Welcome to our Language Arts page of our classroom website! This is where you can find what we are currently working on in class for the week. I will share this page out on Remind every Sunday so that you have access to the week's spelling words and reading strategies!
Friday's will be our testing day. We will take our spelling and reading test every Friday unless you are notified otherwise!
This week's story will be Me and Uncle Romie The story of the week will be used to introduce reading and grammar strategies that will be focused on.
Reading Strategies:
Context Cues, Author's Purpose
Grammar Strategy: Conjunctions
Friday's will be our testing day. We will take our spelling and reading test every Friday unless you are notified otherwise!
This week's story will be Me and Uncle Romie The story of the week will be used to introduce reading and grammar strategies that will be focused on.
Reading Strategies:
Context Cues, Author's Purpose
Grammar Strategy: Conjunctions
Spelling Words:
Suffixes: -y, -ish, - hood, -ment
1. rocky
2. foolish
3. rainy
4. childhood
5. selfish
6. treatment
7. movement
8. neighborhood
9. childish
10. parenthood
11. crunchy
12. bumpy
13. payment
14. sleepy
15. shipment
16. assignment*
7. livelihood*
18. stylish*
19. environment*
20. guilty*
*Challenge Words
This week's Vocabulary: Students will see the vocabulary words in their story for the week. Vocabulary words will be on our Friday reading tests. Students will need to be able to use the vocabulary words in the right context!
Vocabulary Words:
1. cardboard –a stiff material made out of layers of paper pulp pressed together, used to make cards, posters, boxes, and so on
2. feast – a big meal for a special occasion shared by a number of people
3. fierce- wild and frightening
4. flights – sets of stairs from one landing or one story of a building to the next
5. pitcher – a baseball player who throws the ball to the catcher
6. ruined – destroyed or spoiled something completely
7. stoops - porches or platforms at the entrance to a house
8. treasure – any person or thing that is loved or valued a great deal
As you know, this is a big year of testing. Students will be taking their ISTEP and IREAD tests for the very first time. I have added an ISTEP and IREAD practice site to our page for your student to access if they would like to practice a little early for these tests! Please see our math tab for practice on math ISTEP. Click on the pictures below to access practice for this year's ISTEP and IREAD testing!