Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It

This week's vocabulary:
collection - group of things gathered from many places and belonging together
enormous - very large, huge
realize - to understand something clearly
scattered - separated and going in different directions
shiny - giving off or reflecting a bright light
strain - to draw tightly, to stretch too much


Each week the students will write their words in "7-up" sentences.  This means they will use each word in a sentence and the sentence must be at least 7 words long or more. It is helpful for the students to write different types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative).


This week, as we begin the story "Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It", we will continue to study context clues.  We will also learn how a story is organized by a main idea and supporting details.  We will relate this to our writing during Writers Workshop.
Here are some websites to help you practice at home:
Main Idea/Details:
Main Idea Tutorial
What's The Big Idea?
Passage Practice

Context Clues:
Context Clues Practice Quiz
Readquarium Context Clue Practice

A Days Work

This Week's Vocabulary
excitement - a condition of strong lively feelings about something that you like
gardener - someone employed to take care of a garden or lawn
motioned - made a movement with the hand or head to signal someone to do something
sadness - unhappiness, sorrow
shivered - shook with cold, fear, or excitement
shocked - caused to feel horror, surprise, or disgust
slammed - threw or hit something with great force

Each week the students will write their words in "7-up" sentences.  This means they will use each word in a sentence and the sentence must be at least 7 words long or more. It is helpful for the students to write different types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative).


This week, as we begin the story "A Day's Work", we will study context clues.  We will also learn how to visualize what a character says/does to understand a character better.
Here are some websites to help you practice at home:


Context Clues:
Context Clue Activity 1
Context Clue Activity 2
Context Clues Activity 3

Visualizing A Character:
Visualizing Video

Penguin Chick

This Week's Vocabulary
flippers - broad flat body parts used for swimming
cuddles -  lies close and comfortable, curls up
frozen - hardened by cold, turned to ice
hatch - to come out of an egg
pecks - to strike with a beak
preen - to smooth and arrange feathers with beak
snuggles - lies close to, cuddles up


Each week the students will write their words in "7-up" sentences.  This means they will use each word in a sentence and the sentence must be at least 7 words long or more. It is helpful for the students to write different types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative).


This week, as we begin the story "Penguin Chick", we will study synonyms as a type of context clue.  We will also learn how non-fiction texts are organized by main ideas and details.  Students will learn how to identify the main idea and it's details.  
Here are some websites to help you practice at home:


Synonym Context Clues:
synonym context clue game
context clue game


Main Idea and Details:
main idea practice
main idea/details practice quiz

My Rows and Piles of Coins

This week's vocabulary words are:
arranged - to put things in order
bundles - things tied or wrapped together
dangerously -  not safely
errands - short trips to do something
excitedly - with strong, lively feelings
steady - firmly fixed
unwrapped - opened
wobbled - moved unsteadily from side to side


Each week the students will write their words in "7-up" sentences.  This means they will use each word in a sentence and the sentence must be at least 7 words long or more. It is helpful for the students to write different types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative).


For the story "My Rows and Piles Of Coins" we are learning about prefixes and suffixes and how to analyze what a character says and does to figure out what a character is like.
Here are some websites that can help you practice at home:


Prefix and Suffix Practice
Grammar Adventure (Prefix and Suffix)
Prefix and Suffix Smart Tutor
Readquarium


Character Traits Practice
Character Traits Tutorial