Fourth Grade
Theme 4: Problem Solvers
Genre:
Selection:
Week
Selection One
Jan. 25-28
Realistic Fiction: 2.03a
Compact Instruction to 4
Days
(Workday: Jan.24)
My Name Is Marie Isabel
Selection Two
Jan. 31-Feb. 4
Realistic Fiction: 2.03a
Phonics/
Spelling Skills
Vocabulary
Comprehension Skill
2010-2011
Comprehension
Strategy and
Study Skill
1.02
Words with the Suffix –
ible
1.01, 5.05
The /k/, /ng/, and /kw/
Sounds
1.03, 1.04b
Selection Vocabulary
1.03
Vocabulary Reader
1.02
Base Words and Inflected
Forms
2.05
Predicting Outcomes
2.02a, d, 2.03b
Social Studies Link:
How to skim and scan
2.02b, 2.05
Predict/Infer
Information and Study
Skills: 2.01
Using SQRRR
(Handout)
1.02
Prefixes re-, mis-, and ex1.01, 1.03, 1.04c, 5.05
Final /e/
1.03, 1.04b
Selection Vocabulary
1.03
Vocabulary Reader
1.04b
Word Families
3.01b,d
Problem Solving
2.03
Health Link:
How to take notes
3.01e
Rereading for Genre:
Expository Nonfiction
2.01
Evaluate
Information and Study
Skills: 2.01, 2.04d
Following Directions
Marven of the Great North
Woods
SC 1.04 TBT
Fluency Practice
Reread favorite part of story
for prosody
Leveled Readers: 2.02a,d,
2.03a, 2.05 4.01
The Best Fish Ever
A Good Night’s Sleep
The Right Fly
The Very Best Fish
Reread favorite part of story
for prosody
Leveled Readers: 2.02e,
2.03a, 3.01b,d, 4.01
Cora at Camp Blue Waters
Tennesse Summer
Samuel de Champlain in
Canada
Cora at Camp
Selection Three
Feb. 7-11
1.02
Prefixes pre-, con-, and
com1.01, 5.05
Final /j/ and /s/
1.03, 1.04b
Selection Vocabulary
1.03
Vocabulary Reader
1.02, 1.05
Suffixes in a Dictionary
2.05, 3.01f
Drawing Conclusions
2.02a, 2.03b, 2.04d
Social Studies Link:
How to follow directions
2.06
Summarize (Center)
2.02d, 2.04c
Skim and Scan
Reread favorite part of story
for prosody
Leveled Readers: 2.02e,
2.03a, 2.05 4.01
Murals for Joy
Pan Woman
I Know, I Know!
Joy’s Great Idea
Feb. 14-18
1.02
VCCV Pattern
1.01, 1.03, 5.05
Consonant Clusters
1.03, 1.04b
Selection Vocabulary
1.03
Vocabulary Reader
1.04b
Word Connotations
2.04a, 3.02
Story Structure
2.02a, 3.03
Art Link:
How to look at Fine Art
(Online Resource)
2.01, 2.02c
Question
Information and Study
Skills: 3.05, 3.06
Encyclopedia (Online
Resource)
Reread favorite part of story
for prosody
Leveled Readers: 2.02a,e,
2.03a, 2.04a, 4.01
Ruthie’s Perfect Poem
Memories for Mom
Shaju in New York
A Poem for Grandma
Realistic Fiction: 2.03a
The Last Dragon
Selection Four
Realistic Fiction: 2.03a
Sing to the Stars (Online
Resource)
Monitor Student
Progress
Feb. 21-25
1.01, 1.02
Structural Analysis Skills
Review
5.05
Spelling Skills Review
1.03, 1.04b
Selection Vocabulary
1.02, 1.03, 1.04b
Vocabulary Skills Review
2.04a, 2.05, 3.01b,d ,f,
3.02
Comprehension Skills
Review
2.06
Summarize
Taking Tests: Writing a
Personal Narrative
Reread favorite part of story
for prosody
Connecting Leveled
Readers
Feb. 28- Mar. 4
1.02
Prefixes re-, mis-, ex-,
pre-,con-, and com1.01, 5.05
VCCV Pattern
1.03, 1.04b
Selection Vocabulary
1.03
Vocabulary Reader
1.04b
Analogies
2.03c, 3.01e
Understanding Poetry
(Online Activity, Online
Presentation)
2.01
Monitor/Clarify
Information and Study
Skills: 3.06
Information in
Magazines
Reread favorite part of story
for prosody
Leveled Readers:
2.03b, 2.04d, 3.01e, 4.01,
4.09
Eloise Greenfield
Poetry to Grow On
Barbara Esbensen: Words
into Pictures
Ogden Nash: Playing with
Words
Eloise Greenfield: The Music
of Poetry
Folktale: 2.03b
Juan Verdades:\The Man
Who Couldn’t Tell A Lie
Nonfiction:
Louis Braille
Focus on Genre
Poetry: 2.03d
The Seed
By Myself
Ode to My Shoes
Pencils
The Anteater
The Panther
Rabbit
Sky-Fish
I Watched an Eagle Soar