country to live in another country
region- an area or district
ethnic- group of people sharing the same culture
overcrowded- when a place had too many people

6. Comprehension: Generate Questions
You can generate questions as you read by asking yourself what is happening and what might happen next in the story.
Good readers ask themselves questions as they read to help them to check their understanding of the story and focus on important ideas.

7. Comprehension: Make Inferences
Good readers draw on clues provided by the author and their own experiences to help them understand what the author has not stated directly.
For example, the author may tell about only a few of a character’s thoughts and actions, but a reader may have experienced something similar and will be able to use that experience to predict what could happen next
Inference Practice

8. Comprehension: Analyze Character
A character is a person or animal in a story.
A major character is necessary to the story; a minor character just adds flavor.
Traits are the special qualities of the character’s personality.
Developing an understanding of a character helps readers relate to that character. It also enables them to appreciate the character’s feelings and predict how he or she will behave.
Character Traits

9. Genre: Realistic Fiction
It is a made-up story that could have happened in real life.

10. Genre: Textbook Excerpt
Provides information about a specific subject
Contains headings, paragraphs, and bold-faced words that organize the information
Usually includes photographs or other visual sources of information
Are short nonfiction pieces taken from a textbook

11. Text Feature: Primary Sources
Primary sources give readers glimpses of what life was like for people living in other time periods.
Primary sources are first-person accounts.
Are first person accounts of historical events in letters, journals, or oral histories

12. Fluency: Punctuation/Quotation Marks
Pay close attention to punctuation this will help you with intonation and expression.
When reading with a partner, take turns reading the sentences aloud and practice pausing for commas, dashes, and ellipses.

13. Phonics: Decode Words with th, sh, wh, and ph
Diagraphs are two letters that represent one sound.
The digraph th represents the first sound in this or thing.
The digraph sh represents the first sound in shoe.
The digraph wh usually represents /w/ or /hw/ in whistle. It sometimes stands for the /h/ in whole.

14. Phonics: Create a list of words that end in sh, th, or ph