Week One: Chapters 1-4 Vocabulary Words: hearthstones, wretched, dough, troublesome, feisty, stew, dusk, shuffling, braid,

flounder, pesky, stall, fogbound, pitchfork, offshore, fetch, hawk, clattered, flax, shingles, bonnet, windbreak, slick, conch, rustle, scallop, woodchuck, paddock, roamer, velvet, coarse, buzzard, dune, mica, charcoal, pitchfork, canvas California Common Core State Standards: RL 3, Grade 4: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a characters thoughts, words, or actions). RF 3, Grade 4: 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. a. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context. RF 4, Grade 4: 4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding. b. Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday CCSS: RF4 Define and illustrate 5 Define and illustrate 5 CCSS: RF3 CCSS: RL3 Create a vocabulary word vocabulary words using vocabulary words using Create a word Tree on As a whole class, bank on chart paper as a the Vocabulary the Vocabulary Chart paper as a whole brainstorm information whole class discuss and Worksheet. Worksheet. class using vocabulary about Caleb. Create a define vocabulary words. words to demonstrate Word Web on chart Read excerpts from Use computers to research how multiple words grow paper. Read Sarah Plain and Tall, Heartland: Comparative information on Main from root words. Write Chapter 1-4 aloud in class Histories, by James the different forms on the Students then work using popcorn, randomly Madison (Show Write an Acrostic Poem individual branches. individually to create a selecting students by illustrations as examples) using Main as the subject. Character Report Card for pulling name sticks. Use Morphemic Elements Caleb. Use computers to research cards in partners Complete the Read, information on Write a Haiku about Caleb. Relate, Respond work Midwestern States, write Complete Morphology sheet for chapters 1-4 down results Chart for Vocabulary Read Recipe books from Words Betty Crocker and Write a Diamante Poem compare and contrast with

describing the Midwestern States, use the synonym style.

Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie: Midwestern Writers on Food (At Table), by Peggy Wolff in small groups have students preview recipes from the Midwest, have them select a recipe that they think is best. Present their findings to the class.

Week Two: Chapters 5-9 Vocabulary Words:, plow, reins, collapse, gleams, treaded, startled, sputter, gullies, porch, hitch, primly, shuffling, biscuit, reins, whickering, squawk, overalls, crisply, squall, portion, eerie, milled, hail, bleating, groom, sly, scuttling, stern, windbreak, nudged, hailstones California Common Core Standards: RI 7, Grade 4: Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears. RI 9, Grade 4: Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. W 1, Grade 4: 1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writers purpose. b. Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details. c. Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in addition). d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. SL 1, Grade 4: 1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Create a vocabulary word CCSS: RI7 Demonstrate a Definition CCSS: RI 9, SL 1 CCSS: W1 bank on chart paper as a Watch Smithsonian Video map. Using chart paper as Watch Heartlands music Create a class dictionary. whole class discuss and of Main (45 minutes) a whole class create a video (5 minutes) Find words in the book as define vocabulary words. definition map for a few well as known words that Using the Map of Main vocabulary words. As a whole class create a have regional variations Read Sarah Plain and Tall, outline research Main on Venn Diagram to compare create a class dictionary. Chapters 4-6 aloud in the computers to add Use the Definition Map and contrast Main and the Example: sneaker, tennis class, students will be components to the map. worksheet to define 5 Midwest shoe selected in the order of Add a map Key and label vocabulary words. Students will be arranged seat #. the Key. Using the US: Midwest in small groups. Students Using the USA: Average Regions map, decide a will work collaboratively. Use the Reciprocal Write an expressive letter Precipitation and state that you believe All students must Teaching Worksheet to from Sarah describing her Temperature handouts Sarah moved to. Draw the participate. Each word Predict, Clarify, Visualize, trip from Main to the make a prediction of how state on an 8.5x11 sheet must be illustrated. Each Question and Summarize. Midwest. Sarah feels about the of paper. group must create a book Write the verbs and weather. Create an Research information of at least 10 words.

adverbs found in the vocabulary list. Use these verbs and adverbs in a sentence. Illustrate the sentences.

informal letter from Sarah to one of her Aunts in Maine to describe the weather.

about the states landforms. Insert information onto the map. Create a Map Key and label the key.

Students prepare a book review using the Book Review Template page.