4th GradeTheme 2

On the Banks of Plum CreekChapters 15-28

Day 1

Theme 2 Essential Question

• Many jobs that are too big for one person are easily accomplished with the help of friends, relatives, or community members. How can people work together to get a job done?

Question of the Day

• Imagine that someone asked what a story’s plot is. What explanation would you give?

Getting the Job Done

• Building Background

Discuss with your partner ways we work together:

• At school• At home• In the community

ComprehensionPlot: Conflict & Resolution

• The plot of a story is the series of events that make up a story.

• The plot usually contains a conflict, or problem, that the main character must solve.

• The end of the story usually presents a resolution, or solution, to the problem.

Good Readers…

We will practice this strategy as we read. We will create a anchor chart to help us remember what good readers do when they read.

desperately• Desperately means

having a strong need or to want to do something very badly.

partition

• A partition is a wall or screen that separates one area from another.

astonished

• Astonished is feeling or showing great surprise or wonder.

bulging

• Bulging is to stick out in a rounded lump; to be completely filled with something.

squelched

• Squelched means to stop something from continuing by doing or saying something.

anxiously

• Anxiously is to be afraid or nervous especially about what may happen; feeling anxiety.

spindly

• Spindly means long and thin and usually weak.

fidget

• To fidget is to make a lot of small movements because you are nervous or bored; to move or act in a nervous or restless way.

flounced

• Flounced is a quick way of walking or moving that shows anger or annoyance.

timidly

• Timidly is showing a lack of courage or confidence.

rustling

• Rustling is something that is making a soft, light sound because parts are touching or rubbing against each other.

hospitality

• Hospitality is a generous or friendly treatment of visitors and guests.

exclaimed

• If someone exclaimed something they cry out or speak suddenly or with strong feeling.

smouldering

• Smouldering means to burn slowly without flames, but usually with smoke.

scalded

• Scalded is to burn something or someone with hot liquid or steam.

Spelling Words• letter• ladder• lesson• classic• supper• accent• pizza• officer• lettuce• better

• bottom• summer• college• tear• swear• bear• they• shall• sew• eye

Compound Subjects and Predicates

• Simple sentences that have the same predicate can be combined to make one sentence with a compound subject.

• A compound subject is made up of two or more subjects joined by a coordinating conjunction, such as and or or.

• Ex. Ben is feeding the chickens. His younger brother is feeding the chickens. Ben and his younger brother are feeding the chickens.

• If there are three or more subjects in a compound subject, use commas to separate them.

• Ex. Tran won a medal at the soccer competition. Lin and Roberto won medals at the soccer competition. Tran, Lin, and Roberto won medals at the soccer competition.

• A compound predicate is made up of two or more predicates. The predicates are joined by a coordinating conjunction, such as and, but, or or.

• Each predicate has the same subject.• Use commas to separate three or more

predicates in a compound predicate.• Ex. Peter fed the chickens. Peter milked

the cows. Peter fed the chickens and milked the cows.

Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

• A root is the basic part of a word that gives the word its meaning. Some roots need other word parts to form a whole word.

• A root that can stand on its own is called a root word.

• A prefix is a word that is added to the beginning of a root.

• Ex. pre- (“before”) re- (“back” or “again”) • in- (“not”) dis- (“not”)• A suffix is a word part that is added to the

end of a root.• Ex. –less (“without”) –ful (“full of”) • –ness (“the state or quality of being”)• –ible, -able (“able to be”)• Roots (with Prefixes or Suffixes)• Ex. vis (“to see”) visible • aud (“to hear”) audible dict (“to say”)

Writing Prompt

• Everyone has seen an animal in its natural environment. Think of a time you saw an animal in its natural environment. Now, write a paragraph that describes what you saw.