Transcript THEME 1: Facing Challenges

THEME 1:
Facing Challenges
Fourth Grade
Week 2
Day 1
Read Aloud
• Genre: Biography
(A true story about the life of a real person)
• Biographies include:
– information about why the person is important
– Opinions and judgments based on facts
– Events from the person’s life, told in time
order
This biography is about a famous woman
swimmer. One purpose for listening is to find
out why this swimmer was remarkable.
Focus Skill
Character’s Traits and Motivations
• Let’s look over workbook pg 8.
Character
Traits
Motivations
Actions
Comprehension Strategy
Use Story Structure
Setting
Characters
Setting
Plot Events
Comprehension
Strategy- Use
Story Structure
Vocabulary
 Let’s look at our
vocabulary words
for the week 
Someone legendary is
especially famous for
something he or she did a
long time ago.
Who is an example of a legendary
sports star?
If you muttered, you
said something very
quiet because you
did not want to be
heard.
If you muttered something, how did
you say it?
If you gaped at
something, you
stared openmouthed
in surprise.
If you gaped at something, how did
you feel when you saw it?
If a person flinched,
he or she quickly
moved away from
something
dangerous or painful.
What might cause you to flinch?
Snickering at
someone is like
laughing quietly at
them because they
did something silly.
How would you feel if you heard some
kids snickering behind your back?
If you glared at
someone, you
stared at them in an
angry way.
What might cause you to glare at
someone in a library?
When someone is
stunned by
something amazing,
he or she is shocked
and sometimes even
speechless.
How stunned would you be if your
best friend suddenly moved away?
A fluke is
something unusual
that happens by
accident.
If a cook flipped a pancake and it
landed on someone’s head, would
that be a fluke? Why or why not?
Spelling: Word with Long Vowels and Vowel
Digraphs
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cheese
heel
season
boast
chief
gape
aim
brain
fluke
crayon
eagle
throw
rose
• student
• goal
• woke
• ripen
• cube
• rainbow
• scrape,
Challenge Words:
• teenage
• obedience
• bowling
• league
• migraine
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