Mrs. Lee's Literacy Lovers
- C. S. Lewis
Hello there, students and parents! I hope that you've had a few wonderful, relaxing weeks with friends and loved ones. It's almost time to get back into the swing of things, so I wanted to go ahead and tell you about our upcoming skills. We will go ahead and begin a new Wonders week the day that students return; however, we will not test on those skills until the following Thursday. So, for the next couple weeks, we will be concentrating on sequencing, summarizing, prefixes, and suffixes. Some of these skills we have utilized before, but this is the first time we will be taking an in-depth look at summarizing. I'm excited about some of our classroom activities, so I hope you guys will love them as much as I do!
If your child is in my language class, we will just be reviewing older skills for those first days back in class. On Monday, we will begin looking at linking verbs, predicate nouns, and predicate adjectives. Helpful Links Prefixes and Suffixes Sequencing Games (Build a Story) links Introduction to Summarizing Linking Verbs video #1 Linking Verbs Video #2 Predicate nouns and adjectives Before you go, please check out the Upcoming Events tab for important dates in January. Also, students will be taking the STAR Math and Reading assessments upon their arrival back to school. Please encourage them, as we do, to try their best. Also, please try to ensure that students are at school and on time. Thanks so much for all that you do, and thanks for visiting! :) ~ Mrs. Lee
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Well, it's almost here...Christmas break! I know the kids are so ready. Next week, we will take some time off from the Wonders series to complete a book study on The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! We will be taking some quizzes on the chapters of that book, so those will act as test grades for the week. We will also use the text to practice past skills such as theme, context clues, and sequencing.
If your child is in my language class, we will continue to discuss helping verbs, verb phrases, progressive tense verbs, and perfect tense verbs. The test on those will be Thursday. We will also have new spelling words, which are listed below. ****PLEASE READ!!!! We WILL be having an early dismissal on Friday, December 16th. Buses will dismiss at 10:30. This will begin Christmas break. Students will not return to school until Wednesday, January 4th. Spelling Words: unknown, prolong, incomplete, enlarge, outfield, outcry, untangle, incredible, outpost, enlist, superstar, outlaw, proclaim, unsightly, superhuman, independent, enrich, supermarket, outstanding, uncommon I hope that you all have a wonderful break full of good food, fellowship, and time with family and friends. Please do not forget the true reason that we celebrate. "For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 Merry Christmas, and thanks for visiting! ~ Mrs. Lee Hello, friends! Wow, we have only TWO WEEKS before Christmas break. This week will be our last week of Wonders before the break. Next week, we will take a week off to read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!
This week's blog post will look a little different. Our two main skills this week are the same as last week's skills: theme and context clues. Therefore, I won't be adding any new helpful links on those skills. Feel free to look back to last week's post and revisit those links. The only additional skill for reading this week will be the introduction of third person limited point of view. I found an AWESOME website with a very helpful video, which I will link below. If your child is in my language class, we will be studying the following: helping verbs, verb phrases, progressive tense verbs, and perfect tense verbs. Because there so much packed into this week, we WILL NOT be having a grammar test this upcoming Friday. We will take two weeks to thoroughly cover those skills. I'll include some links for extra practice below. Spelling Words: address, against, always, answer, because, believe, brought, children, cousin, doesn't, dollar, enough, guess, instead, people, receive, straight, until, usually, woman Vocabulary 1. dilemma—a difficult problem or choice to be made 2. feebly—done weakly 3. persistent—continues in spite of interference or opposition 4. recoiled—fell back suddenly in fear or shock 5. roused—woken up from sleep or rest 6. skewed—took an indirect route 7. summon—call upon something for a certain action 8. vastness—very large Helpful Links Third Person Limited Point of View Helping Verb Songs Progressive Tense verbs using Katy Perry - Wide Awake Perfect Tense Verb Review Verb Tense Jeopardy - VERY cool! As always, thanks for visiting! :) ~Mrs. Lee |
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