Spelling, Week of September 8, 2014

SPELLING LIST

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

(words with long a and e)

1. easy

2. grade

3. meet

4. late

5. seat

6. saved

7. pail

8. these

9. reach

10. name

11. leave

12. theme

13. scream

14. mystery

15. investigate

Spelling Packet Instructions

Spelling packets are assigned on Monday and due on Friday.  Students may self-pace themselves throughout the week in finishing their Spelling Packet.  The completed packet must include the three following tasks:

1. Write each word 5 time each

2. Place the words in ABC order (THIS IS A SEPARATE STEP FROM WRITING 5 TIMES)

3. Write each word in a separate sentence for a total of 15 sentences. (Please underline the spelling word in the sentence.  Sentences should have AT LEAST 6 words and proper punctuation.)

Packets are due Friday, 9/12/14

Fun Friday

Here is the Fun Friday list for the year.  There are still several dates open.  If you would like to fill one of the dates please e-mail me at nixp@duvalschools.org or write a note to me.

THANKS!!!

Date	Student’s name
8/22	Kaylin
9/5	Kaylin
9/12	Tyler
9/19	Ava
9/26
10/3	Alex
10/10	Kaylin
10/17	Ethan
10/31	Evan
11/7	Tyler
11/14	Kayle
11/21
12/5
12/12	Kayle
1/9	Paige
1/15
1/23	Tyler
1/30
2/6	Cainen
2/13	Paige
2/20
2/27	Gracie
3/6
3/13	Ava
3/27	Zion
4/10
4/17
4/24	Tyler
5/1
5/8	Gracie
5/15	Evan
5/22	Isabelle
5/29

Spelling, Week of 9/1/14

SPELLING LIST

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

(Words with short I, o and u sounds)

1. slip

2. fish

3. rocks

4. lunch

5. gift

6. thing

7. inch

8. pond

9. from

10. jump

11. frown

12. truck

13. smirk

14. socks

15. thump

Spelling Packet Instructions

Spelling packets are assigned on Monday and due on Friday.  Students may self-pace themselves throughout the week in finishing their Spelling Packet.  The completed packet must include the three following tasks:

1. Write each word 5 time each

2. Place the words in ABC order

3. Write each word in a separate sentence for a total of 15 sentences. (Please underline the spelling word in the sentence.  Sentences should have AT LEAST 6 words and proper punctuation.)

Packets are due Friday, 9/5/14

Looking Forward, Looking Back...

For the past two weeks we have been working with text features.  Text Features are the elements of non-fiction text that help the readers find information and better understand the non-fiction text.  Some examples we have studied are:

•        bold print
•       highlighted print
•       italicized print
•        headings
•        titles
•       photographs
•       illustrations
•       diagrams and labels
•       captions

Encourage your child to read non-fiction text at home such as textbooks, periodicals and newspapers.  Ask them to find examples of text features and for them to note how they are helpful to them as a reader.

Our next two weeks will be devoted to the introduction of character in literary works.  Analyzing a character in a story is an important skill within the Florida Standards.  When we analyze a character we think of how the speak, how they act, what they think, and how they treat others.  Character analysis goes much deeper than just the physical description of a character.

Another skill we will be focusing on is answering “text-dependent questions”.  Under the new standards, it isn’t enough to answer a question correctly.  The student must be able to cite evidence from the text to support their answer as well.  Over the next few weeks I will begin training students to answer text-dependent questions so they are better prepared for the spring assessments.