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 will be given a new book to read this week. The notes will be started in the back of the Reading NB. The children should complete the notes on their own.
5. Please check the blog for the Review Outline for the Reading Midterm Exam. You can find the material that your child should review for the exam.
TESTS:
Reading Midterm Exams –Thurs. 1/21
Spelling Test- Friday, 1/29
VOCABULARY: we will be reviewing vocabulary words from the Vocabulary NB for the Midterm Exam. Words from Sept. – Dec. will be included on the exam.
2. Reading Vocabulary Words from Because of Winn Dixie- Grace and the Time Machine will be included on the Exam.
Check the Reading NB for the meanings of these words and also review the Reading Practice Book pgs. 1-80.
SPELLING- Consonant pairs ng, nk, ph, wh
Thanksgiving, among, think, blank, graph, young, wheel, nephew, belong, whiskers, whisper, elephant, white, shrink, wharf, trunk, strong, blink, chunk, skunk
Challenge Words:
strengthen, bankrupt, phantom, whimsical, whatever
LANGUAGE ARTS: Second Semester Work
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:
Singular Possessive Nouns- A possessive noun shows possession or ownership. A singular possessive noun shows that one person or thing owns something. To form the singular possessive, add an apostrophe and the letter s (-‘s) to a singular noun.
eg. Maria’s bookbag is heavy. (Maria’s bookbag means the bookbag belongs to Maria)
The car’s tire was flat. (Car’s tire means that the tire belongs to the car)
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: no school
TUESDAY: Review for exams
WEDNESDAY: Review for exams
THURSDAY: Language Arts- Voyages p.347 Exercise 2 in the ELA NB. Write the sentence and then the possessive.
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or the book that was assigned to read.
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_104gj7vkfdd
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgcvdkk2_106d3npbdkr
