Language Arts:
Today was a busy day with double specials. We had P.E. and then music. After that we took our spelling pretest and discussed the different ways to spell the long i sound.
We reviewed our 5 new RIT words for the week. Be sure to review them at home as well.They are:
Tone- is the overall feeling or effect created by a writer's use of words. Example: serious, funny
Ballad- is a poem in verse that tells a story.
Point of View- is the position or angle from which the story is told.
Epic- is a long narrative poem that tells of the adventures of a hero.
Fable- is a short narrative that teaches a lesson. It usually includes animals that talk and act like people.
We also found some time to go over our new story vocabulary and listen to our story of the week which is The Astronaut and the Onion. Please make sure that you discuss the vocabulary when you read the story together at home. This will help with the Selection Assessment that we will take on Friday.
Homework/Reminders:
***Weekly Homework Packet is due on Friday.
***Study your new spelling list- Test Friday
***The book for the reading project should be finished by October 4th. Is your child reading this book each night?
***All assessments from last week were sent home today. Be sure to go over them together and return any assessments that require your signature. Thank you!
***Our basket donations are starting to come in already! Be looking for a notice tomorrow about what you can bring in.
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Math:
Today we worked on lesson 7.9 which dealt with comparing fractions and ordering them.
Homework:
***Math Box and Study Link 7.9
***Our Unit 7 test should be next Monday if everything goes as planned. We will work on a practice test prior to the actual test.
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Social Studies(Suddarth)
Today we continued working with maps and locating specific places on a map by using what we know about lines of latitude and longitude.
Until tomorrow...
