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Newsletter 5th Grade Language Arts 

October 13 - October 21

Ms. Krachun’s 5th grade ELA will complete Unit 1, Lesson 4A: Explaining Relationships in Scientific and Technical Texts this week.  Students are learning to explain the relationships or interactions between two or more events, ideas, or people in scientific and technical texts. We are also continuing to build our vocabulary. 

Writing- We will be drafting the letter to the editor and working on using and writing compound sentences (FANBOYS).

Spelling 

Autograph, biography, describe, description, descriptive, graphics, inscription, manuscript, paragraph, prescribe, scribble, seismograph, subscribe, transcribe, transcript

Vocabulary

Lesson  4A: Device, charged, demand, facilities, efficient  

Academic Vocabulary

Lesson 4A: relationship, scientific text, interaction, technical text

IMPORTANT NOTICES 

Check for Understanding Lesson 4A and Spelling test: Wednesday, Oct. 21

Spelling due Wednesday, Oct. 21

Quiz on Compound Sentences Friday, Oct.  16

Halloween Parade and Celebration- Fri, Oct. 30