Week of December 3rd

Important Dates:

December 3rd-15th-Giving Tree

December 19th-Spirit Wear/Fresh Fruit Wednesday

December 20th & 21st-Early Release

December 24th-January 4-No School/Holiday Break

Grammar: We will be learning about singular possessive nouns. A noun names a person, place, thing, idea, quality or action. A possessive noun shows ownership by adding an apostrophe, an “s,” or both (e.g. the bicycle is Sue’s, not Mark’s). Possessive nouns can be either singular or plural.

Spelling: We will be working on words that open and closed syllables. An open syllable occurs when a vowel is at the end of the syllable, resulting in the long vowel sound, e.g. pa/per, e/ven, o/pen, go & we. ... Whereas a closed syllable occurs when a syllable ends with a consonant, resulting in a short vowel sound, e.g., cat, sit, got & wet. You can practice at home by giving your student phrases and sentences to practice. You say the sentence, have the student repeat, then pound their hand for each word they hear as they repeat with you again, then have them write. Check for capital at the beginning of the sentence, stretch the words, space the words, and punctuation at the end. Green Words: banjo, raven, omit, bison, hotel, humid, tempo, mango, evil, iris, student, jumbo, potent, basic, bogus. Red Words: give, walk, them, know, once

Reading: We will continue to focus this week on poetic devices. Onomatopoeia is the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe. Example: “crack” or “whir”. Simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ). Repetition is repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas. Stanzas are groups of lines that are together. Personification in poetry can show inanimate objects taking on human characteristics, making them seem more relatable, and often funny.

Writing: This 9 weeks we will focus of informational writing. Informational writing is a type of nonfiction writing that conveys information about something, which means it is factual. Many examples of informational writing can be found in newspapers, almanacs, and reference books. Informational text is often organized so the reader can easily and quickly find information. This week will be working on an informational writing and the students will be choosing an animal to research and then write about.

Math: We will be focusing on measurement word problems. Measurement using non-standard units is used to reinforce concepts and provide building blocks to understanding the use of standard measurement units. Both the customary and metric systems are covered.

Science: This week will continue learning about Force of Motion. Force can be defined as a push or a pull that changes or tends to change the state of rest or uniform motion of an object or changes the direction or shape of an object. It causes objects to accelerate or add to their overall pressure. In

simple terms, it is a push or a pull on an object that takes place when two objects interact. It is the

basic cause of motion from rest. The students will work in groups to create an arcade game that includes a push and a pull, motion, and force.