Dates to Remember
December
Christmas Activities~December 11-15
*Monday: Holly Jolly Headgear
*Tuesday: Pick a Side: Dress for Team Santa or Team Grinch
*Wednesday: Wear Your Favorite Holiday Outfit or Shirt
*Thursday: Tacky Holiday Spirit
*Friday: Polar Express Pajama Day
15th~Christmas Breakfast
19th~Early Dismissal
20th-January 3~Christmas Holidays
This Week in Language Arts
I will use this section to post what we are covering in class. I will give a brief description of the skills being covered for each subject. I will update my website at the end of each week or on Monday with all of the week's information. :)
Reading: For the next few weeks, we will be reading the book, Family Under the Bridge.
Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, Theme, Sequence, Making Inferences
Vocabulary Words:hobo, madame, monsieur, roguish, vendors, haughty, vagabond, wangle, teeming, pilgrimage, gnawing
Every story, students will have 5 Amazing Vocabulary. They will need to define the word, write a sentence with the word, give a synonym and antonym, and give the part of speech. They will do this in class using their Oxford Pocket Dictionary/Thesaurus. After 4 stories, we will have an Amazing Vocabulary test. They will be able to use all 4 sheets to help them with the test.
Amazing Words: No new words
Grammar- Past, Present, Future Verb Tenses
Spelling Skill- Suffixes -ment and -al/-ial
Upcoming Tests: (Dates are subject to change)
December 2
Vocabulary Quiz
December 7
Grammar Quiz
December 8
Spelling Test
