Sunday, October 2, 2016

Language Arts 10/3-10/14

Reading:  determine cause & effect - We will be doing repeated readings of the story Wild Horses by Cris Peterson over the next two weeks.  This is an expository story about the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in South Dakota.  We will be discussing cause and effect in this story, and using evidence from the story to support our decisions.  You can practice this at home by asking your child questions such as "Cause:  You didn't tie your shoes...What is the effect?"  (Possible answer, "I tripped.")

Phonics/spelling :  r-controlled vowels /ar/ and /or/ - all spelling words for this unit are words with r-controlled vowels, or bossy r.   Have your child look for these patterns in each word, and sort the words according to the pattern.

Grammar: possessive nouns - for this unit, we will be discussing possessive nouns, or nouns that show ownership (example:  Kyle's dog, Alyssa's book).  These are easily confused with plural nouns and contractions, so we will work on distinguishing them from other types.

Vocabulary:  Our vocabulary words for this unit are descendants, sanctuary, threatened, fragile, habitat, and emerge.  Students can review using Spelling City, their vocabulary packets, or the slide show posted on my blog.

Writing:  We will be using writing packets for this unit to help develop ideas in our writing.  

Our assessments over this unit will be on Friday, October 14th.

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