Literacy News: April 11-15
Word wall words:
1. gross
2. quiet
3.quit
4. answer
5. decided
The test will be on Friday. The Language skill we will be testing is prefixes and suffixes. Students will be identifying these words in the sentences. They should also follow the language rules taught so far.
READING GOALS:
We will be reading two very interesting texts related to the Science unit on Protecting the Earth. These are non-fiction readings, and our focus will be on summarizing by giving the main idea and supporting details.
LANGUAGE GOALS:
This week student will learn about suffixes. They will identify words with suffixed and learn how they change the meanings of the root words.
WRITING:
Students will start working on a personal narrative. This is going to be an assessment of the 6 traits of writing. They will be expected to write a narrative that shows appropriate: VOICE, ORGANIZATION, IDEAS, SENTENCE FLUENCY, CONVENTIONS, and WORD CHOICE.
NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Progress reports for the 4th quarter go out this Friday, April 15. Please check folders.
2. We wish everybody a happy Easter break! We come back to school on the 26th. Enjoy!!
Thank you,
Mrs Paredes
