4th GradeTheme 3

Lesson 11Day 2

Read AloudListening Comprehension

• Today I will read part of a folktale from India.• Folktales:– are stories that are passed down orally.– contain a plot that teaches a lesson.– reflect the customs and beliefs of a culture.

I will read part of “The Blue Jackal Who Showed His True Colors”. Listen to find out why the blue jackal is alone at the end of the story.

Discussion

• Think of different ways that animals survive in the wild.

• Share your ideas with your partner.

ComprehensionText Structure:

• Text Structure is the way an author organizes nonfiction text.

• Cause and effect is on kind of text structure.• A cause is an action or event that makes

something else happen. An effect is what happens as a result.

• Clue words can help readers identify the organization of the text. Some clue words are:

because, if, then, so that, when, and as a result.

Use Graphic Organizers

• Use sequence charts to organize the order of events in a selection.

• Use a cause-and-effect diagram to keep track of causes and effects in texts.

• Use a Venn diagram to show how things are alike and different.

• Use a web to list details related to a main idea or important concept.

Practice• Let’s use a graphic organizer as we read the

story, “Mimicry and Camouflage to find cause-and-effect relationships in the story.

• Open your reading workbook to page 62. Read the first section to decide what the effect would be.

• We will continue to use this graphic organizer as we read.

Spelling Words with VCV• begin• vanish• bonus• legal• event• moment• motive• native• suburb• mimic• paper• pilot• raven

• rival• relish• silent• solar• spider• super• virus• basis• enemy• balance• chemical• fiber

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Words with VCV• Long Vowel Sound• begin silent• bonus solar• legal spider• event virus• moment native• motive super• paper• pilot• raven• rival

• Short Vowel Sound• vanish• suburb• mimic• relish

Word Attack:VCV• When a syllable breaks before the consonant,

the syllable is usually pronounced with a long vowel sound. This is called an open syllable pattern.

• When a syllable breaks after the consonant, it is usually pronounced with a short vowel sound. This is called a closed syllable pattern.

Reference Sources

• *Use an ALMANAC to find current facts about places, sports, weather or events.

• * Use and ATLAS to find a specific place.• *Use a DICTIONARY to learn the meanings of unfamiliar

words, how to pronounce words, and how to spell them. • * Use an ENCYCLOPEDIA, NONFICTION BOOKS, and

MAGAZINES to find specific information on a topic.• *Use a THESAURES to find synonyms and antonyms, and to

find words that will make your writing more interesting.• * Use the INTERNET to research topics.

Practice

• Reading Workbook page 64

• Let’s work together to practice when to use reference sources.

Vocabulary

• Turn to page 284 in your reading book.• Read along with me to find out what are some

surprises in nature.