PracticeName©Macmillan/McGraw-HillVocabularyclimatesilkenlumberingswallowslurkshimmereerieUseavocabularywordfromthelisttocompleteeachsentence.1.Wheniteats,asnakeopensitsjawswideanditsdinnerwhole.2.Theemptystreetwithitsdarkshadowslooked.3.Mysister’shairisandsoftaftershewashesanddriesit.4.Onaclearnight,themoonandstarsbrightlyinthesky.5.Suddenlythebearcubsbeganaftertheirmother.6.Theofthedesertisdryandhot.7.Ourdogsoftennearthetableatmealtime,hopingforatreat.Writethreesentences,eachusingoneofthevocabularywords.8.9.10.AWalkintheDesertGrade4/Unit18©Macmillan/McGraw-HillNamePracticeTofindthemainideaofatext,askyourselfwhatthetextyouarereadingismostlyabout.Lookforsupportingdetailsthatcantellyoumoreaboutthemainidea.Readthefollowingpassage.Thereislittlewaterinthedesert,anditisveryhot.Still,peoplehavefoundawaytoliveinthedesert.Fewerpeopleliveindesertsthaninmostotherplaces.Townsareoftenisolatedandfarfromothercommunities.Theybringinwaterfromotherplaces.Manyresidentshaveairconditioningtokeepthemcoolandcomfortable.Television,telephones,andtheInternetkeepthemfrombeingisolated.Itisalsofairlyeasytotraveltoothercitiesbycarorplane.Circletheletterofthecorrectresponse.1.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?a.Peoplehavefoundwaystoliveinthedesert.b.Manypeoplehaveairconditioning.2.Whichisasupportingdetail?a.Therearetownsandcitiesinthedeserts.b.Thereislittlewaterinadesert.Underlineadetailtoanswereachquestion.Thenwriteyouransweronthelines.3.Howdopeopleliveinthedesert?4.Whatisadetailthatdoesnottellaboutthemainidea?Comprehension:MainIdeaandDetails9AWalkintheDesertGrade4/Unit1AtHome:Together,readaparagraphinafavoritebook.Discusswhatthemainideamightbe.Findsupportingdetails.PracticeName©Macmillan/McGraw-HillHowdoestheinformationyouwroteintheMainIdeaCharthelpyoutosummarizeAWalkintheDesert?AsyoureadAWalkintheDesert,fillintheMainIdeaChart.MainIdeasDetailsAWalkintheDesertGrade4/Unit110Comprehension:MainIdeaandDetailsAtHome:Havethestudentusethecharttoretellthestory.©Macmillan/McGraw-HillNamePracticeFlu...
