READING ASSIGNMENT SHEET: Lesson 28: 5/20/13-5/24/13

 

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ASSIGNMENT SHEET for READING/LANGUAGE ARTS/WRITING

 

LESSON 28

SPELLING LIST

 

1.     doable

2.     famous

3.     careless

4.     various

5.     endless

6.     reliable

7.     nervous

8.     useless

9.     flexible

10. washable

11.   helpless

12.    terrible

13.    valuable

14.   dangerous

15.   powerless

16.    suitable

17.    restlessly

18.   countless

19.   responsible

20.   remarkable

 

MONDAY

  1. Put Spelling words in A-B-C order Number words.
  2. Write Vocab. Words on front of index cards with the def. and a pict. to represent the word on the back.
  3. Practice Sheet 238

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 TUESDAY

  1. Practice sheet 239-240
  2. Grammar sheet 99

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WEDNESDAY

  1. Grammar sheet 100
  2. Answer questions for story on p. 371 of Storytown book; remember to write each question & answer in complete sentences.

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THURSDAY

  1. Grammar sheet 242-243
  2. Write a sentence for each Vocab. word. Remember to underline the Vocab. word.

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FRIDAY

  1. Weekly Reading & Spelling Tests
  2. Work on Study Island over the weekend.

 

 

VOCABULARY LIST

 

1.    humor

2.    abroad

3.    preparation

4.    gimmick

5.    sprinkled

6.    expand

7.    erupt

8.    thorough

9.    deliberation

10.grainy

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR PARENTS!!!

Be sure your child has this Rdg./Language Arts homework sheet in his/her Rdg. folder every day. Try  to listen to your child read ea. night, for at least 20 min. Ask questions about what was read to reinforce comprehension skills.

                  

This week we are working on Lesson 28 in our Storytown books.

 

Our focus skill for this week is “making predictions.” Good readers make predictions all of the time about characters & events. They think about what they already know about a topic or situation, as well as what they learn from reading the story in order to make predictions. Making & checking predictions helps readers keep track of what is happening in a story. We will also be reviewing “cause & effect” this week. Recall that the cause is what makes something happens & the effect is what happens as a result.

 

Our Grammar skill for this week is “contractions.” A contraction is two or more words shortened into one. When we make a contraction, we drop a letter or letters and use an apostrophe instead. Recall that a subject pronoun is a word that identifies the subject of a sentence, such as I, you, he, she, it, and they. (We have already studied subject pronouns.) A subject pronoun contraction, combines & shortens a subject pronoun & its verb- such as we’ve (we have), he’s (he is), etc.

 

We will also look at negative verb contractions & discuss double negatives. “Not” is a negative that means “no” or “none” and it is often used in contractions. Some examples of negative verb contractions are – haven’t (have not), can’t (cannot) & don’t (do not).

It is correct to write: I can’t have any pizza.

It is not correct to write: I can’t have no pizza. (This sentence contains a double negative which is incorrect grammar.)

 

Students will be reviewing homographs. These are words that are spelled/written the same but have different meanings & origins & are sometimes pronounced differently. There is information about homographs in the Reminders section of our website; scroll down the Reminders section until you locate homographs, homonyms, homophones.

Ex. The farmer will sow some seeds.

       The large sow cared for her baby piglets.

 

       Does your dog like to go outside?

       The does ran through the forest.