Grade 4 News Week of May 26, 2020

Graphic Organizer

A Peek At What Skills We Are Reviewing This Week Reading Daily reading practice, making predictions, problem and solutions, personal connections, answering comprehension questions, compare and contrast Grammar/Word Study Adjectives, adverbs and fluency practice

Writing Informational writing using a graphic organizer, identifying topics and supporting details, write a paragraph

Informational Writing and Graphic Organizer This week students will write an informational piece using facts and details. Be sure to check out the tips about informational writing in this newsletter. Also, a graphic organizer helps students to think about the structure of their writing: main ideas and details before they start to write! Week 9 At Home Learning

Grade 4 ELA

Day 1

• Imagine Language & Literacy or Lexia – 20-30 minutes three times a week. o Log in through Clever

• Reading- Read for 20 minutes each day (Fiction Text)

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Throughout the week while you are reading your book think of the following:

Before Reading – Make a prediction, what do you think will happen in the book? What will

the problem be and how will the characters solve it?

During Reading – Were your predictions correct? Can you make any personal connections

to the story?

After Reading – If you could be like a character in the story who would it be and why?

Vocabulary

• My Vocabulary Notebook – Use the attached worksheet to identify and analyze a word from your independent reading or from the attached reading.

Reading Comprehension

• Read Eating in Space and answer the comprehension questions that follow.

Informative Writing Activity

• Read Earth vs. Mars • When you are finished reading, complete the graphic organizer. Make sure you list the topic and details about the topic.

Read Aloud Earth vs. Mars Both Earth and Mars are planets in our solar system. The Earth has a diameter of 13,000 kilometers. Mars has a diameter of 6,800 kilometers. Earth looks blue and green and has living things, but Mars looks red and has no living things. Mars is farther from the Sun than Earth. Earth is 150 million kilometers from the Sun, while Mars is 228 million kilometers from the Sun.

EL Resource 7.1 © National Geographic Learning, a part of Cengage Learning, Inc. Name Date

Reading Comprehension Test Unit 7, Week 1 Directions: Read the article. Then answer the questions about the article.

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People in space need to eat, of course. However, it is not easy to eat when your food keeps floating away from you! Over the years, scientists have learned a lot about how to make food that can stay fresh for a long time and that will not float away.

When space travel first began, the food choices were limited. One type of food was a paste in a tube that had to be squeezed into their mouths. They also ate dried foods and powdered foods. Although easy to eat, these foods did not taste very good.

Astronauts complained about the food, so changes were made. Soon there were foods to eat with a fork or spoon. Astronauts also had more foods to choose from.

Today, space foods are still easy to eat, but now they taste good too. Astronauts enjoy soups and salads. They have many different main dishes, such as chicken and spaghetti. They snack on fresh fruits and vegetables, like oranges and carrot sticks. They even eat chocolate cake for dessert! Now when astronauts eat a meal in space, it’s almost like they are eating at home, but with an amazing view! An astronaut enjoys a tortilla in space.

Reading Comprehension Test Unit 7, Week 1

1 How is today’s space food similar to early 3 Today’s space food is eaten with a fork or space food? spoon. From this, you can conclude that the food — It is easy to eat. It includes tortillas. needs to be cooked. It is a paste in a tube. is eaten as it is on Earth. It includes fresh vegetables. is made fresh each day. floats around the spacecraft.

2 How is today’s space food different from early space food? 4 Most astronauts today probably think that their space food is — It is powdered. not healthy. It is easy to eat. not expensive. It tastes good. easy to prepare. It floats away. enjoyable to eat.

5 What changes were made as a result of the astronauts complaining about their food? Use details from the article to support your answer.

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Word:

Rate This Word I know this word: 1 – Very well date: 2 – A little date: 3 – Not at all date:

Picture of the Word

Part of speech:

Definition:

What I Know

My connection to this word:

Synonyms Antonyms words that have a similar meaning words that mean the opposite

Related Words Cognates another form of this word or another word the word in another language with the same word part

Tree Diagram Main Idea and Details Use the tree diagram to take notes about your book as you read. Write the main idea on the main idea line. Write details on the details lines.

Main Idea Details

Use your tree diagram to tell a partner about the book.

Week 9 Day 1

Eating in Space

Answer Guide