FUNDATIONS SKILLS UNIT TWO:

Suffixes: -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -able, -ive, -en, -er, -est, -ish, -y-, 

Forming plurals using -s and -es

-ed can make the sounds: /ed/ /d/ /t/

1-1-1 Spelling Rule (doubling a consonant when adding a vowel suffix)

Sample Words: stranger, tallest, shipped, shipment

Sound-Alike Words: son, sun; some, sum; banned, band; guest, guessed; missed, mist

Nonfiction Text Features

Nonfiction Text Structures

What's the Point? (Finding the Main Idea)

Boxes and Bullets Summarizing Strategy

Author's Purpose

GRAMMAR SKILLS:

• Singular and Plural Nouns

• Irregular Plural Nouns

• Possessive Nouns

• Sentence dictations will continue to include grammar and spelling words

• Homework: Students will be writing sentences that include grammar rules and spelling words

• Proofreading Marks

• Nonfiction Expert Books

• Generating ideas about topics we know a lot about

• Text Features (Table of Contents, Diagrams, Bold Words, Glossaries, etc.)

• Text Structures (Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Sequencing, Problem and Solution, and Description)

Multiplication Flashcards (2's, 3's, 4's, and 5's)

Repeated Addition

Area Models (Arrays)

Commutative Property of Multiplication

Multiply 0 and 1

Function Tables

Solve Unknown Factors

What is Static Electricity?

What are the Elements of an Atom (Proton, Electron, Neutron)?

Can You Make Pepper Dance?

What is Magnetism?

What Happens When Positive and Negative Charges Come Together?

What Are Electrical Circuits (Open and Closed)?