Mrs. Siders

Dec. 8-12th, 2025

Genre: Folktale

  • short story passed down from parents to children in a culture

  • usually has a message or teaches a lesson

Essential Question:

What makes different animals unique?

Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms

  • Synonyms are words that have the same meaning

  • Sometimes synonyms are context clues for words you don't know

  • Example : "grew" and "expanded?"

Vocabulary Words:

We will have a vocabulary test over the attached words on Thursday, Dec. 11th. Please study at home. We practice them often in the classroom, but it helps greatly if they can read the words and definitions as well.

  1. disbelief - to lack belief about something

  2. dismay - to feel shock and surprise

  3. fabulous - amazing

  4. features - things that are not noticeable about something

  5. offered - presented with something that you can accept or turn down

  6. splendid - very beautiful or magnificent

  7. unique - the only one of its kind

  8. watchful - to be watching carefully

Spelling Words:

There will be a spelling test on Friday, Dec. 12th. The words are listed on the back of the newsletter.

  1. misprint

  2. misread

  3. mistrust

  4. misspell

  5. mistreat

  6. precut

  7. preview

  8. prepaid

  9. preplan

  10. preheat

  11. distrust

  12. discount

  13. dishonest

  14. discover

  15. disable

Comprehension Skill: Problem and Solution

  • A problem is something that needs to change or be solved

  • The solution is how the characters fix the problem

  • The characters take a sequence of steps or actions that lead them to solving the problem

Homework

Homework will be sent home on Mon, Dec. 8th. 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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