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From Children of the Wild West
by Russell Freedman
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
•The purpose is to share information with the reader or to persuade the reader to
think or act a certain way.
•Facts about real events or real people are included.
•Information is presented in a straightforward way.
•Events are presented in the order in which they happened.
•Writing may be organized by topics.
•Diagrams, photographs, maps, or other illustrations may be included.
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
•Half a million people moved out West in search of farmland and gold.
•The Oregon Trail, which cut through Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho,
and Utah, was the only feasible way for pioneers to travel across the mountains.
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
The following words are comparative and superlative adjectives.
Comparative adjectives describe a
comparison of two things. The –er ending is
added to an adjective. What two words are
comparative adjectives?
Superlative adjectives describe the
highest degree or quality of something.
The –est ending is added to an adjective
to make a superlative. What two words
are superlative adjectives?
The pool is
deeper than the
Jacuzzi.
The baby is the
youngest of the
three children.
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
The following words contain the suffix –ness, which means “the quality or state of being”.
state of being dark
state of being wild
state of being kind
state of being sore
Can you name other words with the suffix –ness?
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
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The following words contain words with the Long e sound.
What Long e spelling does each word
contain?
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
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The following words contain the Greek prefix tele-, which means “distant”.
What other words have the Greek prefix
tele-?
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
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Identify the verb in this sentence.
“Rode” is an irregular verb.
What is the present-tense
form of “rode”?
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
Vivid verbs help make a sentence more interesting. What verb
was used in place of “started” to make the sentence more
interesting?
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
The word “creaked” in this sentence is an onomatopoeia; that
is, the sound of the word gives its meaning.
What other examples of onomatopoeia can you think of?
The snakes __________________ .
The annoying flies ______________ around the room.
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
Identify the word with the Greek prefix tele- in this
sentence.
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
plod ding
parched
plodding
parched
stur dy
sturdy
jolt ed
sen tries
jolted
sentries
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
The swaying wagons, plodding animals, and
walking people stretched out along the trail
for almost a mile.
The plodding child was always last to
get on the bus.
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
plodding (adjective)—walking in a slow,
heavy way
It clogged the boy’s nose, parched his throat,
and coated his face.
The blazing sun parched the wilting flowers.
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
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parched (verb)—made hot and very
thirsty
The wagon creaked and groaned, but it was still sturdy.
Is the deck sturdy enough to
support this heavy hot tub?
sturdy (adjective)--strong
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
Hanging from a rope was a sealed pail of
milk that bounced steadily as the wagon
jolted along.
jolted (verb)—moved in a sudden,
violent way
The old roller coaster jolted up the
slope.
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary
The pioneers had been up since that morning, when the sentries
started the day by firing their rifles.
The sentries watched for intruders
from the lookout tower.
sentries (noun)—people stationed
to keep watch; guards
Fourth Grade, Open Court
Unit 6: A Changing America
Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary