English Language Arts: May 1-13

Instructions

Day 23:

Show your child the /âr/ sound spelling card and tell them that this sound can be spelled air as in chair, are as in care, and ear as in wear Have your child practice connecting the letters air, are, and ear to the /âr/ They can say the sound as you write the letters. Repeat 5 times for each /âr/ spelling.

• Complete p. 319. Answers are:

  • stairs

  • hair

  • scare

  • wear

Day 24:

Have your child practice recognizing and reading the following words today: favorite, few, gone, surprise, wonder, young. Say each word and create a sentence for your child containing the word. Spell the word with your child, out loud. Then “write” the word in the air as you say each letter. Have your child create a sentence containing the word. Repeat for each of the 6 words.

• Complete p. 320. Answers are:

  • favorite

  • young

  • surprise

  • few

  • wonder

  • gone

Day 25:

Tell children that authors usually write a nonfiction selection because they want to give information about something. Have your child read the practice book “Favorite Days” (attached to this packet) As they read, encourage them to look for clues to figure out the author’s purpose. An author’s purpose is the reason why an author writes a selection. Then have your child complete the author’s purpose worksheet (attached to this packet).

• Complete p. 325. Answers are:

  • Tell about New Year’s Day

  • Tell about Father’s Day

  • Answers will vary, ex: To tell about special days throughout the year.

• Once finished, you can have your child reread “Favorite Days” and time them for one minute. Keep track of their errors (words they didn’t know how to read) and make a mark on the last word that was read. Count their words. You can add this “score” to the bottom of page 325, if you’d like.

Day 26:

Have your child practice tracing and then writing the spelling words 2 times each and then put the words in ABC order (attached to this packet). Challenge your child to think of additional words that contain the /âr/ spelling pairs.

• Complete spelling words worksheets p. 1-2.

Day 27:

Write and read aloud hairy and burning. Point out that there is an r- controlled vowel in each word. Then say the words, clapping for each syllable. Have your child repeat. Draw a line between the syllables: hair/y; burn/ing. Explain that when a vowel spelling is followed by the letter r, the vowel and the r will be in the same syllable. Write the following words: fairly, target, barely, repair. Help children divide each word into syllables, read the words, and then use each word in a sentence.

• Complete p. 328. Answers are:

  • tur/key roc/key

  • rab/bit mar/ket

  • per/fect pen/cil

  • fro/zen for/ty

  • thir/teen tic/ket

Day 28:

Tell children that a metaphor is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another. It helps readers picture what something looks, sounds, or feels like. Unlike a simile, it does not use the words like or as.

• Complete p. 326. Answers are:

  • Both have a lot of colors

  • Both are fluffy

  • Both have heat inside

  • drum

Day 29:

Tell your child that informational text sometimes includes a map—a picture that shows where places are found. A map sometimes has a title that tells about the map and a key that shows what the symbols on the map stand for.

• Complete p. 329. Answers are:

  • 9

  • 1

  • Main Street

  • Third Ave.

Day 30:

Tell your child that an adverb is a word that tells more about a verb in a sentence. Many verbs end in -ly. Write the following sentences and ask your child to identify the adverbs that tell how something is done:

• The teacher spoke softly.

• She asked the children to neatly hang up their coats.

• The children quietly put their things away

  • Complete p. 147. Answers are:

    • splashed, happily

    • jumped, quickly

    • sang, joyfully

    • called, loudly

    • walked, slowly

Day 31:

Tell your child that they are going to practice looking for the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text. Have them read the story “All About Peanuts” and answer the three questions.

• Complete p. 169.

• Answers will vary.