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Main Idea and Key DetailsREADINGChoose a section or paragraph froman informational text you have read.DetailDetailDetailMain IdeaAs you reread, make a list of the keydetails in the section or paragraph.Add the key details to a Main Ideaand Key Details chart.20Exchange charts.Compare your details.Think about what theyhave in common toidentify the mainidea of the section.You need› informational text› paper› pencils or pensCOLLABORATEGoGoDDigital!ig i t a l !www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com Interactive Games and ActivitiesMinutes Grade 46

20Act It OutYou needChoose a section of aninformational text youhave read.Decide which details aremost important. Act outthe details for your partner.Minutes› informational text› paper› pencilCOLLABORATE20All in the DetailsOn your own, select a section from an informational textyou have read. Identify key details in the text and makea list of them.Identify the main idea by discussing what the detailshave in common. For each detail, write a sentenceexplaining how it supports the main idea.Compare your sentences. Is the main ideayou chose correct, or should you revise it?You needMinutes› informational text› paper› pencilCOLLABORATECopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.READINGWhat do the details have incommon? What is the main idea?

FluencyREADINGReading with fluency means reading accuratelywith appropriate phrasing and expression.Choose a passage from aselection you have already read.With a partner, echo reador choral read the passage.COLLABORATENow read the passage aloudon your own. Have you partnergive you feedback. Do the samefor your partner.You need› reading selectionTell each other how youimproved.GoGoDDigital!ig i t a l !www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com Interactive Games and Activities20Minutes Grade 429

20ExpressionChoose a paragraph from aselection you have already read.You needMinutes› paragraphTake turns reading the sentencesaloud with expression.20FluencyChoose a passage from your Practice Book.With a partner, read the passage three times,concentrating on your phrasing.You needMinutes› Practice BookEach time you read the passage, change your phrasing.When you finish, discuss with your partner how thephrasing helped or hurt your understanding of what wasbeing read.Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.READINGRead the paragraph three times.Each time, vary the pitch of yourvoice. What sounds the best?

Word Choice: Transition WordsWRITINGRead Henry’s text. Discuss how wellhe uses transition words. Revise the text.Add transition words.COLLABORATEwith my dad.ginshfitenwIy,adYester. We took out ourkelaethtotenweWic containerstlapadahdaDs.df shing rofie bait mymdelpeheHs.rmowffull ofst. Two minutesactrsfiymedamIhook.y line!later, I felt a tug on m20You needMinutes› pencils or pensGoGoDDigital!ig i t a l !19www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com Interactive Games and Activities Grade 4

15Transition WordsWrite a paragraph using thesetransition words: however, next,and then.You needMinutes› pencils or pens› paperAdd two transition words toyour paragraph.COLLABORATE20Use Transition WordsYou needList as many transition wordsas you can.Write a paragraph using thesetransition words.Have a partner do the same.Minutes› pencils or pens› paperCOLLABORATEExchange paragraphs and circle transitionwords in your partner’s paragraph.Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.WRITINGExchange papers andcircle the transition words.

SuffixesUnder the left tab, write the words bank,break, collect, flex, comic, season, orwords you choose.Under the right tab, write 4 or 5 suffixesyou learned this week.You needDecide which of the suffixescan be added to eachbase word to make newwords. Check yourchoices in a dictionary.Define each new word.› dictionary› Two-Tab Foldable› paper, pencilCOLLABORATEGoGoDDigital!ig i t a l !20Minutes PHONICS/W0RD STUDYCreate a Two-Tab Foldable . Write Base Wordon the left top tab and Suffix on the right top tab.5www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com Interactive Games and Activities Grade 4

15Add SuffixesYou need› dictionary› paper, pencilsOn the left, list the words near,hair, joy, and good. On the right, list suffixesyou learned this week. Match suffixes to thebase words to make new words.Use a dictionary to check your work.COLLABORATE20SuffixesOn note cards, write the words collect, direct, fiddle, glide,invent, manage, produce, or words of your choice.Write suffixes you learned this week on other note cards.You needMinutes› note cards› pencils› paper› dictionaryMatch word cards with the correct suffix cards toform new words. Circle any words from which you wouldhave to remove a letter before adding the suffix. On aseparate piece of paper, write the new words and define each.COLLABORATECopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.PHONICS/WORD STUDYCreate a Two-Tab Foldable .Write Base Word on the lefttab and Suffix on the right tab.Minutes

Long Vowel SoundsThink of as many words as you can thathave each long vowel sound. Write themin the correct columns.Compare your words with a partner’s.Combine your words in new columns.Put a star next to words20Minuteswhose long vowel soundYou needis made with morepaperthan one letterpencil or pen(for example, soap*).››aeioaeioCOLLABORATEGoGoDDigital!ig i t a l !PHONICS/W0RD STUDYOn your own, make a four-column chart.At the top of each column write a vowel(a, e, i, and o).17www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com Interactive Games and Activities Grade 4

20Sorting CardsYou need› note cards› pencilCOLLABORATEWrite each word on a note card.Underline the long vowel sound.Sort words by long a,long i, and long e sounds.20Long VowelsWrite one word for each long vowel sound: a, e, i, o,and u. Say them out loud to be sure they have a longvowel sound.You needMinutes› paper› pencilWrite a paragraph about your favorite vacation memoryusing each word.Read your paragraph out loud to a partner. Canyour partner identify the words with long vowel sounds?COLLABORATECopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.PHONICS/WORD STUDYThe following words have longvowel sounds: tray, tree,cake, light, meat, shine.Minutes

EntrepreneursUse the Internet to research animportant entrepreneur in your state.COLLABORATEIf the person is still living, identify whathis or her current business is. If theperson is a historical figure, findinformation about what he orshe achieved.20You needand pencil› paperor pen› InternetWrite a one-paragraphdescription of yoursubject’s businessaccomplishments inyour state.GoGoDDigital!ig i t a l !MinutesSOCIAL STUDIESWhat do entrepreneurs do?5www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com Research and Inquiry Activities Grade 4

20Running a BusinessMinutesChoose a business inyour state and look upinformation on the person(or persons) that started it.COLLABORATE› papercrayons,› pencils,or markers› Internet15EntrepreneursIdentify a business in your state that you findinteresting. Use the Internet to find out informationabout the person who founded the company.Create a fact card by listing important facts aboutthe business and the entrepreneur who started it.Exchange fact cards with your partner.You needMinutes› papercrayons,› pencils,or markers› InternetCOLLABORATECopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.SOCIAL STUDIESList three important factsabout that person.You need

Two-Tab Foldable › paper, pencil Create a Two-Tab Foldable . Write Base Word on the left top tab and Suffix on the right top tab. Under the left tab, write the words bank, break, collect, flex, comic, season, or words you choose. Under the right tab, write 4 or 5 suffixes you learned thi