REMINDERS:
1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children have not covered any and there are no extra copies if they rip.
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, check your child’s notebooks to see what they are doing in class or if I have written you a note.
3. Your child needs to remember to bring all of their school supplies every day.
4.The children received a new book, Goosebumps, on Friday. The notes will be started in the Reading NB. The children should complete the notes on their own.
TESTS:
1. Vocabulary Test on new words Friday, 11/6.
2. Book Test on Goosebumps Friday, 11/20
3. Spelling Test on the words from Letters from Yosemite Friday, 11/13
VOCABULARY:
Study the words for the week. Test on Friday. Check Vocabulary NB.
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 Letters from Yosemite:
earthquake, eruptions, volcano, glacier, impressive, naturalist, preserve, slopes, species, wilderness, altitudes, formations, reservoir. Check the Reading NB for these words.
SPELLING: Words with Long U sounds
1.usual 2. huge 3. flute 4. mood 5. smooth 6.threw 7. afternoon 8. scooter 9. juice 10.cruise 11. truth 12. bruise 13.cruel 14. excuse 15. pupil 16. groove 17. confuse 18. humor 19. duty 20. curfew
Challenge Words:
21. influence 22. aluminum 23. nutrition 24. accumulate 25.igloo
LANGUAGE ARTS: We will be working on the following- Voyages Textbook pgs. 314-327
Sentences:
Declarative- (statement) I went to the store.
Interrogative- (question) Can you read quickly?
Imperative- (commands or requests) Put the book down.
Exclamatory- (exclamations) It is freezing in here!
Subjects and Predicates – complete and simple subjects and complete
and simple predicate; compound subjects and compound predicates.
Personal Narratives: The children will be working on Chapter 1 in the Voyages Textbook- Personal Narratives (pgs. 6-43)
HOMEWORK:
Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: Reading Practice Book pg.43 on LL
TUESDAY: Aim Higher Book- read pgs 15,16 and answer the questions on p.17 in the Lang. Arts NB. Read pgs. 18,19 and answer the questions on pg. 20 in the La NB.
WEDNESDAY: Grammar and Writing Practice Book p. 9 #s 1-5 on LL. Write everything out and follow the directions. Skip lines.
THURSDAY:Reading Practice Book pg. 44 (1-10 ans only)and pg. 47 (1-4 ans. only). Do in the Reading NB. Study the 15 vocabulary words in the Vocabulary NB for 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 !
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