This week in Language Arts

Week of November 18

Reading

Focus Skill: Finding Evidence

We will continue our Folktale unit with a focus on Fairy Tales. We will identify what makes a story a fairy tale. We will read several fairy tales this week.  The vocabulary words for this week are; enchanted, magic(al), villain, royal, peasant, kingdom, subjects, palace.   The children will create a fairy tale character in class.  We will be making stone soup on Tuesday. I will send information about what is needed tomorrow.

AR Logs and Reading Logs:

Please have your child fill out the reading log each night after they have read 20 minutes. Parents need to sign and date the reading log each day.

Writing

We're using our Writer’s Notebook to create personal narratives. We will be learning how to edit as we write.

Language Skill

We will continue learning about pronouns.

Spelling

Unit 2 Lesson 3: Rule: Digraph - ue, Long vowel (u) , digraph - ew, Long vowel (u), irregular plurals

This week's words are: Andrew, nephew, blew, Lewis, few, mildew, outgrew, dew, blue, value, statue, rescue, clue, due, argue, fish, teeth, deer, oxen, feet. The test will be on Thursday.

When studying these words, please talk about the meanings of each word and the spelling rule used.  There is a PowerPoint on my website to help with the rules.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Read 20 minutes Read Lon Po Po Cut out vocabulary cards	Read 20 minutes	Read 20 minutes	Read 20 minutes Spelling Test	Read 20 minutes  Fairy Tales Test Pajama Day