English Language Arts

Week of 12/15/25

Reading:

We will continue our book study of The Wild Robot. As we read together in class, students will participate in a variety of vocabulary activities and comprehension tasks—such as predicting, visualizing, making connections, asking questions, retelling, identifying figurative language, identifying setting, and inferring character traits—to help them better understand the story and strengthen their reading skills.
We will start Module 5 in HMH into Reading after Winter Break.

Writing:

Students will continue to share their final draft of their story with the class!

ELA IXL Assignments

2 Assignments:
- BB.1 Read animal fantasy
- GGG.4 Capitalization: review

Due Date: Friday, December 19th by 8:00 AM

At Home Independent Reading

Please have your child read for at least 15-20 minutes daily.
Please note: 400 minutes of reading each month is required to earn a Pizza Hut and Nothing Bundt Cake coupon.
A reading log for December was sent home. Please ensure that you fill it out daily.
Please note: Reading log is 30 points of your child's reading grade.
The December reading log is due on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.

Please note: Spelling test will be on January 9, 2026.

Long o Patterns (o, oa, ow)

most
both
soap
oat
loan
goat
loan
goat
loaf
roast
flow
own
know
throw
yellow
below
follow
window

Challenge Words:

ocean
swallow

admire (v) - When you admire someone, you like and respect that person.

inspire (v) - When people inspire you, they give you new ideas.

pioneer (v) - When you pioneer something, you are the first person to do it.

tangle (n) - A tangle is something that is twisted in a messy way.

creaking (n) - A creaking is a sharp, squeaking sound made when something moves.

straining (v) - If someone or something is straining, that person or thing is working hard to do something.

glinted (v) - If something glinted, it made a quick flash of light.

affection (n) - An affection for something is a strong liking for it.

assured (v) - If you assured someone, you promised something would happen.

exactly (adv) - When things are exactly alike, they are the same in every way.

precise (adj) - Something that is precise is exact and correct.

peered (v) - If you peered, you looked closely.

respond (v) - When you respond, you answer in some way.

intent (adj) - Someone who is intent is set on doing something.

contraption (n) - A contraption is an object that looks strange and hard to use.

replica (n) - A replica is an exact copy of something.

Module 5: Lead the Way

The key concepts that tie this module together are: admire, inspire, and pioneer. Our discussions in class will circle back to these words throughout Module 5.

In Module 5, our class will be learning about the qualities that good leaders have. We will read about famous leaders in history, children who are leaders in their community, and opinions about what it takes to be a great leader. Children will also write a personal essay about what makes them unique.

Week 1

Texts of the Week: