LANGUAGE ARTS

FOR THIS WEEK

Spelling – Phonics/Word Analysis:

• NO NEW SPELLING/PHONICS PRACTICE THIS WEEK DUE TO:

  SHORT 3-DAY WEEK

  AND

  M.A.P. TEST PREP. & REVIEW

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Reading Instructional Focus:

• Apply reading and comprehension strategies
• Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea
• Compare and contrast various elements of text
• Describe cause-and-effect relationships
• Use morphology to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. 

This week: 

Latin root-:  vis

meaning: see

examples:  supervise, revise, visibility

We will have a morphology quiz on this skill on Friday.

Grammar/English Instructional Focus:

• Identify and correctly use adjectives and adverbs
• Correctly use singular and plural possessive nouns
• Write sentences with compound subjects and predicates
• Distinguish between to, too, and two
• Daily Oral Language – (D.O.L.)
  • A daily student-led class activity to strengthen proofreading skills and correct grammar rules when writing and speaking proper English.

GO BULLDOGS!