Hope you had a relaxing weekend!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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We will continue with testing for NWEA and DRA your child will bring the results with them, once they are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spelling: Long and short “i”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n insist, inflict, dismiss, inspire, visit, expire, alive, divide, surprise, private<\/p>\n\n\n\n Content words: constitution, balance, separation, branches, legislative, judicial, executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Language: Questions\/Strategies to ask\/use when reading .<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Central Message<\/strong> are the main elements that make up the text and that all the supporting details help to develop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Key details <\/strong>include words, phrases, illustrations that support the main idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Summarize <\/strong>is to identify the key ideas, details, or events in the text and give a brief statement of the main points of something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Theme<\/strong> is the central message, the lesson, or what the author wants you to come away with. There can be more than one theme in a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Characters respond to challenge<\/strong> is the way the characters react or respond to problems or challenges in a story or drama. In poetry, it would be the speaker <\/strong> and their reaction to a topic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Drama<\/strong> <\/strong>fictional story (play) meant to be acted out in front of an audience; comedy, tragedy, or drama (funny and serious); Just like a story only performed live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Poem <\/strong>a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form<\/p>\n\n\n\n (usually using lines and stanzas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Math: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Social Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lesson 2-How is our government organized?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n