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 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 are reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The notes were started in the Reading NB. The children should complete the notes on their own. The Book Test will be on Thurs. 1/7.
5. 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. Chill
TESTS:
1. Book Test on the Best Christmas Pageant Ever Thursday, 1/7.
2. Spelling Test- Friday, 1/8 on the words from Grace and the Time Machine.
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 Grace and the Time Machine:
excursion, invention, research, aboard, mechanical, atlas, awkward, capable, chant, miracle, reseats, vehicle, contraption, pantomime. Check the Reading NB for the meanings of these words.
SPELLING: words with /ar/ and /or/. Test will be Friday, 1/8/10.
morning, forest, garbage, form, alarm, corner, story, argue, backyard, start, partner, storm, Florida, apartment, sport, force, forward, sharp, garden, Arkansas.
Challenge Words:
departure, margarine, informative, snorkel, carnation
LANGUAGE ARTS: We will be working on the following: Voyages Textbook pgs. 314-345 (grammar). We will also be working on writing letters, pgs. 45-81 in the Voyages Textbook.
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.
The little girl went to the park.
Complete Subject- The little girl
Simple Subject- girl
Complete Predicate- went to the park
Simple Predicate- went
Compound Subjects and Predicates- a compound subject has two or more simple subjects connected by and or or. A compound predicate has two or more simple predicates connected with and or or.
eg. My mom and I went to the store. Compound Subject
The children were drawing and painting. Compound Predicate
Direct Objects- is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.
eg. The Hudson River divides the two states. (states is the direct object).
Subject Complement- follows a linking verb (am, is, are, was, were, has, have). It is usually a noun or an adjective that tells more about the subject.
eg. The storm was a tornado. (tornado is the subject complement)
Compound Sentence- When two short sentences are related to one another, they can be combined by the words and, but, or or. A comma is added before these words.
eg. Lightning flashed. Thunder boomed. (two short sentences that are related)
Lightning flashed, and thunder boomed. (compound sentence)
Run-on Sentence- when two sentences are combined but not connected correctly. It usually occurs when two sentences are separated by only a comma and no connectors (and, but, or).
eg. I went to the store, I bought milk. (run-on sentence)
I went to the store, and I bought milk. (correct)
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 (boy), place (school), or thing (ball).
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 noun- The plurals of some nouns are not formed by adding –s or –es to the singular noun. These are irregular plural nouns. These should be memorized because they do not follow any rules.
eg. ox-oxen, child-children, tooth-teeth, foot-feet, mouse-mice, woman-women, goose-geese, wolf-wolves, wife-wives, leaf-leaves, wife-wives.
Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms:
sheep-sheep, deer-deer, fish-fish, series-series, moose-moose,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: Study for the Book Test tomorrow and bring your book and notes.
THURSDAY: Study for Spelling Test
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. 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 WEEK!
Click the links below to review this week's Reading and ELA lesson plans:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgcvdkk2_93hn597wcr
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgcvdkk2_73d4fq98fz
