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 “Babe” to read. Please make sure they read a little every day and on the weekend. They should also be taking notes. The notes will be started in back of the Reading NB and the children should add to them. It is a little longer, but they are capable of reading it. The Book Test will be on Tuesday, 12/15.
5. Please sign all tests distributed by Mr. Woods on Thursday and return on Friday, 12/4.
6. Dismissal on Friday, 12/4 will be at 2:30.
7. Fr. Antonio has asked that the school children donate gloves for the poor for Christmas. So if you would like to buy a pair of gloves or donate $2.00 to purchase gloves, Fr. Antonio would be most grateful. Thank you to the parents that have already donated.
8. The December calendars will be distributed today. Please read them carefully.
TESTS:
- Spelling Test- Friday,12/11
- Book Test- Tues., 12/15
- Vocabulary Test on Friday,12/4 (words in Vocabulary NB)
1. VOCABULARY: written in Vocabulary NB
- categorize- to group things by how they are alike. eg. by color or size
- synonyms- words that have similar meanings. eg. happy, glad
- antonyms- words that have opposite meanings. eg. open, close
- homophones- words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. eg. tail ( an animal’s tail) tale (a fairy tale)
- infer- to imply or conclude
2.Reading Vocabulary Words from Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome:
splinters, telegraph, trail, guided, drifts, temperature
Check the Reading NB for these words and their definitions.
SPELLING: Test Friday 12/11 Words with sh, ch, and tch
shot, chance, match, watch, showed, shock, pushed, such, crash, chew, batch, hitched, sharp, mush, speech
Challenge Words:
medicine, equipment, crutch, nurse, hospital
LANGUAGE ARTS-We are reviewing the following skills:
Voyages Textbook- pgs. 314-325
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- a word that names a person (baby), place (school), thing (book), or animal (dog).
Proper Noun- names a particular person, place, thing, or animal. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter.
Common Noun- names any member of a group of persons, places, things, or animals.
Common Proper
1. teacher Ms. Larios
2. day Tuesday
3. school O.L.Q.M
4. dog German Shepherd
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: Phonics Book pgs. 220, 221
TUESDAY: Phonics Book pgs. 222,223
WEDNESDAY: Voyages Textbook pgs. 339 E xercise 1 (1-15). Make three columns and put each now in the
correct column. eg. Persons, Places, and Things. Do in Lang. Arts NB.
THURSDAY: Voyages Book pgs. . Study for Vocabulary Test and sign Test Papers
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! Read your book and make notes!!!!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Click the links below to review this week's Reading and ELA lesson plans:
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