REMINDERS:
1. 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. Homework will not be accepted late. If the children are absent, they should get their notes and HW assignments from a friend or myself and complete them within 2 days of their return to school. Anything not handed in will be given a grade of zero in the SIS system.
2. Your child needs to remember to bring all of their school supplies every day. Children do not have pens, pencils, or looseleaf for class. Being organized, prepared, and responsible is all part of good conduct.
3. The children were given a new book to read called The Widow’s Broom. This will be their last book of the year. The Book Test will be on Thursday, June 3rd. Your child should take notes on the different characters, settings, and important details.
TESTS:
Vocabulary Test- Wednesday, 6/2
Book Test- Thursday, 6/3
VOCABULARY: Vocabulary Test- Weds., June 2 on all the words from the 4th Quarter (six weeks). See Vocabulary NB from the weeks 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17. There are 90 words to study for the Cumulative Vocabulary Test on 6/2.
landmarks, mountains, wilderness, canopy, dangle, dappled, fragrant, pollen, pollinate, slithered, wondrous, gash, lulled, amphibian, camouglage, predators, prey
SPELLING- from the Great Kapok Tree- possessive words
its, ours, mine, yours, family’s, families’, man’s, men’s, girl’s, girls’, hers, theirs, brother’s, brothers’, teacher’s, teachers’, aunt’s, aunts’, boy’s, boys’
Challenge Words: country’s, countries’, witness’s, witnesses’, laboratory’s, laboratories’
LANGUAGE ARTS: 2 nd Semester Work
Composition:
The children will be working on How- to Articles (Chapter 4 in Voyages Text pg. 120).
Grammar and Mechanics: (Voyages pgs. 338-360)
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)
Plural Possessive Nouns- A plural possessive shows that more than one person or thing owns something. To form the plural possessive of regular nouns, add an apostrophe (‘) after the –s of the plural form. Remember to form the plural of a regular noun before adding the apostrophe.
eg. boy (singular), boys (plural), boy’s (singular possessive), boys’ (plural possessive)
baby (singular), babies (plural), baby’s (singular possessive), babies’ (plural possessive).
man (singular), men (plural), man’s (singular possessive), men’s (plural possessive)
ox (singular), oxen (plural), ox’s (singular possessive), oxen’s (plural possessive)
Nouns as Subjects- a noun may be used as a simple subject of a sentence. The subject tells what the sentence is about. It tells who or what is or does something.
eg. The sea can be rough. Sea is the noun that tells what can be rough (simple subject).
Nouns as Direct Objects- a noun may be used as the direct object of a sentence. The direct object tells who or what receives the action of the verb.
eg. The Egyptians built pyramids. The Egyptians built what? The noun pyramids is the direct object of the sentence. It tells what the Egyptians built.
Nouns as Subject Complements- a subject complement gives information about the subject. It follows a linking verb such as the verb be and its various forms (am, is, are, was, were).A noun used as a subject complement renames the subject.
eg. Stuart Little is a mouse. Mouse is used as a subject complement because it follows the linking verb is and renames the subject of the sentence (Stuart Little).
Pronouns- personal pronouns are words that take the place of a noun. They refer to the person speaking; the person spoken to; or the person, place, or thing spoken about. They are first person, second person, or third person. (Voyages pgs. 362-384)
List of personal pronouns:
I he she we it you
me her him us its yours
mine hers his ours
First Person (singular) I, me, mine (plural) we, us, ours
Second Person (singular) you, yours (plural) you, yours
Third Person (singular) he, him, his (plural) they, them, theirs
she, her, hers, it, its
Subject Pronoun-is a pronoun that is used as the subject of the sentence.
List of Subject Pronouns: Singular- I, you, he, she, it; Plural- we, you, they
eg. I dance. He dances. We dance.
Object Pronoun- is a pronoun that is used after an action verb in a sentence.
List of Object Pronouns: Singular- me, you, him, her, it; Plural- us, you, them
eg. The stars interest me. Me is the object of the sentence. It comes after the action verb interest. Therefore, me is an object pronoun.
Possessive Pronouns: shows ownership or possession. Possessive pronouns stand alone. See pg. 374 in Voyages text.
Eg. The snake is Anna’s. (possessive noun)
The snake is hers. (possessive pronoun)
I, Me, We, and Us- are first person pronouns and refer to the speaker. Use I and me to talk about yourself. Use I as the subject of the sentence and me after the verb as the direct object.
Use we and us to talk about yourself and at least one other person. Use we as the subject of a sentence and use us after the verb as a direct object.nd m
Eg. I play sports. I is the subject.
Sports interest me. Me is the direct object.
We like sports. We is the subject.
Sports interest us. Us is the direct object.
Possessive Adjectives: show who owns something. A possessive adjective goes before a noun. It does not stand alone. (Voyages, p.376)
List of Possessive Adjectives:
1st person my (singular) our (plural)
2nd person your (singular) your (plural)
3rd person his, her, its (singular) their (plural)
Eg. My bicycle is fast.
Her pants are ripped.
Their car has two seats.
Contractions: personal pronouns that are joined with some verbs (Voyages, p. 382)
I’m- I am I’ve- I have
you’re- you are you’ve- you have
he’s- he is she’s- she is or she has
it’s- it is or it has we’re- we are
we’ve- we have they’re- they are
they’ve- they have
VERBS:
Action Verbs- tells what someone or something does.
eg. Aesop wrote many fables. (Wrote tells what Aesop did)
His fables teach lessons. (Teach tells what fables do)
Being Verbs- shows what someone or something is. (does not show action)
eg. The sun’s rays are warm. (Are is a being verb. It does not how action. It only tells what the sun’s rays are.)
Linking Verbs- joins the subject of a sentence to a subject complement. A being verb can be a linking verb. The subject complement renames or describes the subject of the sentence. It can be a noun, pronoun, or an adjective.
eg. A pretzel is salty. In this sentence the linking verb is joins the subject (pretzel) with the subject complement (salty- which is an adjective).
Helping Verbs- a verb can have two parts- a helping verb and a main verb. A helping verb always comes before the main verb.
eg. The children can play jacks. (Can is the helping verb and play is the main verb)
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: Reading Practice Book- pgs. 144, 147 ans. only on looseleaf. On pg. 147 answer the questions in a complete sentence incorporating the question into the answer. Due on Weds. Study for Vocabulary Test and read book.
TUESDAY: see Monday
WEDNESDAY: Language Arts (Voyages) pgs.411 Exercises 1 and 2 on looseleaf. Write everything out and follow the directions. Study for Vocabulary Test and read your book.
THURSDAY: Study for the Vocabulary Test (words are in the Vocabulary NB).
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes a day on the weekend. You can read any book, magazine, or your assigned book. Study for Vocabulary Test and read your book.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
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