Week 20Week 2044thth Grade GradeWeek 20Week 2044thth Grade Grade

Day 1 Day 1 Theme 4 Theme 4

Fact and Opinion• Writers of nonfiction texts

sometimes include their own opinion. – Remember:

• A fact is something that can be proved. • An opinion is a statement of feeling or

belief.

Would these statements be facts or

opinions?• My favorite food is pizza. • Going to the beach makes the best vacation! • Math is the most interesting subject. • Barak Obama is the U.S. President. • I love to eat at Burger King! • The Bulldogs won the game last night. • “Whoever cooked this meal is a GREAT cook!”

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114.STATEMENT FACT OR OPINION EVIDENCE

I think that Alexander Calder is the best artist who ever lived.

They are made of metal and have names like “Flying Dragon” and “Flamingo.”

Theme• A story’s Theme is its most important

message, or moral. • All the elements in a story work together

to reveal the theme.• Theme can be stated directly or

indirectly.• To figure out an unstated theme, think

about what the main character learns or does.

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115.• Who are the main characters?• What is the setting?• What are the important Plot

Events?• What does the main character

learn?

Intentions are ideas about

what a person means to do.

What do you think it means to have good

intentions?

If you do something

inadvertently, you do it without

meaning to.

What is something a person might do inadvertently?

Theme test 4Help Us Create a Butterfly

Garden• I will hand out your testing materials. You will

receive a testing booklet and a answer document.

• Do NOT start until I give you the directions to begin.

• Once we begin you will have 25 minutes to complete this portion of the test. When 25 minutes has passed, I will give you and additional 5 minutes to complete the test.

• If you finish before the time is up STOP. Do NOT complete any other portion of this test. STOP after number 6.

Following Written Directions

• Written directions usually tell how to make or do something.

• Carefully READ all the steps first! Ask questions about anything unclear.

• Gather all the materials you will need.• Follow the steps in order.

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116.• What should you do before you start to

follow the directions?• What should you do after folding the

paper back and forth?• Why should you do step 3 before step

5?• What will happen if you cut the whole

fold?

ThemeRead along with me…

• On a hot summer day, a fox was strolling through an orchard until he came across some grapes. “Just the thing for my hunger,” Fox thought.

• He got a running start and he leapt up to grab the grapes with his teeth, but he missed them. Again and again, the fox tried these running jumps. He leapt as high as he possibly could. But at last, he walked away with his nose in the air saying, I am sure they were sour grapes anyway.”

Theme & Narrative Form

• Why do you think Fox says the grapes are sour?

• What is the Theme of the story?• What kind of narrative form is this

story?

Something magnificent is very beautiful and impressive.

What view would be more magnificent, the view from under your bed or the view from the top of a mountain?

Someone who is distressed feels very sad and helpless.

Would you expect someone who is feeling distressed to whistle a cheerful song? Why or

why not?

trampled•If you trampled

something, you stepped on it very hard and damaged it.

What might you use to

trample something?

Ominous• A sign of trouble or a warning that

something bad is about to happen.

• Why might smoke be an omnious sight?

Confound• To surprise or confuse someone.

• What kind of question

• might confound you?

MISERABLE• To feel uncomfortable or unhappy.

How might a cold make you feel miserable?

Words ending with-le, -al, -el

• Add the appropriate/correct ending to complete each word:

• nation__• lev__• gent__• arriv__• sing__

Theme test 4Creative Cooking

• I will hand out your testing materials. You will receive a testing booklet and a answer document.

• Do NOT start until I give you the directions to begin.

• Once we begin you will have 25 minutes to complete this portion of the test. When 25 minutes has passed, I will give you and additional 5 minutes to complete the test.

• If you finish before the time is up STOP. Do NOT complete any other portion of this test. STOP after number 12.