GRAMMAR
– Add -er to adjectives to compare two persons, places, or things and add -est to adjectives to compare three of more persons, places, or things.
– Proofread for comparative and superlative forms
– Use more with long adjectives to compare two things, and use most with long adjectives to compare three or more things.
– Proofread sentences for comparisons with more and most.
READING
Because of Winn-Dixie – A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America’s beloved storyteller. One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie. Featuring a new cover illustration by E. B. Lewis and an excerpt of Kate DiCamillo’s newest novel, Raymie Nightingale.
We’re staring a new class novel! YIPPEE! We’ll be covering about 5 chapters per week and then completing a quiz following.
Some of the objectives that we will be covering while reading are:
- Offer observations, make connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in response to text
- Identify and discuss book themes, characters, plots, and settings
- Connect their experiences with those of the author and/or with characters from the books
- Support predictions, interpretations, conclusions, etc. with examples from text
- Practice key reading skills and strategies (cause-and-effect, problem/solution, compare-and-contrast, summarizing, etc.)
- Monitor their own comprehension
WRITING
Share why it is important to have your own opinion.
Review our work using a rubric
Share our opinion of a simple topic
Write their opinion of a simple topic
Write and share their opinions about a specific topic
VOCABULARY
Study VOCABULARY words for test on Friday. (See attached CLICK HERE)
NUMERACY Students will be learning to recognize fractions. They will know how to read a division questions and represent fraction through pictures and written fractions.
SCIENCE Students will finish their in class project on adaptation. This involves them researching an environment and creating a fictional animal that can adapt and survive in that chosen environment. DUE: THURSDAY (4b) FRIDAY (4a)
HOMEWORK
Tuesday
GRAMMAR: Workbook Plus page 65
NUMERACY: Mathletics Multiplication (groupings) review
Wednesday
GRAMMAR: Workbook Plus page 67
NUMERACY: Mathletics Multiplication (groupings) review
Thursday
NUMERACY: Mathletics Multiplication (groupings) review
Bible Verse!
So do not hear, for I am with you; Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. ISAIAH 41:10