AUTAUGA COUNTY SCHOOLS
Fourth Grade – Reading Unit 1 Overview
Story Selection: / Academic Vocabulary:Week 1 / Because of Winn-Dixie / sequence, summarize, point of view, realistic fiction
Week 2 / Lewis and Clark and Me / author’s purpose, imperative, exclamatory, sensory images, historical fiction, biography
Week 3 / On the Banks of Plum Creek / background knowledge, complete subject, complete predicate, foreshadowing, historical fiction
Week 4 / The Horned Toad Prince / author’s purpose, compound sentence, friendly letter, dialect, trickster tale
Week 5 / Letters Home from Yosemite / main idea, details, guide words, time order transition words, lyric poetry, free verse, onomatopoeia, dependent clause, independent clause, complex sentence, tone
Spelling Words
Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5
Short Vowels VCCV / Words with Long a & i : / Words with Long e & o : / Long e : / Long u :
1. admire / 1. sigh / 1. sweet / 1. prairie / 1. usual
2. magnet / 2. right / 2. each / 2. calorie / 2. huge
3. contest / 3. weigh / 3. three / 3. honey / 3. flute
4. method / 4. eight / 4. least / 4. valley / 4. mood
5. custom / 5. detail / 5. freedom / 5. money / 5. smooth
6. rally / 6. height / 6. below / 6. finally / 6. threw
7. soccer / 7. spray / 7. throat / 7. movie / 7. afternoon
8. engine / 8. braid / 8. float / 8. country / 8. scooter
9. sudden / 9. bait / 9. foam / 9. empty / 9. juice
10. finger / 10. grain / 10. flown / 10. city / 10. cruise
11. accident / 11. slight / 11. greet / 11. rookie / 11. truth
12. mitten / 12. thigh / 12. season / 12. hockey / 12. bruise
13. intend / 13. tight / 13. croak / 13. collie / 13. cruel
14. fabric / 14. raisin / 14. shallow / 14. breezy / 14. excuse
15. flatten / 15. trait / 15. eagle / 15. jury / 15. pupil
16. rascal / 16. highway / 16. indeed / 16. balcony / 16. groove
17. gutter / 17. frighten / 17. rainbow / 17. steady / 17. confuse
18. mammal / 18. dismay / 18. grown / 18. alley / 18. humor
19. happen / 19. freight / 19. seaweed / 19. trolley / 19. duty
20. cannon / 20. sleigh / 20. hollow / 20. misty / 20. curfew
21. dungeon / 21. eighteen / 21. Halloween / 21. frequency / 21. influence
22. magnify / 22. mayonnaise / 22. speedometer / 22. parsley / 22. aluminum
23. festival / 23. campaign / 23. underneath / 23. journey / 23. nutrition
24. thunderstorm / 24. daylight / 24. seacoast / 24. chimney / 24. accumulate
25. injury / 25. twilight / 25. cocoa / 25. attorney / 25. igloo
Language Skills:
Week1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5
Statements
and
Questions / Commands and Exclamations / Subjects and Predicates / Compound Sentences / Clauses and Complex Sentences
/ Focus Reading Skills/Vocabulary
Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5
Genre / Realistic Fiction / Historical Fiction / Historical Fiction / Trickster Tale / Expository Text
Reading
Focus Skill/ Strategy / Sequence/ Summarize / Author’s Purpose/ Questioning / Literary Elements: Character, Setting, & Plot/ Background Knowledge / Author’s Purpose / Story Structure / Main Idea & Details/
Text Structure
Vocabulary
Skill / Word Structure
(Affixes: Suffixes) / Word Structure
(Word Endings) / Dictionary/ Glossary
(Multiple
Meaning) / Context Clues
(Synonyms & Antonyms) / Word Structure
(Affixes: Suffixes)
Selection Vocabulary / grand
memorial
peculiar
positive
prideful
recalls
selecting / docks
migrating
scan
scent
wharf
yearned / badger
bank
bristled
jointed
patched
ruffled
rushes / bargain
favor
lassoed
offended
prairie
riverbed
shrieked / glacier
impressive
naturalist
preserve
species
slopes
wilderness
Oral Vocabulary / kindness
attention
teach
understanding
variety
introduce
similar
distinct
social
courteous / pioneer
traveled
settlers
territories
seek
fortune
experiences
prepared
foreign
improve / coast
route
desert
valleys
landscape
sights
landmarks
enormous
magnificent
navigate / frontier
rodeo
corral
creeks
mesa
plains
cacti
sagebrush
range
grassland / earthquake
volcano
eruptions
magma
elk
lava
sequoia
geyser
wildlife
wildflowers
Handwriting: Cursive
Week1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5
Proportion & Letter Size Using Shapes / t, i, j / f, h, l / Letter, Word, & Sentence Spacing / Ll
Writing: Realistic Fiction