Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 1: “The Stranger” What changes in nature take place in the fall?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. could 6. stand 11. watching 16. dried 21. robbing
2. probably 7. start 12. danced 17. drying 22. slipped
3. area 8. class 13. dancing 18. noticed 23. slipping
4. horse 9. piece 14. study 19. noticing 24. hurried
5. matter 10. watched 15. studying 20. robbed 25. hurrying / 21. answered 24. magnifying
22. answering 25. interfered
23. magnified 26. interfering
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
draft – A draft is a current of air.
etched – If something is etched, it is engraved. An etching is a design or drawing on a metal plate or glass.
fascinated – If a person is fascinated by something, they are greatly interested in it or are attracted to it very strongly. They are charmed by it.
frost – Frost is moisture frozen on or in a surface. Feathery crystals of ice form when water vapor in the air condenses at a temperature below freezing.
parlor – A parlor is a room for receiving or entertaining guests; it is a sitting room.
terror – Terror is to have great fear.
timid – If a person is timid, they are easily frightened or shy.
Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 1: “The Stranger” What changes in nature take place in the fall?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. could 6. stand 11. watching 16. dried 21. robbing
2. probably 7. start 12. danced 17. drying 22. slipped
3. area 8. class 13. dancing 18. noticed 23. slipping
4. horse 9. piece 14. study 19. noticing 24. hurried
5. matter 10. watched 15. studying 20. robbed 25. hurrying / 21. answered 24. magnifying
22. answering 25. interfered
23. magnified 26. interfering
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
draft – A draft is a current of air.
etched – If something is etched, it is engraved. An etching is a design or drawing on a metal plate or glass.
fascinated – If a person is fascinated by something, they are greatly interested in it or are attracted to it very strongly. They are charmed by it.
frost – Frost is moisture frozen on or in a surface. Feathery crystals of ice form when water vapor in the air condenses at a temperature below freezing.
parlor – A parlor is a room for receiving or entertaining guests; it is a sitting room.
terror – Terror is to have great fear.
timid – If a person is timid, they are easily frightened or shy.
Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 2: “Adelina’s Whales” What patterns in nature guide the lives of animals?
1. first 6. talk 11. peace 16. by 21. passed
2. only 7. whether 12. break 17. bye 22. weight
3. surface 8. fine 13. brake 18. allowed 23. wait
4. river 9. against 14. threw 19. aloud 24. there
5. common 10. piece 15. through 20. past 25. their / 26. principal 29. cymbal
27. principle 30. stationary
28. symbol 31. stationery
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
biologist – A biologist is a scientist who studies living things, including their origins, structures, activities, and distribution.
bluff – A bluff is a high, big, steep slope or cliff.
lagoon – A lagoon is a pond or a small lake, especially one connected with a larger body of water.
massive – If something is massive, it is big, heavy, and bulky.
rumbling – If something is rumbling, it is making a deep, heavy, continuous sound. For example, large trucks usually rumble sound as they go down the street.
tropical – If an area is tropical, it is or like the regions 23.45 degrees north or south of the equator where the sun can shine directly overhead.
Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 2: “Adelina’s Whales” What patterns in nature guide the lives of animals?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. first 6. talk 11. peace 16. by 21. passed
2. only 7. whether 12. break 17. bye 22. weight
3. surface 8. fine 13. brake 18. allowed 23. wait
4. river 9. against 14. threw 19. aloud 24. there
5. common 10. piece 15. through 20. past 25. their / 26. principal 29. cymbal
27. principle 30. stationary
28. symbol 31. stationery
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
biologist – A biologist is a scientist who studies living things, including their origins, structures, activities, and distribution.
bluff – A bluff is a high, big, steep slope or cliff.
lagoon – A lagoon is a pond or a small lake, especially one connected with a larger body of water.
massive – If something is massive, it is big, heavy, and bulky.
rumbling – If something is rumbling, it is making a deep, heavy, continuous sound. For example, large trucks usually rumble sound as they go down the street.
tropical – If an area is tropical, it is or like the regions 23.45 degrees north or south of the equator where the sun can shine directly overhead.
Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 3: “How Night Came From the Sea” How have people explained the pattern of day and night?
1. who 6. among 11. browse 16. eyebrow 21. outdoors
2. whether 7. English 12. ounce 17. mound 22. announce
3. without 8. special 13. boundary 18. couch 23. trout
4. father 9. hundred 14. mountain 19. towel 24. drowsy
5. grow 10. ready 15. scowl 20. coward 25. however / 26. cauliflower 29. allowance
27. foundation 30. counselor
28. surround
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
brilliant – If something is brilliant, it is shining brightly; sparkling.
chorus – A chorus is anything spoken or sung all at the same time.
coward – A coward is a person who lacks courage or is easily afraid. A cowardly person runs from danger, trouble, etc.
gleamed – If something gleamed, it flashed or beamed with light.
shimmering – If something is shimmering, it is gleaming or shining faintly.
Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 3: “How Night Came From the Sea” How have people explained the pattern of day and night?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. who 6. among 11. browse 16. eyebrow 21. outdoors
2. whether 7. English 12. ounce 17. mound 22. announce
3. without 8. special 13. boundary 18. couch 23. trout
4. father 9. hundred 14. mountain 19. towel 24. drowsy
5. grow 10. ready 15. scowl 20. coward 25. however / 26. cauliflower 29. allowance
27. foundation 30. counselor
28. surround
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
brilliant – If something is brilliant, it is shining brightly; sparkling.
chorus – A chorus is anything spoken or sung all at the same time.
coward – A coward is a person who lacks courage or is easily afraid. A cowardly person runs from danger, trouble, etc.
gleamed – If something gleamed, it flashed or beamed with light.
shimmering – If something is shimmering, it is gleaming or shining faintly.
Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 4: “Eye of the Storm” How do weather patterns affect our lives?
1. people 6. common 11. watermelon 16. thunderstorm 21. skateboard
2. toward 7. matter 12. understand 17. doorbell 22. fireworks
3. course 8. family 13. shoelace 18. jellyfish 23. haircut
4. American 9. morning 14. highway 19. touchdown 24. loudspeaker
5. learn 10. being 15. upstairs 20. campfire 25. flashlight / 26. masterpiece 29. sweatshirt
27. stomachache 30. afterthought
28. cliffhanger
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
destruction – Destruction causes great damage. It is the act or process of ruining or destroying something.
expected – To expect something is to think something will probably come or happen. If you expect something, you wait for or look forward to what you believe is going to happen or arrive.
forecasts – Forecasts are statements of what is coming; predictions. For example, meteorologists forecast the weather each day.
inland – If something is inland, it is in or toward the interior.
shatter – If something shatters, it breaks into pieces suddenly.
surge – A surge is a swelling motion. It is a sweep or rush, especially of waves.
Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 4: “Eye of the Storm” How do weather patterns affect our lives?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. people 6. common 11. watermelon 16. thunderstorm 21. skateboard
2. toward 7. matter 12. understand 17. doorbell 22. fireworks
3. course 8. family 13. shoelace 18. jellyfish 23. haircut
4. American 9. morning 14. highway 19. touchdown 24. loudspeaker
5. learn 10. being 15. upstairs 20. campfire 25. flashlight / 26. masterpiece 29. sweatshirt
27. stomachache 30. afterthought
28. cliffhanger
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
destruction – Destruction causes great damage. It is the act or process of ruining or destroying something.
expected – To expect something is to think something will probably come or happen. If you expect something, you wait for or look forward to what you believe is going to happen or arrive.
forecasts – Forecasts are statements of what is coming; predictions. For example, meteorologists forecast the weather each day.
inland – If something is inland, it is in or toward the interior.
shatter – If something shatters, it breaks into pieces suddenly.
surge – A surge is a swelling motion. It is a sweep or rush, especially of waves.
Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 5: “The Great Kapok Tree” How are living things connected?
1. down 6. became 11. ours 16. girls’ 21. teachers’
2. turned 7. brought 12. yours 17. hers 22. aunt’s
3. usually 8. though 13. family’s 18. brother’s 23. aunts’
4. body 9. notice 14. families’ 19. brothers’ 24. boy’s
5. gpoint 10. voice 15. girl’s 20. teacher’s 25. boys’ / 26. country’s 29. witnesses’
27. countries’ 30. laboratory’s
28. witness’s 31. laboratories’
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
canopy – The canopy is the uppermost layer of branches in forest trees.
dangle – To dangle is to hang and swing loosely.
dappled – If something is dappled, it is marked with spots or spotted.
fragrant – If something is fragrant, it has or is giving off a pleasant odor. It is sweet-smelling.
pollen – Pollen is a fine, yellowish powder released from the anthers of flowers. Grains of pollen are carried by insects and the wind to the pistils of flowers which it then fertilizes.
pollinate– To pollinate is to carry or bring pollen from anthers to pistils. To pollinate is to fertilize.
slithered – If something slithered, it moved with a sliding motion. Snakes slither when they move.
wondrous – If something is wondrous, it is wonderful, marvelous, or remarkable.
Grade 4 Unit 3/Week 5: “The Great Kapok Tree” How are living things connected?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. down 6. became 11. ours 16. girls’ 21. teachers’
2. turned 7. brought 12. yours 17. hers 22. aunt’s
3. usually 8. though 13. family’s 18. brother’s 23. aunts’
4. body 9. notice 14. families’ 19. brothers’ 24. boy’s
5. gpoint 10. voice 15. girl’s 20. teacher’s 25. boys’ / 26. country’s 29. witnesses’
27. countries’ 30. laboratory’s
28. witness’s 31. laboratories’
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
canopy – The canopy is the uppermost layer of branches in forest trees.
dangle – To dangle is to hang and swing loosely.
dappled – If something is dappled, it is marked with spots or spotted.
fragrant – If something is fragrant, it has or is giving off a pleasant odor. It is sweet-smelling.
pollen – Pollen is a fine, yellowish powder released from the anthers of flowers. Grains of pollen are carried by insects and the wind to the pistils of flowers which it then fertilizes.
pollinate– To pollinate is to carry or bring pollen from anthers to pistils. To pollinate is to fertilize.
slithered – If something slithered, it moved with a sliding motion. Snakes slither when they move.
wondrous – If something is wondrous, it is wonderful, marvelous, or remarkable.