| Fuller, Cindy / Reading / Fourth Grade / Elementary School |
Unit 1
Week |
Weekly Theme |
Main Selection |
Phonics/Spelling Skill |
Comprehension Strategy |
Grade 4 Unit 1 |
1 |
Mysteries |
Mystery of the Missing Lunch, The |
Words with Short Vowels (tax, hem, bid, rot, mug) |
Make Inferences and Analyze |
2 |
Adapting to Survive |
Walk in the Desert, A |
Words with Long a (date, tray, bail) |
Summarize |
3 |
Our National Parks |
Animals Come Home to Our National Parks-TFK |
Words with Long e (sleek, heal) |
Summarize |
4 |
Astronauts |
Gloria Rising |
Words with Long i (prime, slight, mild, lie, sly) |
Make Inferences and Analyze |
5 |
Wildlife Watchers |
Raft, The |
Words with Long o (robe, goal, glow, post) |
Make Inferences and Analyze |
Week |
Comprehension Skill |
Fluency |
Paired Selection Title |
Paired Selection Strategy |
Paired Selection Skill |
Grade 4 Unit 1 |
1 |
Problem and Solution |
End Punctuation |
Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle |
Text Feature |
Charts |
2 |
Main Idea and Details |
Tempo |
White Swans; Grass Snake; Fat Frog (3 Cinquains) |
Literary Elements |
Assonance and Metaphor |
3 |
Main Idea and Details |
Pronunciation of vocabulary words and other hard words |
Saving a National Park (Test Prep) |
Study Skill |
Using the Dictionary |
4 |
Analyze Character |
Pauses, stops, intonation and characters' words |
The Solar System |
Text Feature |
Diagrams |
5 |
Character, Setting, Plot |
Pace and tempo-matching the action of the story |
Into the Swamp |
Text Feature |
Maps |
Unit 2
Week |
Weekly Theme |
Main Selection |
Phonics/Spelling Skill |
Comprehension Strategy |
Grade 4 Unit 2 |
1 |
Baseball |
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-out Queen |
Words with ch and tch (beginning, medial, final position) |
Make Inferences and Analyze |
2 |
New Places, New Faces |
My Diary from Here to There |
Words with /th/, /sh/, and /hw/ (thud, moth, shift, blush, whisk, phone, graph - beginning, medial, and final) |
Generate Questions |
3 |
Focus on China |
Stealing Beauty-TFK |
Complex Consonant Clusters (shr, thr, spr, scr, str, spl [shrub, thrill, sprout, scrape, splash]) |
Make Inferences and Analyze |
4 |
Bright Ideas |
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning |
Words with /ôr/ and /är/ (chart, ford, mourn) |
Generate Questions |
5 |
Snakes |
When I Went to the Library |
Words with /âr/ and /îr/ (air, are - aware, staircase, ear, ere - gear, mere) |
Generate Questions |
Week |
Comprehension Skill |
Fluency |
Paired Selection Title |
Paired Selection Strategy |
Paired Selection Skill |
Grade 4 Unit 2 |
1 |
Author's Purpose |
Pauses, stops, intonation |
Baseball Greats |
Text Feature |
Table |
2 |
Make Inferences |
End Punctuation |
Immigrants in the Northeast |
Text Feature |
Primary Sources |
3 |
Fact and Opinion |
Tempo |
So Far From Home (Test Prep) |
Study Skill |
Parts of a Book |
4 |
Problem and Solution |
Tempo |
Light Bulb and "Lightning Bolt" |
Literary Elements |
Figurative Language and Alliteration |
5 |
Make Inferences |
Tempo |
Snakes |
Text Feature |
Toolbars |
Unit 3
Week |
Weekly Theme |
Main Selection |
Phonics/Spelling Skill |
Comprehension Strategy |
Grade 4 Unit 3 |
1 |
Friend or Foe? |
Roadrunner's Dance |
Words with /ûr/ (er, ir, ur, ear - nerve, fir, purse, learn) |
Evaluate |
2 |
People Who Made a Difference |
My Brother Martin |
Words with Silent Letters [kn, mb, wr (kneel, climb, wreck)] |
Evaluate |
3 |
Kids Get it Done |
Kid Reporters at Work-TFK |
Words with Soft c and g (gym, gulf; cent, colt; once, plunge, badge) |
Summarize |
4 |
Great Plains Indians |
Mystic Horse |
Plural Words [-s, and -es (clerks, arches, and y to i)] |
Summarize |
5 |
Precipitation |
Snowflake Bentley |
Compound Words (background, cloudburst) |
Evaluate |
Week |
Comprehension Skill |
Fluency |
Paired Selection Title |
Paired Selection Strategy |
Paired Selection Skill |
Grade 4 Unit 3 |
1 |
Author’s Purpose |
Pauses, stops, intonation and characters' words |
Flycatcher and Coyote |
Literary Elements |
Foreshadowing and Symbolism |
2 |
Author’s Purpose |
Punctuation |
Dear Mrs. Parks |
Text Features |
Salutation and Body |
3 |
Compare and Contrast |
Tempo |
Child Labor in the U.S.A (Test Prep) |
Study Skill |
Using the Library |
4 |
Sequence |
Tempo-matching the energy/enthusiasm of every passage |
The Black Hills Powwow |
Text Feature |
Online Encyclopedia Articles: Links |
5 |
Summarize |
Pronunciation of vocabulary words |
Haiku (poems about snow) |
Literary Elements |
Imagery and Figurative Language |
Unit 4
Week |
Weekly Theme |
Main Selection |
Phonics/Spelling Skill |
Comprehension Strategy |
Grade 4 Unit 4 |
1 |
Man’s Best Friend |
Dear Mrs. LaRue |
Words with Inflected Endings (-ed, -ing; doubling and e drop (jogged, bragging; plunged, dating) |
Generate Questions |
2 |
Creative Solutions |
Blind Hunter, The |
Words that Change y to i (and add -ed, -er, -est, -es, -ly (hurried, happier, happiest, spies, noisily) |
Generate Questions |
3 |
Energy: Power Sources |
The Power of Oil-TFK |
Words with /ü/, /u/ and /u/ [long /u/, u with dot (foolish, dew, stupid, duke, group, glue, suit, and crooked, put, would)] |
Evaluate |
4 |
Whales |
Adelina's Whales |
Words with /oi/ and /ou/ (oy, oi, foil, enjoy and /ou/ ou/ow couch, chowder) |
Analyze Text Structure |
5 |
The Sea |
At Home in the Coral Reef |
Words with /ô/ (au, aw, a, alt, alk - awkward, caller, faucet, halt, walker) |
Analyze Text Structure |
Week |
Comprehension Skill |
Fluency |
Paired Selection Title |
Paired Selection Strategy |
Paired Selection Skill |
Grade 4 Unit 4 |
1 |
Draw Conclusions |
Punctuation |
Dog Amazes Scientists! |
Text Feature |
Line Graphs |
2 |
Draw Conclusions |
Pauses and stops |
Make Life Easier for Everybody |
Text Feature |
Glossary |
3 |
Persuasion |
Pronunciation of vocabulary words and other hard words |
Windmills on the Prairies (Test Prep) |
Study Skill |
Using Computers in the Media Center |
4 |
Sequence |
Tempo-matching the action in the story |
A Whale of a Meal, "Whale Watch," and "The Podless Whale" (Limericks about whales) |
Literary Elements |
Meter and Rhyme Scheme |
5 |
Compare and Contrast |
Pronunciation of vocabulary words |
Poseidon and the Kingdom of Atlantis |
Literary Elements |
Protagonist and Hyperbole |
Unit 5
Week |
Weekly Theme |
Main Selection |
Phonics/Spelling Skill |
Comprehension Strategy |
Grade 4 Unit 5 |
1 |
Going to the Library |
Because of Winn-Dixie |
Words with VCCV Pattern (VC/CV syllable pattern with doublet (dipper, mutter) VC/CV with different consonants (lumber, napkin) |
Evaluate |
2 |
Putting on a Play |
Ranita, the Frog Princess |
Words with V/CV and VC/V patterns (du/ty, so/fa, cam/el, hab/it) |
Evaluate |
3 |
Explorations |
Exploring the Undersea Territory-TFK |
Accented Syllables (be hold', toast' er) |
Evaluate |
4 |
Artists at Work |
Me and Uncle Romie |
Words with Final /$r/ (unstressed final syllabes with schwa + r, or, ar - visitor, diver, collar) |
Monitor Comprehension |
5 |
Wild Horses |
Wild Horses: Black Hills Sanctuary |
Words with Final /$l/ [schwa + l (battle, panel, petal)] |
Monitor Comprehension |
Week |
Comprehension Skill |
Fluency |
Paired Selection Title |
Paired Selection Strategy |
Paired Selection Skill |
Grade 4 Unit 5 |
1 |
Summarize |
End Punctuation |
I Love the Look of Words |
Literary Elements |
Onomatopoeia and Simile |
2 |
Make Judgments |
Dialogue and characters' roles |
Presenting the Puddlejump Players |
Text Feature |
Interviews |
3 |
Fact and Opinion |
Pronunciation of vocabulary words and other hard words |
Lords of the Seas (Test Prep) |
Study Skill |
Skim and Scan |
4 |
Character |
Tempo-matching the action in the story |
Making a Collage |
Text Feature |
Directions |
5 |
Cause and Effect |
Pronunciation of vocabulary words |
The Tale of Pecos Bill |
Literary Elements |
Hyperbole and Figure of Speech |
Unit 6
Week |
Weekly Theme |
Main Selection |
Phonics/Spelling Skill |
Comprehension Strategy |
Grade 4 Unit 6 |
1 |
The Gold Rush |
Gold Rush Game, The |
Words with Final /$n/ (schwa + n - poison, frozen) |
Analyze Story Structure |
2 |
Wild Visitors |
Cricket in Times Square, The |
Homophones |
Analyze Story Structure |
3 |
Discovering Nature's Secrets |
Meet a Bone-ified Explorer-TFK |
Words with Prefixes [dis-, mis-, non-, un-] (uncover, nonstop, dislike, misfire) |
Monitor Comprehension |
4 |
Airplanes |
My Brothers' Flying Machine |
Words with Suffixes [-y, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness (foggy, hurriedly, respectful, homeless, stillness)] 6/3/2005 |
Monitor Comprehension |
5 |
Ants |
Life and Times of the Ant, The |
Words with Stressed Syllables |
Analyze Text Structure |
Week |
Comprehension Skill |
Fluency |
Paired Selection Title |
Paired Selection Strategy |
Paired Selection Skill |
Grade 4 Unit 6 |
1 |
Cause and Effect |
Pauses, stops, and intonation |
Gold! |
Text Feature |
Timelines |
2 |
Theme |
Punctuation |
The Chance of a Lifetime |
Text Feature |
Advertisements |
3 |
Make Generalizations |
Pronunciation of vocabulary and other hard words |
Out on a Limb (Test Prep) |
Study Skill |
Functional Documents (flyer, poster, rules, menu) |
4 |
Author’s Perspective |
Tempo-matching the action in the story |
Brave New Heights |
Literary Elements |
Repetition and Personification |
5 |
Description |
Pronunciation of Vocabulary Words |
The Ant and the Grasshopper |
Literary Elements |
Character and Moral |
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