Fourth Grade Reading Street (www.freidalewis.com ) Unit 3.1 The Stranger Genre: Fantasy Vocabulary Words: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. draft –current of air etched – engraved; a design or drawing on a metal plate, or glass fascinated – interested greatly frost – moisture frozen on or in a surface; feathery crystals of ice parlor – a room for receiving or entertaining guests; sitting room terror – great fear timid – easily frightened; shy More Words to Know: 1. drab –not attractive; dull; monotonous 2. hermit - person who goes away from others and lives alone 3. hypnotized – put into a condition resembling deep sleep in which the person acts out suggestions 4. barren – not able to produce 5. crops – plants grown or gathered by people for their use 6. sprout – to produce new leaves, shoots, or buds 7. wilt – to become limp and bend down; to wither Spelling: Adding –ed and -ing Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect Grammar: Action and Linking Verbs Comprehension Strategy: Ask Questions Writing Trait of the Week: Voice Science Content: Fall in the U.S., Seasons and Crops, Global Seasons, Animals and Seasons Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues Spelling Words: 1. watched 2. watching 3. danced 4. dancing 5. studied 6. studying 7. stopped 8. stopping 9. dried 10. drying 11. happened 12. happening 13. noticed 14. noticing 15. robbed 16. robbing 17. slipped 18. slipping 19. hurried 20. hurrying 21. answered 22. answering 23. magnified 24. magnifying 25. interfered 26. interfering 1 Fourth Grade Reading Street (www.freidalewis.com ) Unit 3.2 Adelina’s Whale Genre: Photo Essay Vocabulary Words: Spelling Words: 1. biologist – scientist who studies living things, including their origins, structures, 1. piece activities, and distribution 2. peace 2. bluff – a high, steep slope or cliff 3. break 3. lagoon – a pond or small lake, especially one connected with a larger body of 4. brake water 5. threw 4. massive – big and heavy; bulky 6. through 5. rumbling – making a deep, heavy, continuous sound 7. by 6. tropical – of or like the regions 23.45 degrees north or south of the equator where the sun can shine directly overhead 8. bye More Words to Know: 9. beat 1. encounter- an unexpected meeting 10. beet 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. exhaling - breathing out altitude – height above sea level ascent - act of going up swans – large water birds with long, slender, curing necks zone – any of the five great regions of Earth’s surface, bounded by imaginary lines parallel to the equator Spelling: Homophones Comprehension Skill: Fact and Opinion Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs Comprehension Strategy: Graphic Organizers Writing Trait of the Week: Sentences Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues Science Content: Oceans Animal Behavior Animal Biology 11. thrown 12. throne 13. aloud 14. allowed 15. past 16. passed 17. weight 18. wait 19. there 20. their 21. principal 22. principle 23. symbol 24. cymbal 25. stationary 26. stationery 2 Fourth Grade Reading Street (www.freidalewis.com ) Unit 3.3 How Night Came from the Sea Genre: Pourquoi Tale Vocabulary Words: 1. brilliant –shining brightly; sparkling 2. chorus – anything spoken or sung all at the same time 3. coward – person who lacks courage or is easily made afraid; person who runs from danger, trouble, etc. 4. gleamed – flashed or beamed with light 5. shimmering – gleaming or shining faintly More Words to Know: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. dwells - makes your home; lives reigns – rules, as over a kingdom creatures – any living things darkness – night; state of being without light or with very little light prowl – go about slowly and secretly like an animal hunting for something to eat or a thief looking for something to steal Spelling: Vowel sound in Shout Comprehension Skill: Generalize Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Writing Trait of the Week: Word Choice Science Content: Earth Science Astronomy Animal Biology Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues Spelling Words: 1. however 2. mountain 3. mound 4. scout 5. shout 6. couch 7. towel 8. ounce 9. coward 10. outdoors 11. flowerpot 12. scowl 13. browse 14. announce 15. hound 16. trout 17. drowsy 18. grouch 19. eyebrow 20. boundary 21. cauliflower 22. foundation 23. surround 24. allowance 25. counselor 3 Fourth Grade Reading Street (www.freidalewis.com ) Unit 3.4 Eye of the Storm Genre: Expository Nonfiction Vocabulary Words: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. destruction – great damage; ruin expected – thought something would probably come or happen forecasts – statements of what is coming; predictions inland – in or toward the interior shatter – to break into pieces suddenly surge – a swelling motion; sweep or rush, especially of waves More Words to Know: potential – something possible withstand – to stand against; hold out against; resist; endure wreckage – what is left behind after destruction ditch –a long narrow hole dug into the earth. Ditches are usually used to carry off water. 5. shelter – something that covers or protects from weather, danger, or attack 6. unpredictable – uncertain; unable to tell about beforehand 1. 2. 3. 4. Spelling: Compound Words Comprehension Skill: Graphic Sources Grammar: Past, Present, and Future Tenses Comprehension Strategy: Predict Writing Trait of the Week: Organization/Paragraphs Science Content: Climatology Technology Vocabulary Strategy: Word Structure - Endings Spelling Words: 1. watermelon 2. homemade 3. understand 4. sometimes 5. shoelace 6. highway 7. upstairs 8. thunderstorm 9. shortcut 10. doorbell 11. jellyfish 12. touchdown 13. campfire 14. skateboard 15. anyway 16. fireworks 17. haircut 18. loudspeaker 19. laptop 20. flashlight 21. masterpiece 22. stomachache 23. cliffhanger 24. sweatshirt 25. afterthought 4 Fourth Grade Reading Street (www.freidalewis.com ) Unit 3.5 The Great Kapok Tree Genre: Fantasy Vocabulary Words: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. canopy – the upper most layer of branches in forest trees dangle – to hang and swing loosely dappled – marked with spots; spotted fragrant – having or giving off a pleasing odor; sweet-smelling pollen – a fine, yellowish powder released from the anthers of flowers pollinate – to carry pollen from anthers to pistils; bring pollen to slithered – moved with a sliding motion wondrous – wonderful; marvelous; remarkable More Words to Know: 1. gash – a long, deep cut or wound 2. lulled – soothed with sounds or caresses; caused to sleep 3. landmarks – places or things used as guides or designated as important or interesting 4. mountains – very high hills that rise 2,000 feet or more above surrounding land 5. wilderness – a wild, desolate region with few or no people living in it Spelling: Possessives Comprehension Skill: Generalize Grammar: Irregular Verbs Comprehension Strategy: Story Structure Writing Trait of the Week: Conventions Vocabulary Strategy: Word Structure - Suffixes Science Content: Biology Entomology Spelling Words: 1. its 2. ours 3. mine 4. yours 5. family’s 6. families’ 7. man’s 8. men’s 9. girl’s 10. girls’ 11. hers 12. theirs 13. brother’s 14. brothers’ 15. teacher’s 16. teachers’ 17. aunt’s 18. aunts’ 19. boy’s 20. boys’ 21. country’s 22. countries’ 23. witness’s 24. witnesses’ 25. laboratory’s 26. laboratories’ 5 6