4th Grade

Writing

May 11-15

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4th Grade Writing

Week5 May 11-15

A Poe.,._ A Week. Name Poem; see worksheet

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Grammar pages 365, 366,367, 368

Write your life events on a timeline; see worksheet pages 44 and 45.

Name _____________ _

NAME POEM A name poem is one in which each letter of a peq;on's name (first or first and last) is

used as the Initial letter for one line of the poem. This type of poem need not rhyme. . . . . ~

Example: Judy is a teenage girl, Usually in a social swirl. Drives her mother up a wall

• Yacking on her tenth phone call.

Sean has bright red hair Even freckles on his face And he loves to play soccer Never likes to do chores

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On your own: Write·poems about yourself and your friends. Illustrate your poems.

Eats aimo5t onything, Like~ to climb a tree, In overalls dnd T 5hirt

Zany d5 can be.

Adopting an'y' animal,

Big tee ha5 a blister,

E liz.abeth, EliMteth_ ·"

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I hats my si5ter \

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Lesson 28 READER'S NOTEBOOK Name ___________ _ Date ____ _

Museums: Worlds of Wonder More Possessive Pronouns Grammar: Possessive Pronouns

Some possessive.pronouns are placed.before nouns. Others are used by themselves and stand alone.

Possessive Pronouns that Stand Alone mine hers yours ours his theirs

Thinking Question Is the possessive pronoun followed bya noun?

The tickets to the exhibit are ours.

1-4. Write the possessive pronoun that stands alone on the line.

1. Is the ticket to the polar bear exhibit hers? ____ _

2. The airplane ticket is mine. ____ _

3. Since we have tickets but cannot attend, would you like to

use ours? ____ _

4. The teacher will give you yours. ____ _

5-6. Rewrite each sentence on the line so that the possessive pronoun stands alone.

5. Which report is your report? ______________ _

6. The report about trees is my report.

Grammar 365 Grade 4, Unit 6 © Houghton Mittlin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Lesson 28 READER'S NOTEBOOK Name _____ ______ _ Date ____ _

Museums: Worlds of Wonder Writing Quotations Grammar: Spiral Review

• Quotations show a speaker's exact words. • Capitalize the first word of a quotation. • Place quotation marks before and after the speaker's

exact words. • Use a comma to set off words that tell who is speaking. • When the quotation comes first, place a comma inside

the last quotation marks. • If the quotation is a question or an exclamation, place

a question mark or exclamation mark inside the last quotation marks.

Ms. Winger said, "Listen to your guide carefully."

1-8. Rewrite the quotations, correcting the punctuation errors.

1 .' "Have you ever been to the City Museum" asked Chloe.

2. Yes, I have replied Aiden.

3. Charlie said "I hope we see dinosaurs".

4. Marta exclaimed "the Enchanted Caves are so awesome"!

5. "I .like Art City better" said Danielle.

6. Mr. West suggested "let's go see the World Aquarium now."

7. This will be fun! exclaimed Sam.

8. I will have so many things to tell my family, said Luis.

Grammar 367 Grade 4, Unit 6 © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved.

Lesson 28 -Name ___________ _ READER'S NOTEBOOK Date ____ _

Museums: Worlds of Wonder Possessive Pronouns Grammar: Possessive Pronouns

• Some possessive pronouns are placed before nouns. Jeff left his backpack on the school bus. My books are in Mom's car.

• Other possessive pronouns are used by themselves and stand alone. I think the museum tickets are yours. The red skates in the locker are mine.

1-6. Replace the underlined word or words with the correct possessive pronoun.

1. Jill's inline skates are sitting on Jill's porch. ____ _

2. 'The backpack with reflector strips is my backpack," I said. ____ _

3. Jane can't find Jane's shoe. ____ _

4. Which one of the lunches is your lunch? ____ _

5. The three boys rode the three boys' bikes to school. ____ _

6. If Ned has my jacket, then I have Ned's jacket. ___ _

Grammar 366 Grade 4, Unit 6 © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, All rights reserved.

Lesson 28 READER'S NOTEBOOK Name ___________ _ Date ____ _

Museums: Worlds of Wonder Sentence Fluency Grammar: Connect to Writing

To avoid repeated possessive nouns, replace them with possessive pronouns.

Sentence with Repeated Possessive Nouns Sentence with Possessive Pronouns

Jose wanted Jose's mom to chaperone Jose's field trip to the museum.

Jose wanted his mom to chaperone his field tdp to the museum.

1-5. Rewrite each sentence, replacing repeated possessive nouns with possessive pronouns to improve sentence flow.

1. Today, the fourth graders will have fun on the fourth grader's

first field trip.

2. Sarah told about Sarah's visit to the museum.

3. Kayla saved a piece of Kayla's favorite cake for Kayla's mother.

4. Pam showed Pam's project to the class.

5. By running in the museum, Tim broke one of the rules that

Tim's teacher had given to Tim's class.

Grammar 368 Grade 4, Unit 6 © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Name: _ _______ _____ _ week 1 • Day 3

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~ , ·~: In an autobiography, the events of someone's life L' Organization fi should be in the order in which they happened. it- ~: 'I,, '1.1 IJ, .,; •~ I i:J V \.> tf l!,"ln~•i!(.I

A. Read Tony's autobiography. Fix the verbs that are in the wrong tense. Then answer the question.

I was born at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. When I

was five years old, my sister Rachel teaches me how to read. I

liked her comic books and I want to read them. But before that,

my aunt, uncle, and cousin came to visit from Taiwan. We went

to Disneyland. I was two years old, so I don't remember very

much. Then, when I was seven years old, I join a soccer team.

I've been playing soccer every year since. Finally, when I was

eight years old, Rachel and I make our own comic book. It was

called Super Penguin.

Which events are out of order? _ _ _____________ ___ _

B. Help Tony organize his life events in the correct sequence. Write what happened at each age in the correct order on the timeline.

Born: ___________ _______ _______ _

Age:

Age:

Age:

Age:

ORGANIZATION Dai(Y 6-Trait Writing• EMC 6024 •©Evan-Moor Col'Ji);,

I Name: - - - - - ------- - - - Week 1 • Dav 4

When you write your autobiography, put the events of your life in the correct sequence.

A. What important events would you include in your autobiography? Write them on the lines. For each one, write the year or how old you were.

Life Event: Year or Age:

B. Use the timeline to put your events in the correct sequence. Plot your events in the order in which they happened.

@,Svan.;l'v'l06r C:0rp. • EMC 6Q24 • Dally 6-Tcall Writing ORGANIZATION 45