Unit 6, Week 4

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Unit 6, Week 4

• 4th Grade
• eMINTS4ALL

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Vocabulary

• applauded- showed approval clapped
• headlines lines printed at the top of newspaper
  or magazine article
• unstable- easily moved not firmly fixed
• glider an aircraft that flies without a motor
• wingspan- the distance between one wing tip and
  the other on an airplane or bird
• assured- made certain
• hoisting- lifting or pulling up
• Games Matching Cloze

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Vocabulary Words in Contextassured
hoisting glider headlines wingspan
unstable applauded

• The force of the wind could easily make early
  planes ______________.
• Orville and Wilbur felt ________ of their
  success.
• They built a successful _______ before they
  learned to build a plane.
• The brothers found a way of ____ the glider into
  the air.
• The crowd ______ when they saw the plane fly.
• The _______ in newspapers around the world told
  of the Wrights adventures.
• The _________ of planes today is longer than the
  entire first flight!

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Vocabulary/Word Work Inflected Endings

• Inflections are endings that are added to a word
  that help readers identify the words purpose in
  a sentence.
• The ed ending is one of the most common
  inflections.
• Inflections can be added to different types of
  base words, including nouns, verbs, adjectives,
  and adverbs. These endings can change the tense
  of a word, as well as its number or part of
  speech.

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Vocabulary/Word Work Inflected Endings

• Identify the words with inflected endings.
• Tell what part of speech the word plays.
• Example My little sister barged in on our party.
  (past-tense verb)
• 2. Pedro crammed the flyers into his backpack.
• 3. The sultans coat was made with very
  expensive and rare material.
• 4. My new coach is stricter than Mr. Arnold was.
• 5. Both ushers marched down the aisle together.
• 6. Of all the tomatoes, these are the hardiest.

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Vocabulary Story Words

• authors perspective- the authors point of view
  or their position regarding an idea, subject,
  concept, or object
• sultan- a ruler of some Muslim countries
• clogs- the teeth on the wheels that turn
  machinery
• baby buggy- a four-wheeled baby carriage that is
  pushed
• calculations- answers or predictions figured out
  mathematically
• aphorisms- a short and clever saying that
  expresses something generally accepted as true
• repetition- the repeated use of a word or phrase
  at different points throughout the poem
• personification- literary device in which
  animals or objects are given human feelings,
  thoughts, or attitudes
• narrative poem- tells a story, some have rhyming
  words and some dont

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Fluency Tempo

• Good readers practice reading by working to
  increase their tempo.
• Choral Read......(3 times...notice the change in
  tempo)
• After that, Will built sturdy kites, which he
  sold to his pals in school. Orv made a printing
  press, with an old tombstone for a press bed,
  wheels and cogs from a junkyard, and the folding
  top of my old baby buggy that he had found in the
  barn. My, it made me smile to see it.

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Fluency Tempo

• Papa and Mama applauded their efforts. Orvs
  press could print a thousand pages an hour. A
  printer from the great city of Denver came to
  visit and climbed under and over Orvs baby-buggy
  press. At last he laughed, amazed. Well it
  works, he said, but I certainly dont see how.
• In 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright built an
  airplane with an engine. They became the first
  people to fly a power-driven aircraft safely.
  Flight became safer and more popular in decades
  after the Wright Brothers first flight. Many
  people dreamed of becoming pilots.

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Phonics Suffixes

• A suffix is a group of letters added to the end
  of a word to make a new word. Recognizing common
  suffixes can help good readers decode words and
  understand their meanings.
• Some common suffixes are ly, which makes words
  into adverbs y, ful, and less, which make words
  into adjectives and ness, which makes words into
  nouns.
• Adding a suffix can sometimes change the spelling
  of a word.

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Phonics SuffixesLesson
Word Base/Root Suffix Meaning
breathless
happiness
handful
illness
barely
sunny
successful
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Phonics Suffixes

• Practice Sites
• Quia 1
• Skillwise Suffixes
• Suffixes Say Plenty
• Suffixes Rags to Riches
• Suffix Matching Game
• Suffix Game

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Comprehension Fact and Opinion

• A fact is something that can be proven true.
• An opinion is a thought or feeling about
  something.
• Good readers check the accuracy of an authors
  facts by using the text and other resources.
• Good readers learn to look for the authors
  opinions to help them evaluate the accuracy of
  what they are reading.

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Comprehension Fact and Opinion

• Practice Sites
• Fact and Opinion Game
• Fact and Opinion Game 2
• Fact and Opinion Quiz
• Fact and Opinion Quiz 2
• Fact and Opinion Quiz 3
• Binkys Fact and Opinion Game

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Comprehension Summarize

• A summary is a short retelling of what youve
  read. When you summarize, include only the most
  important ideas, and be sure to use your own
  words.
• Many libraries have computers. You can use these
  computers to find the books you need. Some
  library computers can go online. These
  computers can help you find information you need
  to do your homework. Many people want to use the
  computers, so there is usually a time limit on
  how long you can use them. You need to take
  turns and be fair.
• Give a short summary of the passage above.

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Comprehension Authors Perspective

• Good readers try to determine the authors
  perspective, or point of view to get a clearer
  understanding of what is being read.
• Readers should try to determine the authors
  position regarding a particular idea, subject,
  concept, or object.
• Look for words that express opinions, such as
  best, worst, should, must, and ought to.
• To verify an authors statements, readers can
  refer to other resources.
• Readers must decide whether the author has
  persuaded them to agree with his or her point of
  vies.

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Comprehension Figurative Language

• metaphor- compares two different objects or
  ideas and states that one is the other Example
  A hawk is a feather airplane circling the
  desert.
• simile- compares two different things using like
  or as. Example I can run as fast as the wind.
• aphorisms- a short and clever saying that
  expresses something generally accepted as true.
  Authors sometimes use aphorisms to tell what a
  character is feeling about life or to summarize
  the meaning of a series of events. Example A
  stumble may prevent a fall.

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Comprehension Literary Elements Figurative
Language

• Practice Sites
• Quia Similes and Metaphors
• Do you know your metaphors?
• Do you know your similes?
• Metaphors Battleship
• Similes Lesson and Quiz

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Reflection Day 1

• What are some facts about Wilbur and Orville
  Wright?
• What is the sisters opinion about her brothers
  bicycle shop?
• Are the authors opinion the same as the
  narrators?

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Reflection Day 2

• What clue to the authors perspective on Will and
  Orv can you find on page 740? Support your answer
  with examples from the text.

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Reflection Day 3

• According to the poem on page 754, what kind of
  person was Amelia Earhart? Give details to
  support your answer.

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Reflection Day 4

• Reread the list of items that Orv used to build
  the printing press on page 738. What does it tell
  you about the kind of person he was?

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Reflection Day 5

• Using the information in the last paragraph on
  page 744, what conclusions can you draw about the
  landscape and weather patterns near Dayton, Ohio?