Homework Week 1-27-20 to 1-31-20

Module 6 – Week2Study Guides will be sent home each week. Please review this with your child.

Reminders:

Each night Monday through Thursday: *Practice math facts (using triangle flashcards sent home, your own flash cards, or math website)*Log on to Sumdog.com (If able to log on to a computer)*Read 15-20 min*Review spelling, High Frequency Words – HFW, and power words with your child.

Mon.-Math Pages 125-126 Spelling/Vocab- Choose a box from the ELA menu to complete neatly in your notebookTues.-Math Pages 127-128 Spelling/Vocab- Choose a diff box from the ELA menu to complete neatly in your notebookWeds. -Math Pages 129-130 Spelling/Vocab- Choose a diff box from the ELA menu to complete neatly in your notebookThurs.-Math Pages 133-134 Spelling/Vocab- Choose a diff box from the ELA menu to complete neatly in your notebook

*Spelling test tomorrow

Spelling Words (know how to spell): cot, face, goal, gym, nice, page, plug, crash, gone, brag, city, trace, stamps, dishes, bells, dresses

HFW (know how to read): anything, gone, good, notice, now woman, change, children, since, page

Power Words (Understand what they mean):

Module 6 Week 2- Weather Wise Study Guide

Stories Read in ClassThe Story of Snow (Informational text)

Cloudette (Fantasy)Get Ready For Weather (Narrative Nonfiction)

Essential QuestionHow Does Weather Affect

Us?

Big Idea WordsClimate

PrecipitationTemperature

Power Wordsaverage advantagefront impressedgusts flashsupplies layervisible particlesdepends hoversdevelop joined

High Frequency Wordsanything gone

good notice

now woman

change children

since page

Spelling Wordscot facegoal gymnice pageplug crashgone tracebrag city

Review Wordstrace stampsdishes bells

SkillsC may have the /k/ sound- cot, cold C may have the /s/ sound- face, rice G may have the /g/ sound- goal, good G may have the /j/ sound- gym, gem

Prefix (tested skill)A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word to change its

meaning. Base word is the word that the prefix is added to.

Rewrite- re is the prefix and write is the base worddis- means not (dislike, disrespect)un- means not or reverse (unhappy, undo)re- means again (replay, redo)

Phonics Review*If a word has a silent e, drop the final e and then adding -ed or adding -ing (trace, traced, tracing)* If a word has a short vowel CVC pattern, (double the final consonant and then adding ed or ing (tag, tagged, tagging) *If a word ends in y, change the y to i before adding ed, but not for adding ing (try, tried, trying)

GrammarSubject- Verb Agreement (tested skill)

In a sentence that tells about now, singular subjects use a verb that ends in -s. The student sits in the classroom. In a sentence that tells about now, plural subjects use a verb without the -s. The students sit in the classroom.

In a sentence that tells about now, add -es to a verb that ends in -s, -sh, -ch, -tch, -z, or -x to match a singular subject. The trucks pass by. The truck passes by. Parents watch the game. A parent watches the game. The workers mix cement. The worker mixes cement.

Abbreviationa short way to write a word by taking out some of the letters and writing a period at the end. Abbreviations for proper nouns begin with a capital letter. (Mr. Mrs., Dec., Jan. Mon., Tues, St. Dr.)

Comprehension SkillsPoint of View(tested skill)First Person – the character tells the story – the character is the narrator(look for words like I, my, mine)Third Person- has an outside narrator (a character does not tell the story)

Make ConnectionsWhen you read find ways that the text is like things in your own life and other texts you have read.Text to Self- This reminds me of when….Text to Text- This book is like another book I read….Text to World- This is like something that happened in my community

Evaluate*Think about the author’s words as you read.*Then decide what is most important.

Text Features (tested skill)Informational texts often use different kinds of text features to help

readers find information.Caption- words that describe a picture.Heading- the title on a page or section of a textFact Box- is a feature with extra information about the topic

WritingPoem (tested skill)

Writing that may have rhyme, rhythm, or sensory words on separate lines

*Write in short lines in the text*Write one or two stanzas*Use rhyme words*Use words to help readers hear, see, smell taste, and touch