LANGUAGE ARTS

FOR THIS WEEK

Phonics/Word Analysis:

• Correctly spell, write, and use words with vowel digraphs: ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, ow
• Click here for this week’s spelling words and dictation sentences.

Reading Instructional Focus:

• Distinguish one’s own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters
• Determine the implied central message or stated main idea of the text and explain how it is conveyed/supported through key details in the text
• Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
• Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story
• Use context clues in a sentence to understand the meaning of unknown words
• Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text

Grammar Instructional Focus:

• Identify and correct run-on sentences
• Combine shorter complete sentences using the conjunctions “and”, “but”, or “or” to create compound sentences
• Daily Oral Language – (D.O.L.)
  • A daily student-led class activity to strengthen proofreading skills and understanding when writing and speaking proper English.

GO BULLDOGS!