4th grade Studyguides
Milleville 4th Grade Studyguide 1.1Spelling Words:
1. sum
2. flat
3. plum
4. bell
5. grim
6. plot
7. band
8. bluff
9. dock
10. blot
11. odd
12. left
13. cash
14. mill
15. past
16. shelf
17. wreath
18. crunch
19. hint
20. build
Challenge
21. heavy
22. shovel / Phonics Skill:
Short Vowels
/a/ as in apple
/e/ as in egg and head
/i/ as in insect
/o/ as in octopus
/u/ as in umbrella and touch / Reading Story: My Diary from Here to There
Comprehension Skill:
Analyze the Story Structure
As you read, pay attention to the details the author gives about the characters and events in the story. These story clues will help you make inferences about the characters.
Inference:
Authors do not always tell readers directly everything that takes place in a story or text. A good reader must take what details the author does prove and make inferences or decisions, about events and character’s actions that are not stated. Making inferences can help readers understand and describe the interaction between characters in a story, including their
relationships and the changes they undergo
RL4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Milleville Sudyguide 4.2
Milleville 4th Grade Studyguide 1.2
Spelling Words
Pale, face, crate, clay, stray, cane, slate, today, gail, rail, break, ache, drain, faint, flame, claim, seak, eight, mane, graze
Review words
Grim, plum, cash
Challenge Words:
Neighbor, railway / Phonics
Long a sound can be spelled several different ways.
Ay as in clay
Ai as in tail
A as in table
A_e as in face
Eas as in great
Ei as in weigh / Reading
Vocabulary Words
Several –more than one or two
Ranged- spanned between two things
Curious- wants to know about something in particular.
Policy – a kind of rule or way of doing things
Temporary-describes something that does not last for a long time
frequently.- often
Milleville 4th grade studyguide 1.3 Kid Reporters At Work
Spelling
1. beam
2. tea
3. chief
4. squeak
5. three
6. week
7. sleek
8. heal
9. tease
10. theif
11. deal
12. please
13. leak
14. league
15. reef
16. deed
17. feet
18. breathe
19. speech
20. wheeze
21. freedom
22. appeal / Phonics Long E
ea as in sea
ee as in tree
e_e as in Steve
ie as in brief
e as in me
ey as in monkey
y as in funny / Vocabulary Words
Identify – you recognized it
Enterprising – you are full of ideas and willing to try things.
Persistence – keep trying even when you encounter problems.
Venture – a project that involves some risk taking.
Additional Selection Words
Promote – move forward, improve, advance
Priority – importance, urgency, necessity
Devastation- causing great ruin, extremely destructive
Commitment – sense of duty, dedication
Common Core Reading Standard
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details, summarize the text.
4th Milleville Studyguide 1.4
Spelling Words
file, drive, kite, pies, die, wipe, inside, height, pride, spy, sigh, shy, prime, sly, pry, climb, minding, fright, twice, slight
Review
chief, please, sleek
Challenge
highway, wildlife / Phonics
Long i
Igh as in night
Ie as in pie
I as in child and mind
i_e as in ride
y as in fly
Syllable Types.
Closed Syllable – these syllables end in a consonant. The vowel sound is generally short. The vowel is enclosed (or closed in ) by the consonants.
Final Silent e syllable – when a word has a vowel-consonant e spelling pattern, the vowel and the final silent e must stay in the same syllable.
Open syllable – these syllables end in a vowel. The vowel sound is generally long. The vowel is open and free to say its name. / Reading Vocabulary
· Endless – no limit
· Realistic – seeing things as they are
· Display – arrangement of items put together in a visually pleasing way
· Sensible – good judgment
· Protested – complained about something unfair
· Paralyzed – immobile
Additional Selection Words
· Pennants – long, narrow flags shaped like triangles
· Time warp – a shift in the progress of time that causes it to stop, slow down or speed up.
4th Grade Milleville Studyguide 1.5 Because of Winn-Dixie
Spelling Words:
goal, flow, roasting, mole, mold, lower, stone, toll, sole, stove, groan, blown, chose, stole, bolt, shadow, foam, quote, fold, mows
Challenge Words:
coaster, motor / Phonics Skill: Long O
O as in no and cold
Ow as in low
O_e as in note
Oa as in boat
Oe as in toe / Reading Vocabulary:
· peculiar – strange, unusual
· aware – you know what is going on
· positive – certain
· selecting – choosing
· consisted – made up of, contained
· advanced – fully developed, past the beginning.
Milleville 4th Grade Studyguide / 2.1 My Brother Martin
Spelling Words
unblock unborn unchain unload unlock recall relearn resell rewash rewind imperfect indirect incorrect illegal overact overheat subway premix preplan supersize
Review Words:
stone grown lower
Challenge Words
interact
transmit / Phonics Skill : Prefixes
un – not
in – not
re- again / Reading Vocabulary Words:
Unfair – not right or just
Ancestors – people who were members of your family before the present generation.
Numerous – many
Segregation – separation of people or things
Avoided – stay away
Injustice – something unfair has been done.
4th grade Milleville studyguide 2.2 Mighty Jackie
Spelling Words:
choose, stretching, photo, kitchen, pitcher, whole, touch, chef, fifth, chance, rush, headphone, sketched, thirty, whirl, ketchup, northern, width, snatch, graph
Review Words:
unloaded, relearn, subway
Challenge Words:
theater, chemical / Phonics: Digraphs
th as in thumb, then
ch, tch as in cheese, pitch
ph as in phone
sh as in shell
wh as in whale
ng as in sing / Vocabulary
Legendary- story handed down for years as fact.
Muttered- spoke in a low unclear tone with your mouth closed.
Gaped- stare with mouth open in surprise or wonder.
Snickering – laugh in a disrespectful way
Insult- remark or action that hurts someone’s feelings
Flinched- react to something unpleasant by drawing back quickly.
4th Grade Milleville Studyguide / 2.3 / Making a Splash
Spelling Words:
shred, shrink, splashing, through, screw, straps, sprout, shrimp, strand, sprawl screech, script, split, straighten, thrill, throb, sprang, throne, throat, shriek
Review Words:
choose, photo, whole
Challenge Words:
threaten, strictly / Phonics: 3 Letter Blends
shr as in shriek
thr as in three
spr as in spruce
scr as in scratch
spl splash
str as in strong / Vocabulary:
Similar – like each other
Challenges- difficult situations that require a special effort.
Designed- created for a specific purposed
Achieved= reach a goal
Varied= different kinds of a thing
4th Grade Milleville Studyguide / 2.4 / Wild Horses
Spelling Words
door cord stormy dart spark bore fort sward guard morning smart ward carpet charge warp ford worn backyard core argue
Review
screech shrimp throat
Challenge
charcoal forecast / Phonics: R Controlled Vowels
Or as in corn
Oar as in roar
Ore as in store / Vocabulary
descendants- family members born after others in a family.
sanctuary- place that is safe or protected
threatened- in danger
emerge- come into view
fragile- easily broken
habitat – area where an animal lives
4th Grade Milleville Studyguide / 2.5 / Mystic Horse
Spelling Words
sickly graceful spotless hardly spoonful painless quickly darkness weakness slowly shapeless darkest carefully ageless clearest wonderful illness thoughtful beautiful goodness
Review
door smart argue
Challenge
brilliantly straightest / Phonics: Suffixes
-er, -or = a person connected with
-ion, -tion, -ation, - ition = act, process
-ible, -able = can be done
-al, -ial = having characteristics / Vocabulary
sores- skin that is broken, painful
loosened- made less tight
mysterious- hard to understand or explain
amazement – creates surprise and wonder
midst- in the middle of something
responsibility- a job or duty to perform
4th Grade Studyguides Unit 3
Milleville 4th Grade Studyguide / 3.1 When I Went to the LibrarySpelling Words:
dirty, purse, birth, curl, curve, curb, person, shirt, worse, hurl, twirl, swirl, herb, turkey, turnip, purpose, blurred, sternly, serpent, pearl
Review Words:
slowly, quickly, beautiful
Challenge Words:
spurt, further / Phonics: r controlled vowels
ir as in shirt
ur as in bum
er as in her / Vocabulary
Weekdays – days of the week except Saturday and Sunday.
Slithered- slide or glide
Genuine- real or true
Apologize- tell someone your sorry
Harmless – cannot do damage or hurt you.
Ambulance- special vehicle that takes sick or injured people to the hospital.
Milleville 4th Grade Studyguide / 3.2 Dear Mrs. LaRue
Spelling Words
hour, lambs, knew, wrench, kneel, thumbs, honest, answer, honesty, plumber, honor, known, combs, wrapper, knives, doubt, knead, wriggle, wrinkle
Review Words:
person, pearl, shirt
Challenge Words:
knuckles, wrestle / Phonics: Silent Letters
kn as in know
mb as in lamb
rh as in rhyme
gn as in gnat or sign
bt as in debt
mn as in hymn
wr as in write
gh as in ghost
l as in calf / Vocabulary
Neglected- something you forgot or failed to do.
Appreciated- you value it.
Misunderstood- not correctly known.
Desperate- will do anything to help or change a situation.
Endured- put up with.
Obedience- doing what you are told when you are told to do it.
Milleville 4th Grade Studyguide / 3.3 Words Add Up to Success
Spelling Words:
center, once, scene, germs, spice, bridge, badge, circus, cement, glance, strange, police, certain, orange, ounce, ginger, wedge, arrange, sponge, village
Review Words:
combs, kneel, wrench
Challenge Words:
general, ceremony / Phonics: soft c and g
When c comes before the letters I or e, it usually has an /s/ sound. When g comes before the letters I or e, it usually has a /j/ sound. The sot g sound can also be spelled dge. / Vocabulary
Dismiss-you forget about it or put it aside.
Interact- speak to that person or do something together.
Motivate- make a person want to take action.
Conceived- thought of an idea or plan.
Definition- explain what a word means
Milleville 4th Grade Studyguide / 3.4 Ranita, The Frog Princess
Spelling Words:
clams, mints, props, arches, dresses, parents, caves, glasses, hobbies, engines, couches, arrows, enemies, babies, ranches, patches, mistakes, supplies, mosses, armies
Review Words:
circus, germs, spice
Challenge Words:
batteries, compasses / Phonics: Plurals
· Add –s to most singular nouns to make them plural.
· Add –es to singular nouns that end in-s, -ss, -sh, -ch, or –x.
· Change the y to I and add-es to most singular nouns that end in a consonant followed by –y.
· Add –s to nouns that end in a vowel followed by –y. / Vocabulary
Selfish- concerned mainly with themselves.
Cranky – irritated easily
Commotion- great noise and activity.
Exasperated- no patience, annoyed.
Specialty – something that you do well or know very well.
Famished – extreme hunger
Milleville 4th Grade Studyguide / 3.5 Me and Uncle Romie
Spelling Words:
fishbowl, lookout, backyard, desktop, campfire, overhead, waterproof, grandparent, railroad, snowstorm, loudspeaker, bookcase, bedroom, blindfold, newborn, bedspread, yourself, overdo, clothesline, undertake
Review Words:
dresses, arrows, babies
Challenge Words:
eyesight, paperweight / Phonics: Compound Words
Some compound words are written with two or more words joined together, some are written with a hyphen, and others are written as two separate words.
bathtub, passer-by, high school / Vocabulary
Skyscrapers – very tall buildings
Collage- small pieces put together to make a picture.
Barbecue – a meal that has been prepared on a grill.
Glorious – full of beauty and wonder.
Strutting – walking proudly in an exaggerated manner.
Swarms- many together in a group
Milleville Studyguide Unit 4.1The Cricket In Times Square
Spelling Words:
Tasted, ripping, forced, flipping, tapped, flipped, scared, flagged, ripped, skipped, tapping, saved, skipping, scaring, flagging, discussed, saving, tasting, forcing, discussing,
Review Words:
Bedspread, desktop, snowstorm
Challenge Words:
outwitted, underscoring
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Phonics: Inflectional Endings
-ed or –ing does not change the spelling for many base words.
For a base word that ends with a consonant and e, drop the final e before adding –ed or ing : saved, saving
For most words that end with a vowel and a consonant, double the final consonant before adding –ed or –ing – stop = stopped, stopping,
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Vocabulary Words:
Eavesdropping – listening in on a conversation.
Acquaintance – you meet a person.
Route – road
Jumble – messy pile of things
Scornfully – dislike or disgust
Logical – makes sense , has a good reason
Spelling Words:
funnier, families, pennies, worried, replied, varied, marries, carries, easily, silliest, jumpier, emptier, merrier, applied, cozily, sorriest, prettily, lazier, happiest, dizziest
Challenge Words:
handily, factories / Phonics Skill:
Decode multisyllabic words with inflectional endings
Examples: cozily, disabilities, communities, pennies, balconies, slimier / Reading Vocabulary:
investigates-finding out about something
solitary-a creature lives alone
territory-an area that an animal lives
communication-exchange of information
nutrients-vitamins and minerals needed for life
prehistoric-time before recorded history
4th Grade / 4.3 / The Power of Oil
Spelling Words:
zoom, tunes, brooks, you’ll, wool, mood, suits, crew, spool, stool, cookie, food, used, grew, group, stoop, move, stew, huge, should
Challenge Words:
crooked, juicy / Phonics Skill: /ü/, /u/, and /u/
Examples:
/ü/ - oo as in spoon
u_e as in tube
u as in truth
ew as in grew
ue as in glue
ui as in fruit
ou as in group
/u/ - u as in music
u_e as in cube
ew as in few
/u/ - oo as in book
ou as in could / Reading Vocabulary:
electrical-energy carried through wires that produces light or heat
globe-another name for Earth and its shape
fuels-substances burned to make heat or power
decayed-something has rotted
4th Grade / 4.4 / Ima and the Great Texas Ostrich Race