<p> Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 1: “My Brother Martin” How can words change lives? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. become 6. close 11. stomach 16. suppose 21. giant 21. ridiculous 2. lived 7. early 12. memory 17. iron 22. 22. syllable architect 23. magnificent 3. before 8. inside 13. element 18. gravel 23. notify 24. asparagus 4. idea 9. space 14. mystery 19. difficult 24. 25. cinnamon privilege 5. nothing 10. front 15. science 20. fortune 25. cement Vocabulary – Words to Understand ancestors – Ancestors are people from whom you are descended, such as your grandparents and great- grandparents. avoided – If something is avoided, you keep away from it or keep it out of the way. generations – Generations are periods of about thirty years, or the time from the birth of one generation to the birth of the next generation. A generation of people was born at approximately the same time. minister – A minister is a member of the clergy. He or she is a spiritual guide; a pastor. numerous – Numerous means “very many.” pulpit – A pulpit is a platform or raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches. shielding – If you are shielding something, you are protecting or defending it.</p><p>Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 1: “My Brother Martin” How can words change lives? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. become 6. close 11. stomach 16. suppose 21. giant 21. ridiculous 2. lived 7. early 12. memory 17. iron 22. 22. syllable architect 23. magnificent 3. before 8. inside 13. element 18. gravel 23. notify 24. asparagus 4. idea 9. space 14. mystery 19. difficult 24. 25. cinnamon privilege 5. nothing 10. front 15. science 20. fortune 25. cement Vocabulary – Words to Understand ancestors – Ancestors are people from whom you are descended, such as your grandparents and great- grandparents. avoided – If something is avoided, you keep away from it or keep it out of the way. generations – Generations are periods of about thirty years, or the time from the birth of one generation to the birth of the next generation. A generation of people was born at approximately the same time. minister – A minister is a member of the clergy. He or she is a spiritual guide; a pastor. numerous – Numerous means “very many.” pulpit – A pulpit is a platform or raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches. shielding – If you are shielding something, you are protecting or defending it.</p><p>Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 2: “Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path” How can our abilities influence our dreams and goals? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. sea 6. himself 11. nonsense 16. reseal 21. mistreat 21. misinterpret 2. turned 7. didn’t 12. misfortune 17. misbehavior 22. readjust 22. mispronounce 3. learn 8. morning 13. remove 18. reunion 23. nonprofit 23. noncommittal 4. point 9. body 14. mishandle 19. nonfiction 24. nonstick 24. reconstruct 5. city 10. later 15. recover 20. rebound 25. misquote 25. reorganize Vocabulary – Words to Understand boarding school – A boarding school is a school with buildings where the pupils live during the school term. dormitory – A dormitory is a building with many rooms in which people sleep. Many colleges have dormitories for students whose homes are elsewhere. endurance – To have endurance is to have the “power to last and to withstand hard wear.” manual – If you do something manually, you do it with your hands. reservation – A reservation is land set aside by the government for a special purpose. society – A society is the people of any particular time or place. </p><p>Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 2: “Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path” How can our abilities influence our dreams and goals? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. sea 6. himself 11. nonsense 16. reseal 21. mistreat 21. misinterpret 2. turned 7. didn’t 12. misfortune 17. misbehavior 22. readjust 22. mispronounce 3. learn 8. morning 13. remove 18. reunion 23. nonprofit 23. noncommittal 4. point 9. body 14. mishandle 19. nonfiction 24. nonstick 24. reconstruct 5. city 10. later 15. recover 20. rebound 25. misquote 25. reorganize Vocabulary – Words to Understand boarding school – A boarding school is a school with buildings where the pupils live during the school term. dormitory – A dormitory is a building with many rooms in which people sleep. Many colleges have dormitories for students whose homes are elsewhere. endurance – To have endurance is to have the “power to last and to withstand hard wear.” manual – If you do something manually, you do it with your hands. reservation – A reservation is land set aside by the government for a special purpose. society – A society is the people of any particular time or place. </p><p>Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 3: “How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay” How can one person’s view of the world affect others? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. turn 6. group 11. countless 16. breathless 21. amusement 21. announcement 2. move 7. half 12. fairness 17. enjoyment 22. greatness 22. appointment 3. face 8. plants 13. hopeless 18. flawless 23. 23. requirement punishment 24. awkwardness 4. door 9. living 14. treatment 19. tireless 24. timeless 25. expressionless 5. done 10. United States 15. statement 20. amazement 25. painless Vocabulary – Words to Understand affords – Affords means “to give an effect or a result; provides; yields.” colonel – A colonel is a military rank below general. glint – A glint is a gleam or a flash. lurking – To lurk is to hide or move about in a secret and sly manner. palettes – Palettes are thin boards, usually oval or oblong, with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters to lay and mix colors on. </p><p> quaint – To be quaint is to be strange or odd in an interesting , pleasing, or amusing way. resemblance – A resemblance is to have a similar appearance or likeness. </p><p>Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 3: “How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay” How can one person’s view of the world affect others? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. turn 6. group 11. countless 16. breathless 21. amusement 21. announcement 2. move 7. half 12. fairness 17. enjoyment 22. greatness 22. appointment 3. face 8. plants 13. hopeless 18. flawless 23. 23. requirement punishment 24. awkwardness 4. door 9. living 14. treatment 19. tireless 24. timeless 25. expressionless 5. done 10. United States 15. statement 20. amazement 25. painless Vocabulary – Words to Understand affords – Affords means “to give an effect or a result; provides; yields.” colonel – A colonel is a military rank below general. glint – A glint is a gleam or a flash. lurking – To lurk is to hide or move about in a secret and sly manner. palettes – Palettes are thin boards, usually oval or oblong, with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters to lay and mix colors on. </p><p> quaint – To be quaint is to be strange or odd in an interesting , pleasing, or amusing way. resemblance – A resemblance is to have a similar appearance or likeness. Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 4: “To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers” How did the Wright brothers’ dream change the world? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. short 6. space 11. careful 16. recently 21. 21. separation thoughtful 22. description 2. black 7. became 12. tasteful 17. extremely 22. actually 23. immediately 3. really 8. river 13. powerful 18. certainly 23. 24. suspenseful pollution 25. completely 4. ground 9. common 14. suggestion 19. pavement 24. correction 5. course 10. talk 15. peaceful 20. successful 25. eagerly Vocabulary – Words to Understand cradle – A cradle is a frame to support weight. When you hold a little baby in your arms, you form a cradle for the baby to lie in. drag – 1. Drag is the force acting on an object in motion, in a direction opposite to the object’s motion. It is produced by friction. 2. To drag is to pull or move along heavily or slowly; to pull or draw along the ground. flex – Flex means “to bend.” You flex the muscle in your arm when you bend it. glider – A glider is an aircraft without an engine. The rising air currents keep it up in the air. hangars – Hangars are buildings for storing aircraft. rudder – A rudder is a flat piece of wood or metal hinged vertically to the rear end of an aircraft and used to steer it. stalled – If something has stalled it has stopped or been brought to a standstill, usually against your wish.</p><p>Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 4: “To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers” How did the Wright brothers’ dream change the world? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. short 6. space 11. careful 16. recently 21. 21. separation thoughtful 22. description 2. black 7. became 12. tasteful 17. extremely 22. actually 23. immediately 3. really 8. river 13. powerful 18. certainly 23. 24. suspenseful pollution 25. completely 4. ground 9. common 14. suggestion 19. pavement 24. correction 5. course 10. talk 15. peaceful 20. successful 25. eagerly Vocabulary – Words to Understand cradle – A cradle is a frame to support weight. When you hold a little baby in your arms, you form a cradle for the baby to lie in. drag – 1. Drag is the force acting on an object in motion, in a direction opposite to the object’s motion. It is produced by friction. 2. To drag is to pull or move along heavily or slowly; to pull or draw along the ground. flex – Flex means “to bend.” You flex the muscle in your arm when you bend it. glider – A glider is an aircraft without an engine. The rising air currents keep it up in the air. hangars – Hangars are buildings for storing aircraft. rudder – A rudder is a flat piece of wood or metal hinged vertically to the rear end of an aircraft and used to steer it. stalled – If something has stalled it has stopped or been brought to a standstill, usually against your wish. Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 5: “The man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon” How do the achievements of others influence our dreams? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. whether 6. horse 11. island 16. calf 21. rhyme 21. raspberry 2. piece 7. learn 12. column 17. whistle 22. climber 22. symptom 3. class 8. though 13. often 18. autumn 23. 23. Wyoming plumbing 24. salmon 4. stand 9. order 14. castle 19. knuckles 24. ghost 25. cologne 5. matter 10. felt 15. thumb 20. Illinois 25. clothes Vocabulary – Words to Understand astronauts – Astronauts are pilots or members of the crew of a spacecraft. capsule – A capsule is the enclosed front section of a rocket made to carry instruments, astronauts, etc. into space. In flight, the capsule can separate from the rest of the rocket and go into orbit or be directed back to Earth. </p><p> hatch – A hatch is a trapdoor covering an opening in an aircraft’s or ship’s deck. horizon – The horizon is the line where the earth and the sky seem to meet; the skyline. You cannot see beyond the horizon. lunar – Lunar is “of, like, or about the moon.” module – A module is a self-contained unit or system within a larger system, often designed for a particular function. quarantine – Quarantine means detention, isolation, and other measures taken to prevent the spread of an infectious disease.</p><p>Grade 4 Unit 6/Week 5: “The man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon” How do the achievements of others influence our dreams? Spelling Words Challenge Spelling Words 1. whether 6. horse 11. island 16. calf 21. rhyme 21. raspberry 2. piece 7. learn 12. column 17. whistle 22. climber 22. symptom 3. class 8. though 13. often 18. autumn 23. 23. Wyoming plumbing 24. salmon 4. stand 9. order 14. castle 19. knuckles 24. ghost 25. cologne 5. matter 10. felt 15. thumb 20. Illinois 25. clothes Vocabulary – Words to Understand astronauts – Astronauts are pilots or members of the crew of a spacecraft. capsule – A capsule is the enclosed front section of a rocket made to carry instruments, astronauts, etc. into space. In flight, the capsule can separate from the rest of the rocket and go into orbit or be directed back to Earth. </p><p> hatch – A hatch is a trapdoor covering an opening in an aircraft’s or ship’s deck. horizon – The horizon is the line where the earth and the sky seem to meet; the skyline. You cannot see beyond the horizon. lunar – Lunar is “of, like, or about the moon.” module – A module is a self-contained unit or system within a larger system, often designed for a particular function. quarantine – Quarantine means detention, isolation, and other measures taken to prevent the spread of an infectious disease. </p>