Fourth Grade Reading Street
Unit 2.1 What Jo Did
Genre: Fiction
Vocabulary Words:
fouled –in sports, made an unfair play against
hoop – a ring or round, flat band
jersey- a shirt that is pulled over the head, made of a soft, knitted cloth
marveled - was filled with wonder; was astonished
rim – an edge, border, or margin on or around anything
speechless – not able to talk
swatted – hit sharply or violently
8. unbelievable – incredible; hard to think of as true or real
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4.
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7.
Amazing Words:
1. accept
2. learn
3. underdog
4. value
5. nervous
6. inspire
7. defy
8. dizzy
9. reliable
10. unique
Spelling:
Adding –s and –es
Comprehension Skill:
Cause and Effect
Grammar:
Common and Proper Nouns
Comprehension Strategy:
Background Knowledge
Vocabulary Strategy:
Word Structure
Prefixes & Suffixes
Spelling Words:
1. monkeys
2. friends
3. plays
4. supplies
5. taxes
6. holidays
7. months
8. companies
9. costumes
10. sandwiches
11. hobbies
12. daisies
13. delays
14. scratches
15. counties
16. teammates
17. memories
18. bunches
19. batteries
20. donkeys
21. eyelashes
22. ambulances
23. trophies
24. secretaries
25. inventories
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Fourth Grade Reading Street
Unit 2.2 Coyote School News
Genre: Historical Fiction
Vocabulary Words:
Spelling Words:
1. bawling – crying out in a noisy way
1. videos
2. coyote – a small, wolf-like mammal living in many parts of North America
2. teeth
3. dudes – people raised in the city, especially easterners who vacation on
3. potatoes
a ranch
4. themselves
4. roundup – the act of driving or bringing cattle together from long
5. lives
distances
6. leaves
5. spurs – metal points or pointed wheels, worn on a rider’s boot heels for
7. cliffs
urging a horse on
8. men
9. halves
Amazing Words:
10. moose
1. convince
5. offers
8. energetic
11. radios
2. invite
6. effort
9. organize
12. sheep
3. cooperate
7. divide
10. responsible
13. cuffs
4. planning
14. beliefs
Spelling:
Comprehension Skill:
15. patios
Irregular Plurals
Draw Conclusions
16. children
17. tornadoes
Grammar:
Comprehension Strategy:
18. tomatoes
Regular Plural Nouns
Story Structure
19. hoofs
20. loaves
Vocabulary Strategy:
21. portfolios
Unknown Words
22. embargoes
Dictionary/Glossary
23. handkerchiefs
24. calves
25. lassoes
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Unit 2.3 Scene Two
Fourth Grade Reading Street
Genre: Drama or Play
Vocabulary Words:
1. advice – suggestion or recommendation about an action or decision
2. argument – a debate or verbal disagreement
3. arrangements – plans
4. descendants – a person descended from an ancestor
5. dishonest – not truthful
6. script – the written text of a play
7. snag – a hurdle or problem
Amazing Words:
1. café
5. menu
8. cuisine
2. customers
6. strategy
9. teamwork
3. practice
7.examine
10. founders
4. forebears
Spelling:
Words with ar, or
Grammar:
Irregular Plural Nouns
Vocabulary Strategy:
Word Structure
Prefixes
Comprehension Skill:
Draw Conclusions
Comprehension Strategy:
Questioning
Spelling Words:
1. morning
2. forest
3. garbage
4. form
5. alarm
6. corner
7. story
8. argue
9. backyard
10. start
11. partner
12. storm
13. Florida
14. apartment
15. sport
16. force
17. forward
18. sharp
19. garden
20. Arkansas
21. departure
22. margarine
23. informative
24. snorkel
25. carnation
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Fourth Grade Reading Street
Unit 2.4 Horse Heroes
Genre: Expository Text
Vocabulary Words:
1. ambition – something for which you have a strong desire
2. infested – covered by something harmful
3. landslide – mass of earth or rock that slides down a steep slope
4. quicksand – a very deep, soft, wet sand that can swallow people and
animals
5. resistance – thing or act that resists; opposing force; opposition
6. rickety – liable to fall or break down; shaky; weak
7. roamed – went about with no special plan or aim; wandered
8. vast- very great; immense
Amazing Words:
1. drive
5. temperament
8. trust
2. perseverance
6. obstacles
9. bravery
3. resourceful
7. experience
10. instincts
4. dependable
Spelling:
Consonant Patterns ng, nk, ph, wh
Comprehension Skill:
Fact and Opinion
Grammar:
Singular Possessive Nouns
Comprehension Strategy:
Monitor and Clarify
Vocabulary Strategy:
Unknown Words
Dictionary/Glossary
Spelling Words:
1. Thanksgiving
2. among
3. think
4. blank
5. graph
6. young
7. wheel
8. nephew
9. belong
10. whiskers
11. whisper
12. elephant
13. white
14. shrink
15. wharf
16. trunk
17. strong
18. blink
19. chunk
20. skunk
21. strengthen
22. bankrupt
23. phantom
24. whimsical
25. whatever
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Fourth Grade Reading Street
Unit 2.5 So You Want to Be President?
Genre: Expository Text
Vocabulary Words:
1. Constitution- the written set of fundamental principles by which the United States is
governed
2. howling – very great
3. humble – not proud; modest
4. politics – the work of government; management of public business
5. responsibility – the act or fact of taking care of someone or something; obligation
6. solemnly – seriously; earnestly; with dignity
7. vain- having too much pride in your looks, ability, etc.
Amazing Words:
1. Congress
2. Capitol
3. dome
4. establish
5. capital
6. President
7. Oval Office
8. clerks
9. oath
10. national
Spelling:
Words with ear, ir, our, ur
Comprehension Skill:
Main Idea and Details
Grammar:
Plural Possessive Nouns
Comprehension Strategy:
Inferring
Vocabulary Strategy:
Unknown Words
Dictionary/Glossary
Spelling Words:
1. return
2. courage
3. surface
4. purpose
5. first
6. turkey
7. heard
8. early
9. turtle
10. birthday
11. journal
12. courtesy
13. nourish
14. purse
15. furniture
16. search
17. curtain
18. burrow
19. hamburger
20. survey
21. turquoise
22. absurd
23. furthermore
24. flourish
25. nourishment
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