Week at a Glance
Spelling Words
We are learning spelling words in the class and there will not be a test this week.
Vocabulary
balance center of gravity difficult distribute exercise flip innovation link quest scenic
( learn meaning of words)
Comprehension Strategies/Text Analysis/Writer's Craft
*Clarifying
*Making Connections
*Summarizing
*Classify and Categorize
*Fact and Opinion
*Setting, plot, character
*Making Inferences
*Sequence
Author's Purpose
*Language Use
*Text Features
*Story Elements Characters
Grammar skills
Review
*review nouns (singular, plural, proper, possessive) and verbs (present, past, and future tense).
*conjunctions and compound sentences
*future tense
*present and past tense verbs
*contractions
* synonyms and antonyms
* prepositions
*expand sentences by using adjectives and adverbs
*possessive pronouns (my, mine, yours, her, hers, his, its
*pronouns
*adverbs
*studying with all types of sentences:
declarative
interrogative
exclamatory
imperative
*recognize and use singular and plural nouns.
*use commas to separate words in a series.
*Capitals for months and days and using commas in dates
*common and proper nouns
*singular and plural nouns
*adjectives
*possessive nouns....for example....The dog's collar is loose.
*Verbs-action words
*Helping verbs
*Simple sentences: statement and ends with a period
*Interrogative sentences
*Exclamatory sentences
*Imperative sentences
*Determiners--a, an, the
*Capitalization of names of people and proper nouns
Math Skills
For the next two weeks we are reviewing math skills, mostly addition and subtraction. We will take chapter tests as needed depending on how much we are able to accomplish in a week. It is only for addition and subtraction and this is where the Reflex math is extremely helpful. Keep up the good work. The students seem to be doing well with Reflex math for homework. Thank you for this dedication in this area. You will see the benefits in the years to come.
Continue to work Reflex math at home, and this will certainly help.
We are learning spelling words in the class and there will not be a test this week.
Vocabulary
balance center of gravity difficult distribute exercise flip innovation link quest scenic
( learn meaning of words)
Comprehension Strategies/Text Analysis/Writer's Craft
*Clarifying
*Making Connections
*Summarizing
*Classify and Categorize
*Fact and Opinion
*Setting, plot, character
*Making Inferences
*Sequence
Author's Purpose
*Language Use
*Text Features
*Story Elements Characters
Grammar skills
Review
*review nouns (singular, plural, proper, possessive) and verbs (present, past, and future tense).
*conjunctions and compound sentences
*future tense
*present and past tense verbs
*contractions
* synonyms and antonyms
* prepositions
*expand sentences by using adjectives and adverbs
*possessive pronouns (my, mine, yours, her, hers, his, its
*pronouns
*adverbs
*studying with all types of sentences:
declarative
interrogative
exclamatory
imperative
*recognize and use singular and plural nouns.
*use commas to separate words in a series.
*Capitals for months and days and using commas in dates
*common and proper nouns
*singular and plural nouns
*adjectives
*possessive nouns....for example....The dog's collar is loose.
*Verbs-action words
*Helping verbs
*Simple sentences: statement and ends with a period
*Interrogative sentences
*Exclamatory sentences
*Imperative sentences
*Determiners--a, an, the
*Capitalization of names of people and proper nouns
Math Skills
For the next two weeks we are reviewing math skills, mostly addition and subtraction. We will take chapter tests as needed depending on how much we are able to accomplish in a week. It is only for addition and subtraction and this is where the Reflex math is extremely helpful. Keep up the good work. The students seem to be doing well with Reflex math for homework. Thank you for this dedication in this area. You will see the benefits in the years to come.
Continue to work Reflex math at home, and this will certainly help.