4th Grade Reading Lesson

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• 1 Close Reading Passages and Worksheets ( The Last Week Of November Included to cover the Week after Thanksgiving Break).
• 1 Writing Worksheets, each with 3 prompts (Narrative)
• 1 Math Worksheet ( Spiral review ).
• Secret Code for early finishers
• Lesson Plans for Reading
• Rubric

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• Thematic connections
• Morning work

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As time moves on, many great Americans who have shaped the arts, sciences, sports, and history of our nation and culture get lost in time. The Great Americans Series of Biographies and Worksheets is an easy-to-read 200-word biography of just the highlights of each subject's life designed to keep young readers engaged. The questions worksheet ensures student reading comprehension and grasp of key points. The vocabulary page introduces and explains new words, phrases, and/or institutions students may not have been familiar with. The Quotes page challenges students to write what the quote means to them. The Great Americans Series is available individually or in bundles, making great bell work. An Answer Key is provided with each worksheet.

"The Buffalo are Back" by Jean Craighead George: This introductory PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lesson also includes vocabulary study, practice, and assessment.

This standard-aligned material is for use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms

PowerPoint Slides:

1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time-period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3.**Bold Photos: ** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

Vibrant Vocab slides (flourished, extinct, fragile, crumbled, drought, imbalance, rippled, ecosystem)

5.**Quizlet Practice Link ** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension .

7. **Audio Link to Book**Providing an additional resource to support diverse learning styles and ensuring all students can access and engage with the text.

PDF FILE.

Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!

**Grammar Sort**

Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

**Connotation Sort**

Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **

Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

**Vocabulary Organizer**

This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.

**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**

The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This lesson is also available in Google Slides.

Enjoy!

-From Kiwious About Vocab!

The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch: This introductory PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the story’s author and genre. Bold photo visuals and engaging video clips support the story details. The lesson includes an in-depth vocabulary study, practice, assessment, and printable organizers.

This standard-aligned material is for use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms

PowerPoint Slides:

1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time-period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3.**Bold Photos: ** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

Vibrant Vocab slides (gracious, stale, flattened, official, muttered, frantically, scrumptious, grateful)

5.**Quizlet Practice Link ** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension**(Pizza video)**

PDF FILE.

Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!

**Grammar Sort**

Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

**Connotation Sort**

Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **

Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

**Vocabulary Organizer**

This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.

**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**

The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This lesson is also available in Google Slides.

Enjoy!

-From Kiwious About Vocab!

This convenient GOOGLE SLIDE lesson contains a complete Digital EMERGENCY ELA lesson for the NONFICTION BOOK, THE BUFFALO ARE BACK, with hours of fun encompassing multiple reading strategies and skills aligned to Common Core.

EMERGENCY PLAN includes:

• Read-aloud video of the short, nonfiction text, The Buffalo Are Back, by Jean Craighead George. BL 4.9.
• Highly organized & complete package of PDF printables, perfect for any substitute or teacher looking for a total, STAND ALONE lesson for Reading.
• Genre & author information
• 10 bold photo vocabulary slides including part of speech
• Connotation & grammar mini-lesson and sort
• Printable activities and assessments
• Quizlet quiz links
• The lesson is loaded with optional activities (digital and print)
• Fun Fact videos and slides allow the presentation to be adjusted to fill any time frame.

PDF printables: 8 graphic organizers are included both digitally and in the PDF file, designed to coordinate with the GOOGLE SLIDES.

Introduction: slides include genre with link, author bio with link, and setting with maps

Video Link for Read Aloud: link to Buffalo are Back is included (17 min)

Vocabulary Study: flourished, extinct, fragile, crumbled, drought, rippled, wobble, graze, treaty, settler

10 vocab slides include word, bold photo, definition & part of speech, both a Vocab Organizer chart, and a Word Study chart are included (print and digital) to compliment the vocabulary.

Predictions: slides allow for student discussion prior to listening to the read aloud and again reflection on their predictions after the story has been heard.

*Optional Fun Facts: photos of plains animals, links to animal sounds from the grasslands, famous people bios from this time/place with links are all are pertinent to the text

*Optional Activities: these elements are provided within the digital product as well as PDF form. Connotation info/sort, Grammar info/sort, context clue worksheet with word bank

Practice/Assessment: Quizlet links for both a vocabulary quiz and a comprehension quiz are included

Enjoy this convenient GOOGLE SLIDE 'Lesson to Go'!

THIS LESSON IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN POWERPOINT.

This convenient POWERPOINT lesson contains a complete Digital Emergency ELA lesson for the NONFICTION BOOK, THE BUFFALO ARE BACK, encompassing hours of activities, multiple reading strategies and ELA skills all aligned to Common Core.

'EMERGENCY PLAN' includes:

• Read-aloud video of the short, nonfiction text, The Buffalo Are Back, by Jean Craighead George. BL 4.9.
• Highly organized & complete package of PDF printables, perfect for any substitute or teacher looking for a total, STAND ALONE lesson for Reading.
• Genre & author information
• 10 bold photo vocabulary slides including part of speech
• Connotation & grammar mini-lesson and sort
• Printable activities and assessments
• Quizlet quiz links
• The lesson is loaded with optional activities (digital and print)
• Fun Fact videos and slides allow the presentation to be adjusted to fill any time frame.

PDF printables: 8 graphic organizers are included both digitally and in the PDF file, designed to coordinate with the Powerpoint.

Introduction: slides include genre with link, author bio with link, and setting with maps

Video Link for Read Aloud: link to Buffalo are Back is included (17 min)

Vocabulary Study: flourished, extinct, fragile, crumbled, drought, rippled, wobble, graze, treaty, settler

10 vocab slides include word, bold photo, definition & part of speech, both a Vocab Organizer chart, and a Word Study chart are included (print and digital) to compliment the vocabulary.

Predictions: slides allow for student discussion prior to listening to the read aloud and again reflection on their predictions after the story has been heard.

*Optional Fun Facts: photos of plains animals, links to animal sounds from the grasslands, famous people bios from this time/place with links are all are pertinent to the text

*Optional Activities: these elements are provided within the digital product as well as PDF form. Connotation info/sort, Grammar info/sort, context clue worksheet with word bank

Practice/Assessment: Quizlet links for both a vocabulary quiz and a comprehension quiz are included

Enjoy this convenient Powerpoint 'EMERGENCY LESSON PLAN'

*ALSO AVAILABLE IN GOOGLE SLIDES

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Workbook Highlights, each person below is mentioned alongside a unique activity kids can take part in:

• Pelé: The King of Soccer – Explore his legendary career and humanitarian impact.
• Jimmy Carter: The President Who Built Peace – Learn about his global peace efforts.
• Henry Kissinger: The Diplomat Who Changed the World – Uncover his influence on global politics.
• Rosalynn Carter: The First Lady of Compassion – Understand her mental health advocacy.
• Desmond Tutu: The Bishop of Peace – Discover his fight against apartheid and human rights work.

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