REMINDERS:
1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children have still not covered any of their books.
2. Remember to read the purple assignment book and check the HW folder each night to know your child's homework for each day. Also, look through your child’s Reading and Language Arts NBs to see how they are doing on their classwork and homework.
3. Gym on Mondays. Wear gym shirt, gym pants, and sneakers.
4. The children switched books, so some children have The Ugly Duckling and the others now have Sam Bangs and Moonshine. There will be a test given on the books on Friday, 11/13. I will let you know the date. The notes will be started in the back of the reading notebook. The children should writes on the different settings in the story, the characters, and the plot. The will be allowed to use the notes on the test like they did in 2nd grade.
5.We will be collecting canned food for the poor through Thanksgiving. Please send in as many cans as you are able.
TESTS:
1. Vocabulary Test on the new 15 words- Friday, 11/6 . See vocabulary notebook for new words.
2. Book Test on the Ugly Duckling or Sam Bangs and Moonshine Friday, 11/13.
VOCABULARY:
1. plenty- more than enough of something
2. straying- wandering, roaming
3. rich- having much money, land, or other valuable things
4. expensive- having a high price; very costly
5. arranged- put in order or position.
2. Reading Vocabulary Words from The Olympic Games: Where Heroes Are Made
ancient, host, stadium, compete, earned, record, ceremonies, medals
Check the Reading NB for these words and their definitions.
SPELLING: Test Friday 11/13 (Consonant Blends with /st/ and /str/
least, fast, just, burst, strip, stick, strike, artist, almost, student, strong, start, blast, straw, street
Challenge Words:
events, competition, stroke, teammate, distance
LANGUAGE ARTS: We will be working on writing descriptive paragraphs and personal narratives (Voyages in English text Chapter 1 pgs. 6-43 and 314-325).
We are also reviewing the different types of sentences: Language Handbook pgs. 79-87
Statement- You are very helpful.
Question- Where is your homework?
Command- Put your pencil down.
Exclamation- Wow, you are a great reader!
A sentence-
· Starts with a capital letter.
· Ends with an end mark.
· Tells a complete thought. It names someone or something and tells what the person or thing is or does.
· The words are in an order that makes sense.
. A sentence has two parts: the subject (naming part) and the predicate (telling part).
Lang. Handbook pgs. 88-90
A subject tells who or what the sentence is about.
A predicate tells what a subject is or does.
eg. Solei's house is near the park. (Solei's house is the subject)
The cat hid under the car. ( hid under the car is the predicate)
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: Phonics Book- pgs. 43, 44, 45
TUESDAY: Language Handbook pg. 88 #s 1, 2, 7, 11, 12 in Lang. Arts NB.
WEDNESDAY: Language Arts Handbook pg. 90 #s 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 in the Lang. Arts NB
THURSDAY: Reading Practice Book pgs. 18 and 20. Study for the vocabulary test tomorrow.
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or the book that was given to you. JUST READ!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK !
Click the links below to review this week's Reading and ELA lesson plans:
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