Mrs. Siders

Nov. 10-14

UNIT 3 WEEK 1

Genre Study 1

We are starting to learn about animal adaptations!!!

Genre: Expository Text

  • gives facts and information about a topic

  • text features: headings, key words, charts

Essential Question:

What do we know about Earth and its neighbors?

Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes

  • A suffix is a word part added to the end of a word

  • Adding a suffix changes the meaning of the root word

  • Examples :

    • -y means " full of"

    • - ly means " in a certain way"

Vocabulary Words:

We will have a vocabulary test over the attached words on Thursday, Nov. 20th.

We practice them often in the classroom, but it helps greatly if they can read the words and definitions as well.

  1. amount - how much of something there is

  2. astronomy - the study of the stars and planets

  3. globe - the world

  4. solar system - Earth and the planets that move around the sun

  5. support - to provide what someone or something needs

  6. surface - the outside of something

  7. temperature - tells how much hot or cold something is

  8. warmth - heat

Spelling Words:

There will be a spelling test on Friday, Nov. 14th. The words are listed on the back of the newsletter.

  1. whirl

  2. third

  3. girls

  4. firm

  5. fern

  6. herds

  7. stern

  8. serve

  9. hurt

  10. nurse

  11. turns

  12. learn

  13. pearl

  14. word

  15. world

Comprehension Skill: Point of View

  • The point of view of a poem is the narrator's thoughts about events or characters

  • Look for details that show the narrator's thoughts

  • Ask yourself, " How does my point of view compare to the narrator's?

Homework

Homework will be sent home on Monday, Nov. 11th. Please be sure that your child read it once each night and bring it back each day. They receive a grade for this, and it helps them to stay on track with their reading.

How to contact Mrs. Siders

Phone- (740) 774-2003

Email- carrie.siders@sepanthers.org

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