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. 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 0 in the SIS system.
3. 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.
4. The children will be given a new book to read this week or next. The notes will be started in the back of the Reading NB. The children should complete the notes on their own. The Book Test will be after Easter Vacation on Friday, 4/16.
5. Mr. Woods will be distributing tests on Tuesday of this week. Please sign and return the tests before Thursday, 3/11. These tests must be kept on file in your child’s test folder in school.
TESTS:
Spelling Test- Friday, March 19
Cumulative Vocabulary Test- Friday, 3/12. Words from the 3rd Quarter (1/25- 2/22). There should be five weeks of words.
Book Test- Friday, 4/16
VOCABULARY: definitions can be found in the Vocabulary NB (Test Friday, 3/12- see above for details)
2. Reading Vocabulary Words from Adelina’s Whales: (definitions will be written in the Reading NB)
altitude, ascent, swans, zone, biologist, bluff, lagoon, massive, tropical, encounter, exhaling, compass, currents, migration, tagging
SPELLING- Words that are homophones (same pronunciation, but different spellings and meanings) Adelina’s Whales
Piece, peace, break, brake, threw, through, by, bye, beat, beet, thrown, throne, aloud, allowed, past, passed, weight, wait, there, their
Challenge Words:
principal, principle, symbol, cymbal, stationary, stationery
LANGUAGE ARTS: Third Quarter Work
Composition:
The children will be working on writing descriptive paragraphs (Chapter 3 in Voyages).
Grammar and Mechanics: pgs. 338-373
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.
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)
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: Reading Practice Book- pg. 117 1-5 on looseleaf. For question 5, make a t- chart and put facts on one side and opinions on the other.
TUESDAY: Writing Assignment: It is believed that leprechauns and their pots of gold can be found at the end of the rainbow. So write a paragraph starting with the sentence: If I found a pot of gold, I would…… Please write this on the paper that was given out in class and color the paper.
*Sign tests given out by Mr. Woods
WEDNESDAY: Lang. Arts (Voyages Book) p. 363 Exercises 1 and 2 on looseleaf. In Exercise 1, write out all of the sentences and underline all personal pronouns. In Exercise 2, write out the sentences, replacing the words in italics with a personal pronoun.
*Sign tests given out by Mr. Woods
THURSDAY: Study for the Vocabulary Test
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or magazine.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
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