Unit 3 Week 3Kid Reporters at Work

O’Neal 4th Grade

Vocabulary

identified – proved that you recognized something enterprising – full of ideas and willing to try new

things persistence – the ability to keep trying even when

you face problems venture – a project that involves some risk taking

Matching Matching 2

Vocabulary: Words In Contextidentified persistence

enterprising venture Shauna is an _____________ newspaper

carrier. Jim ____________ his backpack in the pile. Our ____________ into the cookie business had

many challenges. It is important to have ____________ when

learning to play a new instrument.

Vocabulary: Story Words

promote – move forward, improve, advance priority – importance, urgency, necessity devastating – causing great ruin, extremely

destructive commitment – sense of duty, dedication compare - tell how two or more things are alike contrast – tell how two or more things are

different

Vocabulary: Word Endingsed ing

There are three main changes when adding these endings to a base word.

double the final consonant

stop/stopping

change the y to i envy/envied

drop the silent e take/taking

Vocabulary: Word EndingsChoose the rule:

organized identified planning enterprising getting babysitting living

double the final consonant

stop/stopping

change the y to i envy/envied

drop the silent e take/taking

Fluency: Intonation and Pausing

Good readers vary the intonation of their voices to make what is happening in the text clearer. For the same reason, they also pause at appropriate places.

Choose an online story to practice your intonation and pausing:

Thanksgiving Stories

Fluency: Echo ReadGidget Schultz couldn’t bear to see kids living on the streets near her Encinitas, California, home. So Gidget, now 14, started her own charity.

Gidget’s Way gives backpacks, jackets, and school supplies to homeless kids. Gidget also gives teddy bears to local police to keep in their cars. Officers give the bears to kids who are scared, sad, or hurt. “Running Gidget’s Way is a full time job,” says Gidget.

Comprehension: Main Idea and Details

The main idea is the most important idea of a paragraph. It is often the first sentence of a paragraph. Most of the other sentences will support the main idea.

Supporting ideas are the sentences that support the main idea. Sometimes a writer includes details that do not support the main idea. These details make the passage more interesting, or they might provide a little more information.

Comprehension: Compare and Contrast A comparison tells how two or more ideas,

things, or people are alike. Comparisons may not be directly stated I a

text, so you will need to look for clues that the author is showing things to be similar.

Some words and phrases that signal comparisons include similar, also, in addition, in the same way, likewise, and too.

Vocabulary: Compare and Contrast

When two or more things, ideas, or people are contrasted, the author tells how they are different.

Contrast can be shown indirectly as well. Some words and phrases that signal contrast

are but, on the other hand, unlike, although, however, rather than, yet, still, different from, opposite, and or.

Compare and Contrast: The First Thanksgiving...The

Wampanoags’ Perspective ...The English Colonists’ Perspective

Compare and Contrast Practice Compare and Contrast Workshop Compare and Contrast Study Zone Practic

e Interactive Venn Diagram

Phonics: Soft c and g

The letters c and g can have either a hard or soft sound.

The letter c has a soft /s/ sound in cement. The letter g has a soft /j/ sound in germ. When c comes before the letters i or e, it has

an /s/ sound. When g comes before the letters i or e, it has a

/j/ sound.

Soft G and C

Reflection: Day 1

• What is the meaning of enterprising as it is used in the story? What context clues helped you define the word? Use two details or examples from the story to support your answer.

Reflection: Day 2

How U.N. and WCO are alike: How U.N. and WCO are different:

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–Complete the chart to compare and contrast how the U.N. and the WCO are alike and different. Use two details and/or examples from the story for how they are alike and two details/examples for how they are different.

Reflection: Day 3

Reread the article, “A World Conference Just for Kids.” Summarize the article.

Reflection: Day 4

Choose one of the articles you have read. Imagine that the article was published in your local newspaper. Write a short letter to the editor to express your agreement or disagreement with the author of the passage.

Reflection: Day 5

Read page 338. Laws in the United States require children

to attend school. Do you think the United States still needs those laws? Explain your answer.

Coming Soon!Coming Soon!

Next week, we will be reading Next week, we will be reading Mystic HorseMystic Horse. It is a Native American . It is a Native American legend.legend.

We will be learning about sequence and homophones.We will be learning about sequence and homophones.

Iroquois StorytellingIroquois Storytelling