LANGUAGE ARTS

FOR THIS WEEK

Spelling – Phonics/Word Analysis:

• Spell words with the soft C and G sounds.

Click here to see a list of this week’s spelling words.

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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: 

prefix “multi-”

meaning: “many”

examples:  multicolored, multitask, multimedia

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

Grammar/English Instructional Focus:

• Identify and correctly use adjectives
• Spell and correctly use superlative and comparative adjectives
• 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!