🔠 Spelling Words-
We will now be focusing on words with the silent e. A word spelled with a vowel, consonant, and final e usually has a long vowel sound. You can hear a long a in late, a long i in invite, and a long o in alone. The final e in these words is silent.
date
lake
skate
plane
grade
fine
life
rice
wise
smile
rose
globe
smoke
come
used
step
rock
luck
sneeze
stripe
white
📚 Vocabulary Words
Celebrate- do something special for an important event
Courage- bravery in a difficult situation
Disappointment- feeling of sadness because something is not as good as expected
Precious- very valuable to a person
Pride- a feeling of satisfaction in something you have done
Remind- make a person remember something
Symbols- a thing that represents ideas or objects
Traditions- things that have been done for a long time
📚 Reading
We are switching gears to learn more about realistic fiction and ponder the question, “What can traditions teach you about cultures? What traditions does your family celebrate? What special foods do you prepare? Are there songs, stories, holidays, or celebrations that are important to your family? How does your culture contribute to your community?
During our stories this week, we will look into character perspectives and character development through stories. One of the challenges students will face is to find the author’s purpose for writing these stories.
📚 Wonders Unit 1, Week 3: Wonders Unit 1 Week 3
🏠 Home Reading: 20 Minutes Every Day
Our expectation is that students read for a minimum of 20 minutes each day at home. Reading can look different for every child! Students may:
Read independently.
Read aloud to you.
Take turns reading with you.
Read to a sibling.
Read to a stuffed animal. 🧸
Even 20 minutes of reading each day can make a tremendous difference. Consistent reading helps students build vocabulary, strengthen comprehension, develop fluency, and become more confident readers. It also provides an opportunity for children to discover new ideas, explore different worlds, and develop a lifelong love of reading.
Thank you for supporting your child’s reading journey at home! ❤️
📝 Grammar Focus
This week in Grammar, we will be working with Subjects. Subjects are extremely important to add to sentences, as they tell us who the sentence is about. Students will add subjects to a sentence to complete it, as well as correct sentences so the sentence makes sense. We will also focus on adding subjects in our writing this week.
✍️ Writing Focus
This week in writing, we will continue to focus on writing about a time in our life that was difficult and how we overcame that. Students will also work on a creative writing piece, making sure to include subjects in their sentences while adding predicates along with it. We will continue to build our foundation of a 5-sentence paragraph.