Reading: We will begin our new standard of looking at the moral of a story aligned with the theme that goes with it. We will be spending a couple weeks digging into many stories to compare and contrast the differences between the themes and morals of each story.
*Theme: General
:Love, friendship, Destruction, Heroism, Etc.
*Moral: Specific Lesson
:Don't judge a book by its cover, never give up, you never know until you try, other's do not define you, etc.
Summarizing Literary Text Strategy:
Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then, Finally
Summarizing Nonfiction Text Strategy:
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?
Writing in a Complete Sentence Strategy:
R = Restate the question
A - Answer the question
C = Cite the source/text
E = Explain your response
Writing: We are going to start writing narrative essays. We will begin by looking at the properties of narrative essays and disecting them in written stories before we begin writing our own. Our writing prompt this week is : Sally Left Her Project At Home.
Spelling Skill Unit : Homophones
Core Spelling Words :
1. Already
2. Warm
3. Gone
4. Finally
5. Summer
Challenge Words:
1. Fraction
2. Community
3. Opinion
4. Trait
5. Compare
Math: We will be beginning learning about fractions! This is chapter 6 in Math in Focus. This will be guiding us to adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions. The link below is a wonderful help if your child is struggling with fractions.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions-menu.html
Science: We will be beginning our unit on Plants. This will encompass how plants adapt in different enviornments and how plants grow and survive.
Character Development: Fairness
Cursive: Review all letters.
*Theme: General
:Love, friendship, Destruction, Heroism, Etc.
*Moral: Specific Lesson
:Don't judge a book by its cover, never give up, you never know until you try, other's do not define you, etc.
Summarizing Literary Text Strategy:
Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then, Finally
Summarizing Nonfiction Text Strategy:
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?
Writing in a Complete Sentence Strategy:
R = Restate the question
A - Answer the question
C = Cite the source/text
E = Explain your response
Writing: We are going to start writing narrative essays. We will begin by looking at the properties of narrative essays and disecting them in written stories before we begin writing our own. Our writing prompt this week is : Sally Left Her Project At Home.
Spelling Skill Unit : Homophones
Core Spelling Words :
1. Already
2. Warm
3. Gone
4. Finally
5. Summer
Challenge Words:
1. Fraction
2. Community
3. Opinion
4. Trait
5. Compare
Math: We will be beginning learning about fractions! This is chapter 6 in Math in Focus. This will be guiding us to adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions. The link below is a wonderful help if your child is struggling with fractions.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions-menu.html
Science: We will be beginning our unit on Plants. This will encompass how plants adapt in different enviornments and how plants grow and survive.
Character Development: Fairness
Cursive: Review all letters.