Unit 1 Amazing Words and Story Words



Fourth Grade Reading Street September 30-October 11 Unit 1.5 Letters Home from Yosemite Genre: Narrative NonfictionVocabulary Words:impressive – able to impress the mind, feelings, consciencenaturalist - a person who studies living thingspreserve – to keep from harm or change; protectslopes- land that goes up or down at an anglespecies –a set of related living things that share certain characteristics and that can interbreedwilderness –a wild region with few or no people living in itglacier – great mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or along a valleySpelling Words:usualhugeflutemoodsmooththrewafternoonscooterjuicecruisetruthbruisecruelexcusepupilgrooveconfusehumordutycurfewinfluencealuminumnutritionaccumulateiglooMore Words to Know:altitudes – heights above Earth’s surfaceformations –things that are formed reservoir – a place where water is collected and stored for useearthquake- a shaking of Earth’s surface caused by the sudden breaking of masses of rock along a faulteruptions – processes of throwing forthvolcano – opening in Earth’s crust through which steam, ashes, and lava are forced out in periods of activitySpelling: Long u Grammar: Clauses and Complex SentencesWriting Trait of the Week: ConventionsVocabulary Strategy: Word Structure - suffixesComprehension Skill: Main IdeaComprehension Strategy:Graphic Organizers ................
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