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Week of February 24

Reading

Focus Skill: Nonfiction Features
We will be reading various Gail Gibbons books and identifying the features found in nonfiction text.  The vocabularywords for this week are: Headings (Titles/Subtitles/Topic Names), Maps, Photographs, Captions, Types of Print, Graphs, Cut-away, Comparisons, Labels, Diagrams, Table of Contents, Index, Glossary, Close-ups. 

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

The children will create a character sketch based on a picture set during the time of the Great Depression or Dust Bowl.

Language Skill

We will focus on possessive nouns this week.

Spelling

Unit 3 Lesson 4: suffix -ly; -y; -ment; -tion

This week's words are:  sandy, dirty, sunny, cloudy, tricky, lately, slightly, truly, exactly, constantly, placement, statement, government, agreement, enjoyment, action, operation, education, migration, celebration

When studying these words, please talk about the meanings of each word. 

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Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Read 20 minutes	Read 20 minutes Test on Nonfiction features and vocabulary	Read 20 minutes	Read 20 minutes Spelling Test	Read 20 minutes