Practice©Macmillan/McGraw-HillNameVocabularySubstituteavocabularywordfortheunderlinedwordorwordsineachsentence.climatesilkenlumberingswallowslurkshimmereerie1.Therattlesnake’srattlemakesascarysound,warningustokeepoutofitsway.2.Alligatorsoftenlieinwaitinthereedsuntilsmallanimalscomenear.3.Abear’sheavy,awkwardstepwarnssmallcreaturesinitspath.4.Thesurfaceoffrozenpondsglowbrightlyinthewintersunlight.5.Cactiareplantsadaptedtodryweatherformostoftheyear.6.Asnakegulpsitspreywithoutchewing.7.Aspider’swebismadeofsoft,smoothstrands.Choosethreevocabularywordsandusetheminonesentence.AWalkintheDesertGrade4/Unit18©Macmillan/McGraw-HillNamePracticeComprehension:MainIdeaandDetailsThemainideaofaselectiontellsyouwhatitisallabout.Thesupportingdetailsintheselectionhelpyoutounderstandthemainidea.Themainideaisoften,butnotalways,statedinthefirstsentence.Readthepassageandanswerthequestionsthatfollow.Manynewbornrattlesnakesdonotsurvivetheirfirstyearoflife.Ababyrattlesnakeisonlyabout10incheslong.Althoughtheyhaveshortfangsandapoisonousbite,theyareofteneatenbybirdsandanimals.Theadultrattlesnakesdonotraisetheiryoung.Theyoungsnakesareentirelyontheirown.Manydieofhunger.Inthewintertheydieiftheydonotfindawarmplacewheretheycanhibernate.1.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?2.Whatsupportingdetailstellyouhowyoungrattlesnakesareindanger?Listtwodetailsonthelinesbelow.3.Whatsupportingdetailtellsyouhowbabyrattlesnakescansurviveinthewinter?4.Whatsupportingdetailtellsyouhowbabyrattlesnakescanattempttodefendthemselves?9AWalkintheDesertGrade4/Unit1AtHome:Together,lookforshortparagraphsinbooksandnewspapersandaskthestudenttoidentifythemainideaandsupportingdetails.Practice©Macmillan/McGraw-HillNameComprehension:MainIdeaandDetailsHowdoestheinformationyouwroteintheMainIdeaCharthelpyoutosummarizeAWalkintheDesert?AsyoureadAWalkintheDesert,fillintheMainIdeaChart.MainIdeasDetailsAWalkintheDesertGrade4/Unit110AtHome:Havethestudentusethecharttoretellthestory.©Macmillan/McGraw-HillNamePracticeFluencyAsIread,Iwillpaya...
