Name Date PRACTICE BOOK Theme

1 Lesson 4. PRACTICE BOOK. Name Date Theme The Power of ! Comprehension: Theme Read the selection below. Best Friends David sat by the living room Don't be sad, his mother window wishing he could go outside. said with a wink. There might be He had been sick all week, and he a surprise for you right around the was tired of his fever and stuffy nose. corner.. He wondered what his friends Three blocks away, David's Ahmed and Liam were doing. They friends were making their own plan. had speaking parts in the school's It included David and required the Autumn Leaf Festival. Ahmed was mayor's permission. The mayor said going to be an oak leaf, and Liam was yes! playing a maple leaf. After the parade marched around I should be playing my trumpet the town square, the marchers took in the band, David told his mother. a detour. They marched right by This is the best festival of the year!

2 David's house. He saw his two best Three blocks away, the festival friends waving at him. was about to begin. David could hear Ahmed and Liam are awesome the bass drum thumping away. He friends, thought David. was missing all the fun! Fill in the Inference Map to show how setting, characters, and characters' actions help you identify the Theme of the selection . Setting Characters Characters' Actions Theme : Introduce Comprehension 37 Grade 4, Unit 1: Reaching Out Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. 37 5/21/09 5:44:24 PM. Lesson 4. PRACTICE BOOK. Name Date Theme The Power of ! Comprehension: Theme Read the selection below. The Lot We have two baseball teams, Sorry, Sir, said Neil, we the Hawks and the Ravens. In the thought no one would care if we summer, we play every day except played here.. Sundays.

3 After we trampled Mrs. Well, I do care. I think you Norbert's garden, though, we had should all go home now, the man to find a new place to play. The said. empty lot at the corner of Oak Street The next day, there was a dump seemed like the perfect spot. truck and a steamroller at the lot. A. For four days, we worked from week later there was grass, a baseball morning until night. We cleaned up diamond, and a fence! The owner of the junk and cut the grass. On the the lot called us over to him. second day, a man stopped by and You kids helped me decide watched us from his truck. On the what to do with this place, he said. fifth day, he walked over to talk to us. You're welcome to play here as I own this lot, he said, and much as you want IF you promise to I don't remember giving you take care of the lot.. permission to use it.. Complete an Inference Map like the one shown here to help you figure out the Theme of the selection .

4 Then answer the questions below. 1. What is surprising about the owner's actions at the end of the selection ? 2. What is the author's Theme or message? Deepen Comprehension 38 Grade 4, Unit 1: Reaching Out Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. 38 5/21/09 5:45:14 PM. Lesson 4. PRACTICE BOOK. Name Date Prefixes non- and mis- The Power of ! Vocabulary Strategies: Prefixes non- and mis- misplace mistreat nonfiction misspelled misjudged nonsense misunderstood nonbeliever nonstop Complete each phrase to make a complete sentence. In items 1 7, use your own words to complete the sentences in a way that makes sense. In items 8 9, choose a word from the box to complete the sentences. 1. To make sure I don't turn in an assignment with misspelled words, I . 2. I am a nonbeliever in . 3. If I misunderstood what was said, I.

5 4. The most important thing I have ever misplaced was my . 5. When you mistreat your belongings, they . 6. My favorite non ction book is . 7. One time I misjudged . 8. My sister Tina talks on her phone with friends from school. 9. My dad thinks that buying a new school bag every year is . Vocabulary Strategies 39 Grade 4, Unit 1: Reaching Out Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. 39 5/21/09 5:46:33 PM. Lesson 4. PRACTICE BOOK. Name Date Short o and Long o The Power of ! Spelling: Short o and Long o Basic Write the Basic Word that completes each analogy. Spelling Words 1. Soup is to lunch as is to breakfast. 1. block 2. Typed is to e-mail as is to letter. 2. shown 3. Shout is to yell as brag is to . 3. oatmeal 4. Near is to close as distant is to . 4. wrote 5. fellow 5. Normal is to usual as strange is to.

6 6. scold 6. Lose is to lost as is to found. 7. coast 7. Climb is to hill as is to problem. 8. odd 9. locate 8. Approve is to disapprove as praise is to . 10. slope 9. Teacher is to students as is to guests. 11. throat 10. Surf is to wave as ski is to . 12. host 13. online Challenge 11 14. Write a paragraph about taking an ocean 14. shock voyage to another country. Tell about your trip on the ocean. Use 15. solve four of the Challenge Words. Write on a separate sheet of paper. 16. known 17. remote 18. stock 19. boast 20. globe Challenge bonus approach motion continent accomplish Spelling 40 Grade 4, Unit 1: Reaching Out Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. 40 5/21/09 5:47:34 PM. Lesson 4. PRACTICE BOOK. Name Date Spelling Word Sort The Power of ! Spelling: Short o and Long o Write each Basic Word beside the correct heading.

7 Spelling Words Basic Words: 1. block /o / spelled o Challenge Words: followed by a 2. shown consonant 3. oatmeal Possible selection Words: 4. wrote 5. fellow Basic Words: 6. scold /o/ spelled 7. coast o-consonant-e Possible selection Words: 8. odd 9. locate 10. slope Basic Words: 11. throat /o/ spelled oa Challenge Words: 12. host 13. online Basic Words: 14. shock /o/ spelled ow 15. solve Possible selection Words: 16. known 17. remote Basic Words: 18. stock /o/ spelled o 19. boast Challenge Words: followed by a 20. globe consonant Possible selection Words: Challenge bonus approach Challenge Add the Challenge Words to your Word Sort. motion continent Connect to Reading Look through The Power of ! Find accomplish words that have /o / and /o/. Add them to your Word Sort. Spelling 41 Grade 4, Unit 1: Reaching Out Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

8 All rights reserved. 41 5/21/09 5:49:02 PM. Lesson 4. PRACTICE BOOK. Name Date Proofreading for Spelling The Power of ! Spelling: Short o and Long o Find the misspelled words and circle them. Write them correctly on the lines below. Spelling Words People were in shok when they heard the news that Tim 1. block 2. shown was involved in the disappearance of the ancient weaving 3. oatmeal from the local museum. Tim seemed like a nice enough 4. wrote feloe who was knowne and recognized by several of the 5. fellow 6. scold volunteers at the gift shop. He wroat a silly note to enclose 7. coast with the toy blok kit he bought for his nephew. He also 8. odd tried to loccate a gloab for his niece, but there were none in 9. locate 10. slope stoc. 11. throat 12. host Tim did boaste about planning a trip to the coest of 13. online South America but said he had to postpone it because of a 14.

9 Shock sore throte. Then he asked about the weavers' video shon 15. solve 16. known during the day. Needless to say, the museum staff was 17. remote surprised when the security video showed Tim taking the 18. stock ancient weaving and then covering up with it while he took 19. boast 20. globe a nap in the back! Challenge 1. 7. bonus 2. 8. approach motion 3. 9. continent 4. 10. accomplish 5. 11. 6. 12. Spelling 42 Grade 4, Unit 1: Reaching Out Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. 42 11/3/09 11:07:55 AM. First Pass Lesson 4. PRACTICE BOOK. Name Date Simple and Compound The Power of ! Grammar: Simple and Compound Sentences Sentences A simple sentence has one complete thought. It has a subject that tells who or what the sentence is about. It has a verb that tells what Thinking Question the subject does.

10 What will you always find in a simple sentence? What subject verb will you always find in a Markos plays baseball. compound sentence? A compound sentence has two or more complete thoughts joined together. The separate ideas can be joined with a comma (,). and a conjunction. Mother felt happy, so she sang a song. 1 6. Write S on the line if it is a simple sentence. Write C on the line if it is a compound sentence. 1. Ana and Bruce ate eggs and drank milk for breakfast. 2. My baby sister was tired, so she took a nap. 3. I like baseball, but my brother likes basketball. 4. I want to go swimming and hiking today. 5. Mom cheers for the Packers, but Dad prefers the Bears. 6. Lee spread butter and jelly on his biscuit. Grammar 43 Grade 4, Unit 1: Reaching Out Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. 43 11/5/09 7:43:30 AM.