I'm trying something new this week by posting the skills we will be covering in language arts in the next unit. Let me know your thoughts, and whether or not this information was helpful!
Reading: analyze story structure - We will be doing repeated readings of the story The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein by Johanna Hurwitz over the next two weeks. This is a humorous story about a young boy who invites everyone with the same name in the phonebook to his birthday party. We will be discussing the characters, the setting, and the plot in this story. Within our discussions about plot, we will talk about what happens at the beginning of the story, the middle, and the end, as well as talking about the conflict (or problem) in the story, and how the main character solves that problem. These are all elements that can be found in any short story, and can be practiced with any fictional story you might have at home.
Phonics/spelling : long a words - all spelling words for this unit have a long a sound (where the vowel a is saying it’s name). There are several spelling patterns that show whether or not the vowel is long or short. This unit’s words have the following patterns: cvce (consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e) like in the words pale and face; -ay, -ai, -ea digraphs (2 or more letters that combine to make one sound) like in clay, rail, or break. Have your child look for these patterns in each word, and sort the words according to the pattern.
Grammar: subject/predicate - for this unit, we will practice identifying the subject and predicate of a sentence. The subject is the “who or what” the sentence is about, and the predicate is the “action” of the sentence, and can be identified by the verb in most cases. We will also discuss simple subject and simple predicates. Check out the example below:
The dog chewed on her bone.
The subject of this sentence would be the dog and the predicate would be chewed on her bone. The simple subject is DOG, and the simple predicate is CHEWED. For more fun, check out this old School House Rock video clip!
Vocabulary: Our vocabulary words for this unit are curious, policy, ranged, temporary, several, and frequently. Students can review using Spelling City, their vocabulary packets, or the slide show posted on my blog.
Our assessments over this unit will be on Friday, September 16th.
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