REMINDERS:
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year. Secondly, thank you for all of the cards and gifts. I appreciate your kindness.
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 received the book “Alice in Wonderland (girls) and Tale of Jumping Mouse (boys) to read during the vacation. Please make sure they read a little every day. They should also be taking notes. The notes were started in back of the Reading NB and the children should add to them. The Book Test will be on Thursday, 1/7.
5. Dismissal on Friday, 1/8 will be at 12:00 due to a Faculty Meeting.
6. Please check the blog for the Review Outline for the Reading and Language Arts Midterm Exams. You can find the material that your child should review for both exams.
TESTS:
- Book Test- Thurs. 1/7 bring notes and book
- Spelling Test on Friday, 1/8 on words from Wild Shots, They Are My Life.
1. VOCABULARY: we will be reviewing vocabulary words from the Vocabulary NB for the Midterm Exam. All words from Sept. – Dec. will be included on the exam.
2. Reading Vocabulary Words from Wild Shots, They’re My Life:
curious, collapsed, marine, delicate, creature, survived
Check the Reading NB for these words and their definitions.
SPELLING: Test will be Friday 1/8/10 Words with the sounds of soft g /j/ and soft c /s/.
space, stage, huge, fence, price, police, office, engine, badge, pencil, excite, force, range, ginger, giraffe
Challenge Words:
creature, strange, scaly, peculiar, unusual
LANGUAGE ARTS: We are reviewing the following skills: We will be working on writing How-To Articles pgs. 45-81 in the Voyages Textbook
The Grammar we will be reviewing can be found below and in the Voyages Textbook- pgs. 314-347
A. Types of Sentences
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).
B.Subjects and Predicates
A complete subject tells who or what the sentence is about. It is the simple subject and all the words that describe it.
A complete predicate tells what a subject is or does. It is the simple predicate and any words that describe it.
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)
A simple subject names the person, place, thing, or animal that is talked about in the sentence. The simple subject is usually a noun.
A simple predicate is a verb, which is the word or words that express an action or state of being.
eg. The excited students cheered loudly.
students is the simple subject.
The excited students is the complete subject.
cheered is the simple predicate.
cheered loudly is the complete predicate.
A compound subject is two or more subjects that share a predicate. The two subjects are joined by the words and or or.
eg. Tammy and Lucy played in the yard.
Tammy and Lucy is the compound subject.
A compound predicate is two or more predicates that share a subject. The two predicates are joined by and, but, or or.
eg. My baby kitten sits on the window and purrs softly.
Sits on the window and purrs softly is the compound predicate.
Compound Sentences- use and or but to join two complete sentences into a compound sentence. Use a comma (,) before and or but when it joins sentences.
Noun: is a word that names a person (girl), place (school), or a thing (ball).
Common noun: names any person, place, or thing.
Proper noun: names a particular person, place, or thing. Each proper noun begins with a capital letter.
eg. teacher is a common noun; Ms. Larios is a proper noun.
Singular noun: names one person, place, or thing.
Plural noun: names more than one person, place, or thing.
Add –s or –es to make most nouns plural. For nouns that end in a consonant and y, change y to i and add –es. Add –es to nouns that end in s, ss, x, ch, or sh.
eg. boy-boys, girl-girls, box-boxes, glass-glasses, lunch-lunches, dish-dishes, bus-buses, party-parties, candy-candies, holiday-holidays
Irregular Plural Nouns: The plurals of some nouns look a little different from their singular forms. These are called irregular plurals because they are not formed by adding an –s or –es. They should be memorized.
ox-oxen, child-children, tooth-teeth, foot-feet, mouse-mice, woman-women, goose-geese, sheep-sheep, deer-deer, fish-fish, Chinese- Chinese
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY: Spelling- write each spelling word 3x each in the Reading NB.
WEDNESDAY: Review for Book
THURSDAY: Work on Christmas Assignment and study for Vocabulary Test.
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or the book that was given to you. You can read any book. Remember to look at the review outline for Reading and ELA on the blog in order to study for Midterm Exams.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
Click the links below to review this week's Reading and ELA lesson plans:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgcvdkk2_91278rsncf
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgcvdkk2_92hzrwvwcz
