Fourth Grade Reading Street ( ) Unit 1.1 Because of Winn Dixie Genre: Realistic Fiction Vocabulary Words: Spelling Words: grand excellent; very good admire – memorial helping people to remember a person, thing, or event magnet – peculiar strange; unusual contest – positive without doubt; sure method – prideful proud of oneself custom –overly recalls calls back to mind; remembers rally – selecting picking out; choosing soccer – engine More Words to Know: sudden consisted was made up of – finger friendless without friends – accident attention care and thoughtfulness – mitten kindness treatment that does good rather than harm; gentleness – intend understanding - comprehension fabric Spelling: Comprehension Skill: flatten Short Vowels VCCV Sequence rascal gutter Grammar: Comprehension Strategy: mammal Declarative and Interrogative Summarize happen Sentences cannon Social Studies Content: dungeon Writing Trait of the Week: U.S. History magnify Word Choice U.S. Geography festival Vocabulary Strategy: thunderstorm Word Structure - suffixes
Fourth Grade Reading Street ( ) Unit 1.1 Because of Winn Dixie Genre: Realistic Fiction Vocabulary Words: grand – excellent; very good memorial – helping people to remember a person, thing, or event peculiar – strange; unusual positive – without doubt; sure prideful –overly proud of oneself recalls – calls back to mind; remembers selecting – picking out; choosing Spelling Words: admire magnet contest method custom rally soccer engine sudden finger accident mitten intend fabric flatten rascal gutter mammal happen cannon dungeon magnify festival thunderstorm More Words to Know: consisted – was made up of friendless – without friends attention – care and thoughtfulness kindness – treatment that does good rather than harm; gentleness understanding - comprehension Spelling: Short Vowels VCCV Grammar: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences Writing Trait of the Week: Word Choice Vocabulary Strategy: Word Structure - suffixes Comprehension Skill: Sequence Comprehension Strategy: Summarize Social Studies Content: U.S. History U.S. Geography
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