Homework for Thursday, January 10, 2019

Post date: Jan 10, 2019 9:2:34 PM

Reading: Read on a nightly basis. Document the time spent reading, title of the book, and a parent signature Monday through Thursday.

Students will have a Red Riding Hood Reading Test and a Vocabulary Test on Monday, January 14, 2019.

Math: Module 4, Lessons 14 - 16 Quiz tomorrow

Spelling: Spelling test tomorrow over the Red Words father, part, and floor and Dictation Pages 1 and 2, ar, Green Word Pattern activities.

Spelling: Spelling Information for the Week of January 7, 2019 to January 11, 2019

Dear Parents,

Red Words: father, part, floor

Red Word Focus

The 4th Quarter Red Words for the week will be the words father, part, and floor. These words are non-decodable words and do not follow the rules of phonics. Please remember, each student must receive a 100 percent for two weeks in a row to receive a final grade for the Red Words father, part, and floor. Students will take a test over these Red Words on Friday, January 11, 2019.

Green Word Focus

RF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words

Our “Green Word” pattern/focus for the week will be ar as in star. Please practice all words as your child brings them home on dictation pages. Weekly spelling words will come from the dictation pages. Students will also be expected to apply this pattern to other words for a total of 10 or more ar pattern words on their Friday, January 11, 2019, spelling test.

Reading Focus

Our reading focus will be the genre, “Fairy Tales.” Students will identify the elements of fairy tales, recount stories to determine their central message, lesson, or moral, identify character traits, and learn to compare and contrast two versions of the same story. (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2, 2.9). We will begin reading the fairy tale, Red Riding Hood, retold and illustrated by James Marshall. Our writing focus will be opinion writing (CCSS. ELA-W2.1), and our grammar focus will be a review of nouns and an introduction to frequently occurring irregular nouns. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.B

Red Riding Hood Vocabulary

cottage - a small house

considerate - kindness, showing regard for another's feelings

custard - a type of dessert made of eggs, sugar, and milk

tarry - to remain, stay

chat - talk

escort - a single person accompanying another for protection or guidance

lurking - to hide or wait

bouquet - a bunch of flowers

distressed - misfortune, pain, suffering, stressed

On Friday, January 11, 2019, the spelling test will include the Red Words father, part, and floor and the Green Word Pattern ar as in star.

Thank you,

Mrs. Arp/Mrs. Dillion