REMINDERS:
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. Another book will be given out to read during Christmas Vacation (Girls- Alice in Wonderland and boys- The Story of Jumping Mouse).
5. Please sign all tests distributed by Mr. Woods on Thursday and return as soon as possible. These tests need to be filed in the children’s folders.
6. Wednesday, 12/16 dismissal will be at 12:00 due to a Faculty Meeting
7. Dismissal on Friday, 12/18 will be at 2:30.
8. 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. Friday will be the last day we will be collecting.
9. Please send in a large plastic shopping bag this week. The children will be packing the books in the bag that they will be leaving in school. The desks are being cleaned, and I don’t want the books to get wet.
10. We will be having a Christmas Party on Monday, 12/21. The children can wear nice clothes, but must bring their bookbags. I will be collecting $2.00 this week for pizza. I will also ask each child to bring in something for the party (such as napkins, plates, cups, soda, juice, cookies, chips, candy,donuts, cupcakes,etc.) .If you would like to choose what to bring, please write me a note in your child’s purple book. If not, I will write what you can send in the Purple Assignment Book. The $2.00 will be collected on Friday, 12/18. The other things can be brought in on Monday with the plastic shopping bag needed for your child’s books.
11. On Tuesday, 12/22- There will be Lessons and Carols in the church. Each class will sing a song. This will be at 10:00AM . All parents are welcomed to join us. The children will be dismissed at 12:00 noon and there will be no After School Program on that day.
TESTS:
- Book Test- Tues., 12/15
- Vocabulary Test on Friday, 12/18 on all words from the week of October 26- the week on Dec.12. (words in Vocabulary NB). That is six weeks of words or 90 words.
1. VOCABULARY: written in Vocabulary NB review all words from 10/26 up to 12/7.
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: Bring in 5 or more Christmas Cards and envelopes to write in school. Study for Book Test.
TUESDAY: Write two paragraphs on LL. entitled “Christmas Is….” Pictures may be included. This will be due on Friday, 12/18.
WEDNESDAY: Work on Christmas Assignment and study for Vocabulary Test.
THURSDAY: Work on Christmas Assignment and study for Vocabulary Test. Both are tomorrow. Bring a plastic bag for your books and $2.00 for pizza.
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!!!! Practice the song for Tuesday. Remember what you need to bring for the party on Monday. Check your purple book if you forgot. Also bring the large plastic bag for your books.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Click the links below to review this week's Reading and ELA lesson plans:
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