Unit 3 Week 3
Kid Reporters at Work
O’Neal 4th Grade
Vocabulary
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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 Context
identified
persistence
enterprising
venture
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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
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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 Endings
ed
ing
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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 Endings
Choose the rule:
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organized
enterprising
identified
planning
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 Read
Gidget 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
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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.
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Vocabulary: Compare and
Contrast
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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
Practice
 Interactive Venn Diagram
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Phonics: Soft c and g
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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
–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.
How U.N. and WCO are alike:
How U.N. and WCO are different:
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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.
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Coming Soon!
Next week, we will be reading Mystic Horse. It is
a Native American legend.
 We will be learning about sequence and
homophones.
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Iroquois Storytelling