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2019-2020 HISD @ H.O.M.E. – Distance Learning

English Language Arts – Grade 4

Summer School – Week 1 – June 8-11, 2020

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Monday Word Study

Activity / Task

Spelling Homophone Word Sort 1. Today you will practice spelling homophones correctly using the text Bowhead Whales and Their Songs. 2. Say aloud each word card and picture the word in your mind. 3. Sort the words into categories. Then explain each category using these sentence stems:

• These words are similar because…

• These words are different because… 4. Practice shuffling the cards: Say the Word, Spell the Word, Write the Word and Use the Word in a sentence. 5. Check to see if your spelling is correct. Review the words with someone at home throughout the week.

Vocabulary Context Clues: Prefixes

• Today you will understand prefixes by using context clues to know the meaning of unknown words.

• Read the tip on the right to understand how to correctly use prefixes for words in Bowhead Whales and Their Songs.

• Ask yourself: o What does the underlined word

mean? o What does the prefix mean? o How does it change the meaning of

the word?

Sentence Prefix meaning Word meaning 1) The one that lives near the Svalbard islands is the

smallest. It is also in danger of becoming extinct or dying out.

2) They used underwater microphones to record the whales for a year.

3) The discovery could help save them.

4) For example, they make sounds called “upsweeps.”

5) They then listen for the echoes to help them find their way through waters that have little illumination.

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Monday Reading

Workshop Activity / Task

Read Aloud Choose your own text or use the attached informational text Bowhead Whales and Their Songs to think about the author’s purpose of the text.

Reading Lesson

Determining Author’s Purpose

1. Today you will determine the author’s purpose of an informational text. 2. Read the text Bowhead Whales and Their Songs and pay close attention to the details to determine the reason the author wrote the text. 3. Use the graphic organizer below to help you determine the author’s purpose. 4. Determine the genre of the text. The genre of the text is…

• I can tell the genre is ______ because…

• Does the author give me facts or tells me a story?

5. As you read, think about what the author is trying to tell you. 6. Complete the graphic organizer below. 7. Explain what you learned about the author’s purpose through an Acrostic poem. Spell A-u-t-h-o-r or P-u-r-p-o-s-e on a blank sheet of paper. Write a word or phrase for each letter to tell what you learned about the text Bowhead Whales and Their Songs.

Independent Reading

Read independently for 20 minutes and think the about evidence that supports the author’s purpose? Why did the author write this selection? How can you tell?

Writing Workshop

Activity / Task

Writing Lesson

Resources • Houston Public Library KIDS Reading Lists

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Tuesday Word Study

Activity / Task

Spelling Homophone Choice Board 1. Today you will strengthen your understanding of homophones. 2. Use previously read text Bowhead Whales and Their Songs and word cards. 3. Select 2 activities from the Homophone Spelling Choice Board below.

Vocabulary Multiple Meaning Words 1.Today you will use context clues to decide the correct meaning of multiple meaning words. 2. Review the chart on the left before beginning. 3. Use the context clues to help you decide which word meaning is correct:

• Clues: I know __ is correct because…

• Clues: As used in this sentence, the word ______ means ______. 4. Think of another multiple meaning word and create two of your own sentences.

Multiple Meaning

Words

1. The bowhead whale has no teeth. Instead, its mouth is built partly from a hard material called baleen.

2.The whale swims along with its mouth open. It catches tiny hard-shelled creatures along with some fish. Then it swallows its catch.

3. The singing suggests the

whales are gathering in those cold waters. The discovery could help save them.

Multiple Meaning Words are words that look

and sound the same but may not always

mean the same thing. Use the context to help

you decide which meaning is correct.






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Tuesday Reading


Read Aloud Choose your own text or use the attached informational text Bowhead Whales and Their Songs to think about the central idea and details of the text. What is the central idea of this text? What are the details that support the central idea?

Reading Lesson

Informational Text: Central Idea

1. Today you will use clues, such as the section heading and details to find the central idea in the text using the anchor chart below.

2. Use the tips and the Central Idea organizer to write notes about central idea and details as you read.

3. Read the section titled Bowhead Whales and Their Songs to complete the questions in the chart below.

Independent Reading

Read independently for 20 minutes and think the about evidence that supports the central idea. What is the central idea of this text? What are the details that support the central idea?

Writing Workshop

Activity / Task

Writing Lesson

Writing Time! 1.Today you will discuss, analyze and write a response to a quote. 2. Use your own notebook paper to complete your response.


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Wednesday Word Study

Activity / Task

Spelling Prefixes in Sentences 1. Today you will spell and use prefixes correctly in sentences. 2. Review the meaning of the prefixes re-, un-, and dis-. 3. Complete the sentences by adding the correct prefix to the base word in each sentence below. 4. Check over your spelling.

Prefixes in Sentences

1. Santiago had to unload the dishwasher before going out to play 2. Do you recall his phone number? 3. I do not like to displease my parents. 4. It was difficult to drive on the uneven road. 5. After the tornado, many people came to help rebuild the town.

6. We often have to restart my dad’s old car in cold weather. 7. The children were able to uncover many shells in the sand. 8. The kitchen was very untidy after the special dinner 9. If you put that pen in your pocket, it will discolor your clothes! 10. Ira distrusted his ability to get up without an alarm clock

Vocabulary Root Word Parts

1. Today you will understand the meaning of root words and root parts. 2. Use the charts below to help you create new meanings of each word below. 3. Add 3 new words for each root and explain the meaning of each word in the graphic organizer below. Discuss meaning.

Think About it!

re= again un = not dis = not

I know that big words come from

small words. Prefixes are at the

beginning of a word and it

carries clues to the meaning of

the word itself.

What 3 new words

can I add to the

roots? Why is it

important to

understand the

root?






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Wednesday Reading


Read Aloud Choose your own text or use the attached informational text Choosing Sides to think about the how the graphic and print features enhance a text.

Reading Lesson

Informational Text: Text and Graphic Features

1. When reading informational text, use the title, genre, and any

illustration to determine what you might learn from the text.

2. Read the text titled Choosing Sides or you can choose your own

informational text with graphic features.

3. Use the text and the Text Features anchor chart to help you

complete the graphic organizer below.

Quiz Time: Choosing Sides

Independent Reading

Read independently for 20 minutes and think the about the purpose of print and graphic features found within the text.

Writing Workshop

Activity / Task

Writing Lesson

Writing Time! 1.Today you will discuss and write a summary of the text. 2. Things to Remember: Read the entire text. Determine central idea. Identify supporting details. Avoid opinions and unimportant details. 3. Use the Summarize anchor chart to assist you with writing a summary. 4. Use your own notebook paper to complete your response in your own words.


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In which part of the selection

would the reader find

information about

experiments that determine

chimpanzees’ dominant

side?







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Thursday Word Study

Activity / Task

Spelling Suffixes in Sentences 1. Today you will spell and use suffixes correctly in sentences. 2. Review the meaning of the suffixes -ful, -less, -ness, -ment. 3. Complete each sentence by adding the correct suffix to the base word in the sentences below. 4. Check your spelling.

Suffixes in Sentences

1. Because of my clumsiness, I usually spill my milk. 2. I like to skateboard on the pavement in front of my house. 3. The dancers were graceful as they moved across the stage. 4. Jermaine showed an eagerness to help the teacher put the books away. 5. The dampness of the towels was unpleasant.

6. The game was scoreless until the last quarter. 7. Did you hear the mayor’s statement on television? 8. We do not want to be wasteful, so we always recycle. 9. In the story, the penniless pauper found a hidden treasure. 10. The animal shelter is known for their humane treatment of the animals.

Vocabulary Context Clues - Dictionary Skills

• Today, we will use dictionary skills to determine the correct meaning of a word in a text.

• Use the steps on the diagram to the right to know how to use clues to help you determine the best definition of a word.

• For each of the 3 questions below, ask yourself…

Which definition of the underlined word in the paragraph is correct? A Definition 1 B Definition 2 C Definition 3 D Definition 4 Does that mean chimpanzees are left-handed for some tasks and right-handed for others? That’s not likely. The chimps may have used the weaker hand to pull out the termites and the dominant hand to put them in their mouths. In that case, the studies would suggest that chimpanzees are right-handed.

Scientists want to know if other animals also have dominant hands or feet—or paws, flippers, or claws. To find out, they watch animals in the wild and give simple jobs to zoo animals and pets. So far, they have discovered that the answer is not a simple yes or no.

The scientists then had the cats perform smaller, more controlled movements. They dropped a piece of tuna into a container and wrote down which paw each cat used to fish out the treat. Now the cats showed a preference, which means they had one paw they liked to use.

dominant | \ ˈdä-mə-nənt adj 1. commanding or controlling 2. very important or powerful 3. a superior position 4. one pair of the body that is more effective in action

watch \ ˈwäch \ 1. a device that tells time 2. to be careful of 3. to take care of 4. to observe closely

perform \ pər-ˈfȯrm 1. to fulfill a contract 2. to entertain people 3. to act in a show 4. to do an action

ful= full of less= without ness = state

of

ment= action or state of






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Thursday Reading


Read Aloud Choose your own text or use the attached informational text Bowhead Whales and Their Songs and Choosing Sides to think about how these two texts are similar and different. Think about the characteristics of each.

Reading Lesson

Making Connections Across Texts

1. Today you will make connections by comparing two different informational texts.

2. Read the Bowhead Whales and Their Songs and Choosing Sides to compare and complete the chart below.

3. Share the contrasts between the two texts. Explain the importance of being able to compare two texts.

4. Complete these questions once you have finished reading both texts: These two texts are alike because they both…

These texts are different because they both…

Making Connections Across Texts

Informational Text 1: Bowhead Whales and Their Songs

Informational Text 2: Choosing Sides

• What is the genre of the text? The genre of the text is…

• What is the genre of the text? The genre of the text is…

• What graphic features did the author include? The author included…

• What graphic features did the author include? The author included…

• How did the author organize the text? The author organized the text by…

• How did the author organize the text? The author organized the text by…

• What is the author’s purpose of the text? The author’s purpose of the text is…

• What is the author’s purpose of the text? The author’s purpose of the text is…

• What did you notice about the author’s craft? I noticed the author…

• What did you notice about the author’s craft? I noticed the author…

Independent Reading

Read independently for 20 minutes and think the about the how both texts connect. What are similarities across texts? What are differences between texts?

Writing Workshop

Activity / Task

Writing Lesson


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Bowhead Whales and Their Songs by Sue Heavenrich

1 The waters of Fram Strait lie between Greenland and Norway’s Svalbard islands. In this dark and icy place, the bowhead whales are singing.

2 The world has four groups of bowhead whales. The one that lives near the Svalbard islands is the smallest. It is also in danger of becoming extinct or dying out. Dr. Kate Stafford and her team at the University of Washington tried to find some of these whales by listening for their sounds. They used underwater microphones to record the whales for a year. The recordings helped them count the whales and study their songs.

Lost Whales . . . Found!

3 The researchers heard bowhead songs in Fram Strait during the winter and spring. “We know there are at least 66 singers. This is important because there are thought to be fewer than 100 whales in the group,” Dr. Stafford says.

4 The singing suggests the whales are gathering in those cold waters. The discovery could help save them. This group was once thought to be extinct. Then, in the 1980s, there were more and more sightings. But scientists still knew little about where these whales spent the winters. The songs have shown us their home.

Cold-Water Whale

5 The bowhead has 11 inches of fat, or blubber, under its skin. This makes it the only baleen whale that can live in the Arctic all year round. During the winters, it stays under the ice. It uses its huge head to break breathing holes through the frozen water when needed. It spends the summers swimming through ice that is broken or melting.

6 The bowhead whale has no teeth. Instead, its mouth is built partly from a hard material called baleen. The whale swims along with its mouth open. It catches tiny hard-shelled creatures along with some fish. Then it swallows its catch.

7 People once used the whale’s blubber and baleen to make many things, from lamp oil to buggy whips. As early as the 1600s, people hunted bowheads. This brought them close to extinction.

8 Nations began working together to protect whales in 1946. The Inuit and other native peoples are still allowed to hunt bowheads, but only a small number.

Singing in the Dark

9 Dr. Stafford and her team thought the whales would make simple grunts and moans. The songs turned out to be anything but simple.

10 The animals have different call types for different purposes. For example, they make sounds called “upsweeps.” They then listen for the echoes to help them find their way through waters that have little illumination. Another kind of singing comes from male bowheads. “It may be males showing off to one another. Or it may be to win over females,” Dr. Stafford says.






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11 Dr. Stafford has worked hard to answer questions about the bowheads. Along the way, she has come to admire the beauty of these whales and their ice-cold home.

Fram Strait and the Surrounding Area






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Choosing Sides by Sue Heavenrich

Left or Right Dominant?

1 Which hand do you use to write your name or draw a picture? Which foot do you use to kick a ball? Whether it’s the right or left, you probably use the same hand or foot to do other things that need well-controlled movements. That’s called your dominant side. About 90 percent of humans are right-handed.

2 Scientists want to know if other animals also have dominant hands or feet—or paws, flippers, or claws. To find out, they watch animals in the wild and give simple jobs to zoo animals and pets. So far, they have discovered that the answer is not a simple yes or no. Could it be Both? Left and Right Dominance https://pixabay.com/images/id-888409/

3 At first, chimpanzees appeared to be left-handed. Scientists watched chimpanzees as they went “termite fishing,” using twigs and leaves to pull termites out of nests. Most of the chimps did the job with their left hand.

4 But other experiments made scientists wonder if chimps are really right-handed. When chimpanzees ate peanut butter from a narrow tube, they usually used the left hand to do the easy part (hold the tube) and a finger on the right hand to do the hard part (reach in and grab the treat).

5 Does that mean chimpanzees are left-handed for some tasks and right-handed for others? That’s not likely. The chimps may have used the weaker hand to pull out the termites and the dominant hand to put them in their mouths. In that case, the studies would suggest that chimpanzees are right-handed.

6 Chimps share something in common with us: we all have hands—or feet—that we use to grasp objects. But what about other animals? Do they have dominant sides? Do Cats Have a Dominant Side?

7 Researchers in Ireland set up an experiment to see if cats are right- or left-pawed. At first, they gave the cats the simple job of reaching for objects hanging overhead or moving across the floor. The cats used both paws equally.

8 The scientists then had the cats perform smaller, more controlled movements. They dropped a piece of tuna into a container and wrote down which paw each cat used to fish out the treat. Now the cats showed a preference, which means they had one paw they liked to use. All of the female cats except one used the right paw to get the tuna. For males, it was the opposite: 19 out of 21 used the left paw. The scientists tested each cat many times to make sure it really preferred to use one paw instead of the other.

9 They also tested kittens as they grew to the age of one year. At first, the kittens used both paws. They began to show a paw preference as they grew older. This fits with what scientists have seen in children. By the time kids are four or five years old, they show hand dominance.

10 No one knows why so many animals seem to have a dominant side. But whether an animal has paws, hooves, or fins, choosing a side seems to come in, well . . . handy.



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