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Fourth GradeFourth GradeUnit 3 Week 3Unit 3 Week 3

By Kristi WaltkeBy Kristi Waltke

A generalization is a broad A generalization is a broad statement or rule that applies to statement or rule that applies to many examples. many examples.

A clue word such as A clue word such as all, most, all, most, always, usually, always, usually, or or generallygenerally signals that an author is making signals that an author is making a generalization. a generalization.

Some generalizations are valid, Some generalizations are valid, which means that they are which means that they are supported by facts or details. supported by facts or details. Some are faulty, which means Some are faulty, which means that they are not supported.that they are not supported.

To practice finding To practice finding generalizations, read the generalizations, read the statements at the top of the statements at the top of the slides. Then, see which is the slides. Then, see which is the generalization that the generalization that the statements validate.statements validate.

It is usually hard to It is usually hard to understand something that understand something that you have never experienced.you have never experienced.

Change is hard on women.Change is hard on women.

No one had ever heard of sunrise or sunset and the husband in the story asks Iemanja’s daughter to tell him what night is.

Most people make sacrifices to Most people make sacrifices to be with the person they love.be with the person they love.

If you have a good family, you If you have a good family, you will always live with them.will always live with them.

With sorrow and with longing, the daughter left her home in the deep ocean and came to live with her husband in the daylight.

Servants always work hard and Servants always work hard and carry heavy bags of night carry heavy bags of night creatures.creatures.

Mothers generally do everything Mothers generally do everything they can to help their children.they can to help their children.

Without a second lost, Iemanja packed a big bag of night for the servants to carry back to her daughter.

For most people night is better For most people night is better than day.than day.

Every morning at dawn in Brazil, theEvery morning at dawn in Brazil, themadragadamadragada slides onto the slides onto thehorizon, the morning star appears,horizon, the morning star appears,the rooster crows, and the birdsthe rooster crows, and the birdsbegin singing.begin singing.

To this day, the gifts of Iemanja’s daughter help celebrate each new sunrise.