Reading+and+Writing

__ Week of 5-23 __ – Spring spelling words: spring, vacation, adventure, sightseeing, tourist, beach, traveling, swimming, breeze, umbrella, blossom, gardening, rainbow, recycle, and converse

__Week of 5-16__ - Spelling words: words to persuade – please, allow, persuade, convince, agree, reason, prove, instead, another, opportunity, really, appreciate, promise, encourage, think

We will be reading the selection __Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip__. Students will be tested at the end of the selection. __Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip__ Vocabulary bustling – full of activity; busy custom – a tradition; a way of doing something that many people follow foreigners – people who come from another country or place passport – a government document that allows a person to travel in foreign countries. sightseeing – visiting interesting places;touring skyscrapers – very tall buildings vendor – someone who sells something __week of 5-2:__ This week students will be working on Response to Literature. The spelling words for the week are adverbs. Common words: carefully, loudly, safely, slowly, quickly, A List: exactly, narrowly, rapidly, perfectly, intently, actually, patiently, brilliantly, accidentally, marvelously, B List: bravely, neatly, lovely, hardly, quietly, joyfully, angrily, friendly, finally, terribly

__ week of 4-26 __ This week students will be reading __Two Days in May__. They will be tested at the end of the selection. The spelling pattern this week is Double Vowels - there is only one list this week.

// Spelling – quiet, journey, violin, movie, museum, theater, trail, ideas, bought, language, steal, young, daily, reach, teacher //

//__ Vocabulary for Two Days in May- __// __ appreciate __ - to enjoy and understand __ grazing - __ eating growing plants __ population __ - relating to the number of people or animals living in a certain place __ starve __ - to suffer or die from not having enough food __ surrounding __ - on all sides of  __ territory __ - an area of land __wander__ - to move from place to place without reason **Cereal Box book reports are due this week. Last day to turn in is Friay, April 29th.

__ week of 4-18 __ This week students will be reading Nights of the Pufflings by Bruce McMillan. They will be tested at the end of the selection. Spelling resumes this week with Double consonants. //Common Words: happen, beginning, excellent, arrive, collect, A List: unless connection, different, possible, puzzle, tomorrow, difference, narrator, happiest, effect, B List: really, million, effort, dollar, correct, matter, puppet, coffee, office, grill// See agenda for exact homework assingnment. __Nights of the Pufflings__ Vocabulary: ashore - on or to the shore (from the water) burrows - holes or tunnels dug in the ground by small animals instinctively - acting on an inner feeling, doing without thinking launching - throwing; sending forcefully upward stranded - left in a helpless or difficult position uninhabited - having no people living there venture - to set out to do something though it might be dangerous

__ week of 4-11-11 __ There will be no spelling words or vocabulary this week due to FCAT testing. Homework will be to work on the Cereal Box Book Report. See the Documents page and Cereal Box Report page for more information. Your child will bring home an informational sheet as well as a grading rubric for the report. Cereal Boxes are due April 29th.

__ week of 4-4-11 __ No Spelling this week This is our last week of FCAT vocabulary words. We will be reviewing different terms associated with fiction and nonfiction text, as well as referencing terms. FCAT testing begins April 11th.

1. Atlas – book of maps 2. Dictionary – check spelling or meaning of a word 3. Encyclopedia – look for information about a topic 4. Newspaper – look for current events || **__ Folktale / Legend __**
 * **__ Fiction __**
 * 1) Characters
 * 2) Setting
 * 3) Problems
 * 4) Events
 * 5) Written to Entertain ||  **__ Non Fiction __**
 * 6) facts and information
 * 7) captions, maps, real photos
 * 8) explains
 * 9) real photos
 * 10) written to inform or explain ||
 * **__ Autobiography __**
 * 1) True story someone writes about their life
 * 2) Author uses words such as I, me, we, my, mine, or our
 * 3) May include a timeline ||  **__ Biography __**
 * 4) True story about a person’s life
 * 5) Author uses words like he, she, him, her, or they
 * 6) May include a timeline ||
 * **__ Poetry __**
 * 1) Tells ideas in a special way using rhyme or word patterns
 * 2) Uses similes or metaphors to make comparisons ||  **__ Drama __**
 * 3) Play
 * 4) May include Setting
 * 5) Narrator keeps story moving along ||
 * **__ Reference Words __**
 * 1) Story retold many times
 * 2) Different versions of story, but all have common theme
 * 3) Used to teach a lesson
 * 4) Things usually happen in threes (3 little pigs, 3 bears) ||

__ week of 3-21-11 __ No Spelling this week

For the next two weeks, we will be using vocabulary words that might be found on the FCAT. Please help your child learn the definitions for each word. We’ll test at the end of each week. Students will need to be able to match the word with its definition.

**Distinguish or Contrast** – to tell the difference between two or more things **Conclusion –** result or outcome **Recognize** – pay attention to or notice **Interpreting –** to explain or tell the meaning of **Sequence** – the order of things **Composition –** a piece of writing **Recall –** to remember **Author’s Purpose** – tell reason why an author wrote something **Compare –** tell how things are alike or similar

__ week of 3-14-11 __ No Spelling this week.

For the next three weeks, we will be using vocabulary words that might be found on the FCAT. Please help your child learn the definitions for each word. We’ll test at the end of each week. Students will need to be able to match the word with its definition.

**Inform** – to make known **Explain** – to give a reason **Section** or **Passage** – a portion or part of something written **Final** – being the last in a series **Paragraph** – written composition that consists of sentences relating to one point **Details** – to describe something **Provided** – given or make available **Resolved** – to solve or find an answer **Conflict** – a fight or problem

__ week of 3-7-11 __ __Spelling__ words for the week are the days of the week and months of the year; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, January, February, March, April, July, August, September, October, November, December We will begin Poetry this week. Poetry test will be given after poetry section is completed. __ Vocabulary __ (Poetry) Similes: comparing two unlike things using like or as. Metaphor: comparing two unlike things without using like or as Alliteration: words that begin with the same sound Personification: making things like a person Idiom: a group of words that when used together have a special meaning

__Writing__: students will begin Procedural Writing