Mrs . Park

April 7- April 11

Genre: drama/myth

A made up Story

Explains why things are the way they are.

Has an important lesson or message

Essential question: What do myths help us understand?

Comprehension skill: theme

The theme of a story is the main message the author wants ti tel the reader.

To find the theme think about what the characters say and do.

Reading groups: The reading log is 25 points a day, not reading results in an F for the week

Math: geometry 2-D and 3 shapes and properties

Writing: opinion writing

Spelling Patterns: No spelling/ vocab study sheet Easter week.

Vocabulary strategies: paragraph clues

Idioms are words or phrases that have different meanings than the real meaning of the word

Use sentence clues to find the meaning of an idiom

Example: " fly toward the ball".

Important

Easter party notes went home a few days ago. If you have any questions please reach out. Report cards are coming home today, as well as certificates for perfect attendances and honor roll for the 9 weeks. We had a surprise PAX pizza party today because our ticket bucket was full, as well as our perfect attendance drawing, it was great week. Math note we played a math game to review the clock to you to reinforce this skill.

Spelling

lit

middle

little

bubble

set

outside

settle

replace

rip

follow

ripple

listen

pad

something.

paddle

Vocabulary

Invented-making or creating something new

money-the dollars and cents that you can use to buy things

prices-how much you have to pay to buy things

purchases-getting something by paying money

record-facts written down about something

system-a plan or set of rules for doing something

value-how much something is worth

worth-the cost of money to buy something

Open and closed syllables:

napkin open zebra sunny basket human frozen even trumpet puppet mitten baby pilot exit tiger token tennis secret pencil magnet lady solo

High Frequency words:

above, brother, follow, listen, who, something, soft, who's, song, month

consonant +le syllables

shuttle, able, tumble, rattle, eagle, sprinkle, handle, marble, simple, title, riddle, purple, cable, table, title, mental local, signal, final, bagel, hazel ,flannel, parcel cancel

Important Dates

April 16 Easter party @ 1:30

April 17- Easter break

April 25th- interims go home

Contact info

The best time to contact me would be during my planning period, between 2:10 and 2:40

I have lunch break from 11:20-11:50 every day.

You can always leave me a voicemail or email me at Chrissy.parks@sepanthers.org

My phone number at school is 740-774-2003

I will send a newsletter home each Friday