Reading 4th Grade U2

Reading 4th Grade Unit 2

Meeting the New Neighbors

3. Activity p. 73

5. Post-Activity p. 77

1. Pre-Activity

2. Text p. 71

4. Activity p. 74

1. Pre-Activity

Watch the video. Activate the audio.

Answer the questions orally.

How did the little animals feel?

Was the neighbor a witch?

What did they do with the new neighbor?

What do you do when you have a new neighbor?

2. Text

Read the story.

Meeting the New Neighbors

It is a cloudy Friday in fall, and John and Mary’s family is excited because they will meet their new neighbors this evening. The children come home from school and Mom is preparing her delicious pumpkin pie. With Mom’s help, Mary cleans the pumpkin and takes out the seeds. The pie is ready to go in the oven. About an hour later, something starts to smell delicious. The pumpkin pie is ready. The pie is sweeter than candy.

They walk to the neighbors’ house; the children are more excited than before! A man opens the door and smiles. There is a girl standing next to him, about John’s age. A woman’s hand waves from the back. Mary and her family introduce themselves, and welcome them to the neighborhood, giving them the pumpkin pie.

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2. Text

Continue reading the story.

Meeting the New Neighbors

The new neighbors invite them into their home happily. Mary is very quiet until twin girls come out. The twins are one year older than Mary. Elizabeth is the older daughter, and immediately invites John to play, but the children’s toys are still inside the boxes.

Before saying goodnight, Elizabeth’s dad asks John and Mary if they could meet the next day with Elizabeth and the twins, to show them around the neighborhood. The children are happy because the afternoons will be more exciting than ever before.

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3. Activity p. 73

Read the story again and number the sentences in the right order. You can use the pencil on the upper right corner of this page or you can do it on page 73 in your book.

Check your answers.

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4. Activity p. 74

What season is mentioned in the story “Meeting the New Neighbors”?

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

4. Activity p. 74

Answer these questions orally.

What is your favorite season? Why?

What season do you like the least?

What activities do you like doing in the fall?

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4. Activity p. 74

How to carve a pumpkin to make jack-o-lanterns

5 Little Pumpkins song

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4. Activity p. 74

What fruits and vegetables are popular where you live? What season do they grow in? Describe a fruit or vegetable. What can you make with this fruit or vegetable? Draw a picture of your fruit or vegetable. Fill in the chart. You can use the pencil on the upper right corner of this page or you can do it on page 74 in your book.

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5. Post-Activity p. 77

Read the story on page 71 again. Find the words that show possession ending in ‘s and write them on the lines.

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Bonus Activity

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5. Post-Activity p. 77

Read the pumpkin poem as you listen to it.

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