Fourth Grade Reading Street ( ) Unit 1.1 Because of Winn Dixie Genre: Realistic Fiction Vocabulary Words: grand – excellent; very good memorial – helping people to remember a person, thing, or event peculiar – strange; unusual positive – without doubt; sure prideful –overly proud of oneself recalls – calls back to mind; remembers selecting – picking out; choosing Spelling Words: admire magnet contest method custom rally soccer engine sudden finger accident mitten intend fabric flatten rascal gutter mammal happen cannon dungeon magnify festival thunderstorm More Words to Know: consisted – was made up of friendless – without friends attention – care and thoughtfulness kindness – treatment that does good rather than harm; gentleness understanding - comprehension Spelling: Short Vowels VCCV Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences Writing Trait of the Week: Word Choice Vocabulary Strategy: Word Structure - suffixes Comprehension Skill: Sequence Comprehension Strategy: Summarize Social Studies Content: U.S. History U.S. Geography
trait highway frighten dismay freight sleigh eighteen mayonnaise campaign daylight twilight Spelling: Long a and i Grammar: Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences Writing Trait of the Week: Sentences Vocabulary Strategy: Word Structure -Endings Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose Comprehension Strategy: Answer Questions Social Studies Content: U.S. History Economics U.S. Geography Fourth Grade Reading Street ( ) Unit 1.3 Grandfather’s Journey Genre: Historical Fiction Vocabulary Words: amazed – surprised greatly; struck with sudden wonder; astounded bewildered – completely confused; puzzled homeland – country that is your home; your native land longed – wished very much; desired greatly sculptures – of art created by carving, modeling, casting, etc. still – to make or become calm or quiet towering – very high More Words to Know: seacoast – land along the sea; seaboard steamship – ship moved by engines that work by the action of steam under pressure coast – the land along the sea lush – having thick growth; covered with growing things
shallow eagle indeed rainbow grown seaweed hollow Halloween speedometer underneath seacoast cocoa route – way to go; road Spelling: Long e and o Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Writing Trait of the Week: Voice Vocabulary Strategy: Dictionary/Glossary Comprehension Skill: Sequence Comprehension Strategy: Graphic Organizers Social Studies Content: U.S. History U.S. Geography Fourth Grade Reading Street ( ) Unit 1.4 The Horned Toad Prince Genre: Modern Fairy Tale Vocabulary Words: bargain –an agreement to trade or exchange; deal favor- act of kindness lassoed –roped; caught with a long rope with a loop on the end offended - hurt the feelings of someone; made angry prairie - area of level or rolling land with grass but few or no trees riverbed – channel in which a river flows or used to flow shrieked – made a loud, sharp, shrill sound
country empty city rookie hockey collie breezy jury balcony steady alley trolley misty frequency parsley journey chimney attorney More Words to Know: sassy – rude; lively, spirited suspiciously – without trust, doubtfully twang – to make a sharp, ringing sound corral – pen for horses and cattle frontier – the farthest part of a settled country, where the wilds begin rodeo –a contest or exhibition of skill in roping cattle and riding horses and bulls Spelling: Long e Grammar: Compound Sentences Writing Trait of the Week: Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose Comprehension Strategy: Story Structure Social Studies Content: U.S. Geography Sociology Fourth Grade Reading Street ( ) Unit 1.5 Letters Home from Yosemite Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Vocabulary Words: impressive – able to impress the mind, feelings, conscience naturalist - a person who studies living things preserve – to keep from harm or change; protect slopes- land that goes up or down at an species –a set of related living things that share certain characteristics and that can interbreed wilderness –a wild region with few or no people living in it glacier – great mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or along a valley Spelling Words: huge flute mood smooth afternoon scooter juice cruise truth bruise cruel excuse pupil groove confuse humor duty curfew influence aluminum nutrition accumulate igloo More Words to Know: altitudes – heights above Earth’s surface formations –things that are formed reservoir – a place where water is collected and stored for use earthquake- a shaking of Earth’s surface caused by the sudden breaking of masses of rock along a fault eruptions – processes of throwing forth volcano – opening in Earth’s crust through which steam, ashes, and lava are forced out in periods of activity Spelling: Long u Grammar: Clauses and Complex Sentences Writing of the Week: Conventions Vocabulary Strategy: Word Structure - suffixes Comprehension Skill: Main Idea Comprehension Strategy: Graphic Organizers Social Studies Content: Geology Glaciology Botany