Fourth Grade:
Theme 1
Selection 2
This Land is Your
Land
Sound/Spellings for ā
ai /ā/ is used at the beginning or middle
of a word or syllable
ay /ā/ is used at the end of a word or
syllable
eigh /ā/ is a less common spelling
Examples:
aim
day
sleigh
air
spray
freight
train
Sunday
detail
Sound/Spellings for ī
igh /ī/
Examples:
• sigh
• thigh
• frighten
Sound/Spellings for long ā
ai /ā/
ay /ā/
eigh /ā/
braid
spray
weigh
bait
daylight
eight
grain
dismay
sleigh
trait
mayonnaise freight
detail
eighteen
campaign
raisin
Sound/Spellings for long ī
sigh
thigh
-igh /ī/
slight
right
tight
height
daylight
twilight
Spelling Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
braid
campaign
bait
raisin
grain
spray
trait
daylight
detail
dismay
Spelling Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
mayonnaise
eighteen
weigh
sigh
sleigh
thigh
eight
slight
freight
right
Spelling Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
tight
height
daylight
twilight
frighten
Teacher Read Aloud:
Johnny Appleseed
Activate Prior Knowledge:
1. Share what you know about Johnny
Appleseed.
2. Share what you know about pioneer
life in the United States.
Purpose Setting:
Listen for clues that will help you determine the author’s
purpose for writing “Johnny Appleseed.”
This is the story of Johnny Appleseed, an American
legend. He traveled across the United States planting
apple trees and sharing his love of apples with other
people.
1. What do you think is the author’s main
purpose for writing this selection?
2. Why do you think the author includes a
description of how Johnny Appleseed
looked?
Build Concept Vocabulary
As he traveled,
Appleseed claimed
land, cleared it, and
planted seeds
Build Concept Vocabulary
As the new nation began
taking root, John
Chapman became an
American pioneer, and
before long he would
become a legend…
Build Concept Vocabulary
He became friends with
Native Americans and
settlers in the territories
he visited.
Concept Vocabulary Web
territories
Places
pioneer
Exploration
People who
settlers
traveled
to new lands
Comprehension Skill:
Author’s Purpose
1. The author’s purpose is the
reason or reasons the author
has for writing.
2. An author may write to
persuade, to inform, to
entertain, or to express ideas
and feelings.
Comprehension Skill:
Author’s Purpose
Author’s
Purpose
Before you read:
What do you
think it will be?
As you read:
What do you
think it is?
Why do you
think so?
Strategy:
Answer Questions
Good readers know where to look
for the answers to questions. They
know that sometimes the answer to a
question is in one place. Other times it
is in several places. They know that
sometimes they must use what they’ve
read plus what they know to answer a
question. That is what you usually
have to do to answer a question about
the author’s purpose
Jefferson’s BARGAIN
Author’s Purpose
1.
2.
3.
4.
Preview the article. Do you think the author’s
purpose is to persuade, to inform, to entertain,
or to express?
To answer the skill question, look at the title
and skim the text. Do you see numbers and
dates? What purpose do they suggest?
Is the author’s purpose what you thought it
would be when you previewed the article?
Why or why not?
Why did the author ask “are you ready?” in
the third paragraph?
Lewis and Clark and Me
A Dog’s Tale
Author:
Laurie Myers
Genre:
Historical Fantasy
This genre combines both
historic events that really
happened and fantastic events
that could not possibly happen,
such as a dog as narrator.
The Expedition
The Lewis and Clark
Expedition was the first
expedition of an overland
nature that was taken in the
United States to the Pacific
Coast and then back. The
team of explorers was headed
by William Clark and
Meriwether Lewis, and it was
assisted by Toussaint
Charbonneau and his wife,
Sacajawea. The goal of the
mission was to get a better
understanding of the resources
that would be exchanged in the
Louisiana Purchase. This
expedition laid a part of the
groundwork for the westward
expansion of the United States
of America.
Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774 and
died on October 11, 1809. He was an American soldier,
explorer, and a public administrator. He is most
remembered for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition, or Corps of Discovery, along with William Clark
to explore the territory gained from the Louisiana Purchase.
William Clark was born
on August 1, 1770 and died
on September 1, 1838. He
was an American explorer,
Indian agent, soldier, and a
territorial governor. He was
originally a native of
Virginia, but he also grew up
in Kentucky before he
settled in what would later
become Missouri. He led
the Lewis and Clark
Expedition with William
Clark in 1803 until 1805 to
the Pacific Ocean after
crossing the Louisiana
Purchase.
The Departure from St. Charles, May 21, 1804
More Books Written by Laurie Myers
The reason or
reasons the author
has for writing – to
persuade, to inform,
to entertain, or to
express ideas or
feelings.
Author’s
Purpose
Do you think the
author’s purpose
is to persuade, to
inform, to
entertain, or to
express?
Synonyms:
reason
intention
Big idea
platforms built
on the shore
or out from the
shore;
wharves; piers
docks
The pioneers
load their
belongs onto
flatboats tied to
the docks.
Synonyms:
landing
pier
wharves
going from one
region to another
with the change
in seasons
migrating
Pioneers saw
hundreds of
squirrels crossing
the river. Were
they migrating?
Synonyms:
leave
drift
voyage
to glance
at; look
over hastily
scan
As they traveled,
pioneers would
scan the country
for food and
Indians.
Synonyms:
investigate
scope
browse
a smell
scent
Synonyms:
I stuck my nose in
the air and
recognized the
scent
immediately.
odor
perfume
track – trail
smell
platform built on the
shore or out from the
shore beside which
ships can load or
unload
wharf
I can see the
pioneers with all
their goods, waiting
on the wharf in St.
Louis.
Synonym:
dock
slip
pier
felt a longing
or desire
yearned
My life on the
wharves was good,
but I was a young
dog and yearned
for more.
Synonym:
longed
ached
Vocabulary Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
Author’s Purpose
migrating
dock
scan
scent
wharf
yearned
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
Author’s
Purpose
docks
migrating
scent
wharf
yearned
Draw! Draw! Draw!
scan
Free Association
When I say a word, you write down any words you can
think of that remind you of that word.
For example:
The word is school:
1. learning
2. Science
3. pencils
4. Reading
5. Math
6. teachers
7. P.E.
8. Education
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Author’s Purpose
docks
migrating
scan
wharf
scent
yearned
Classifying
Place the following words in categories:
scent
migrating
wharf
scan
author’s purpose
docks
yearned
• Decide the names of the categories.
• Determine how many categories.
• Determine which words go in which categories.
• After classifying the words, write a paragraph
explaining each of the categories and why certain words
go in a particular category.
Can You Find the Context Clues?
1. The captain of the ship told the sailors to ______ the horizon for land.
2. The young girl __________ to travel to faraway places.
3. Fishermen stood along the _______ trying to catch the evening’s meal
from the waters below.
4. The skies overhead are filled with the sounds of honking geese when they
are ____________ south for the winter.
5. The _________ was crowded with boxes of food.
6. After reading the selection I have decided that the ______________ was to
inform the reader about the route of Lewis, Clark, and Seaman’s journey.
7. The lone wolf used his nose to follow the __________ of his prey.
author’s purpose, docks, migrating,
scan, scent, wharf, yearned
Synonym Search
Match the vocabulary words on the left to the correct
synonyms on the right. Some vocabulary words have more
than one synonym. Ready, set, go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Author’s
Purpose
docks
migrating
scan
scent
wharf
yearned
a. longed
f. landing
k. wharves
p. scope
b. pier
g. leave
l. browse
q. big idea
c. smell
h. investigate
m. sniff
r. odor
d. reason
i. drift
n. intention
s. track
e. perfume
j. ached
o. voyage
Word Association Challenge
1. Which word goes with conducting a search for something? Why?
2. Which word goes with making a wish? Why?
3. Which word goes with dogs tracking or following the trail of
another animal? Why?
4. Which word goes with harbor? Why?
5. Which word goes with herds and flocks? Why?
6. Which word goes with fishing? Why?
7. Which word goes with comprehension? Why?
Word Bank
author’s purpose, docks, migrating,
scan, scent, yearned, wharf
Some words can be
used more than
once. Can you
figure out which
ones?
Tell Me What You Know
1. Explain situations where you might scan your surroundings.
2. List animals that are known for migrating to the south.
3. Think of your favorite story and write what the author’s purpose
was for writing it. Remember to tell how you figured
out the author’s purpose.
4. Describe things or people you would see at a wharf.
5. Describe and tell why you have yearned for something.
6. Imagine yourself standing on the docks looking out at the ocean.
What could you be doing and why?
7. Describe your favorite scent and tell when you smell it.