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Our realistic fiction story, Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble, is about a hero and a helper. We’ll meet Mr. Tanen, a school principal who uses his tie collection to help his school. Students will explore the question “When might a character need help solving a problem?”

**Please encourage your child to remember to bring home their reading textbook and Library book each weeknight.

Language Arts Assessment Calendar

|Monday 4/10 |Tuesday 4/11 |Wednesday 4/12 |Thursday 4/13 |Friday 4/14 |

| | | | |No School Easter Break |

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| | | |2 Hour Early Release | |

|Monday 4/17 |Tuesday 4/18 |Wednesday 4/19 |Thursday 4/20 |Friday 4/21 |

|No School Easter Break | |Blind Reading |Written Spelling Test |Sight Word Flash |

| | |Test | |& Vocabulary Definitions |

| | |Phonics Test | |Test |

|Monday 4/24 |Tuesday 4/25 |Wednesday 4/26 |Thursday 4/27 |Friday 4/28 |

| | |Subject/Verb Agreement |Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble Reading |Special Project |

| | |& Parts of Speech Test |Comprehension | |

| | | |Test | |

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Grammar:

We will begin to study subject/verb agreement. Students need to know that verbs are action words. We will continue to review all types of nouns. So students should be able to identify and use pronouns, nouns and proper nouns as well as singular and plural nouns as they create sentences. They will need to know that a noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, or thing. Proper nouns are the special names of people, animals, places, days, months, or holidays. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter. Pronouns are used to replace nouns. As well, students will continue to work on identifying and creating complete statement, command, exclamatory, and question sentences. They should be able to name the subject and predicate of a sentence. They should also know the 3 rules for writing complete sentences. (SOL 2.13).

~TEST Tuesday 4/25

Reading: Our Reading Comprehension skill will be story structure: tell the setting, character, and plot in a story (SOL 2.8 & 2.9) and the target strategy is infer/predict: use clues

to figure out more about the story parts (SOL 2.8 & 2.9).

~TEST Thursday 4/27

** Read Story each night**

Vocabulary: Please notice our Vocabulary and High-Frequency Words on the back of the newsletter.

~Sight Word & Definitions TEST Wednesday 4/21

**Review words & definitions each night.**

Vocabulary strategy is identifying and using parts of speech to understand word meaning/usage: singular noun, plural noun, pronoun, proper noun and verb (SOL 2.13)

~TEST Thursday 4/26

Spelling: Our Spelling/Phonics instruction will focus on r- controlled vowel patterns: er, ur, ir (SOL 2.5)

~Phonics Test Wednesday 4/19

~Written Spelling TEST Thursday 4/20

**Study Spelling Words & Sentences each night**

Spelling Words

(R- Controlled Vowels: ir/er/ur)

1. cover 7. hurt REVIEW: Challenge:

2. germ 8. curl 13. ever swirling

3. fern 9. squirm 14. stir churches

4. cracker 10. shirt

5. nurse 11. bird

6. burn 12. girl

Sentence Dictation:

1. My pet is hurt!

2. Did the girl turn in her homework?

3. The silk shirt was too tight for the king.

Vocabulary Words and Definitions:

staring: looking hard at something

disappointed: filled with a sad feeling

repeated: did something again

received: got, was given

fund: an amount of money saved for a special

purpose

account: something people keep their money in

at the bank

chuckled: laughed gently

budget: a list of ways you plan to spend money

*Students will need to be able to read vocabulary & high-frequency words on sight.

High-Frequency Words:

also look

fly river

gone said

have saw

something horse

Accelerated Reader News

The overall goal of this program is to engage children in good literature that develops reading fluency,

an avid reader, and a lifelong love of reading.

Please remind your child to bring their library book to school each day.

Fifth 6 weeks AR Goal: 25 points- Friday, April 28th.

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