- This week we have lessons for only 4 days, we had no school Monday 5/25 because of Memorial Day.
- New articles (only 4) have been posted for writing this week.
- We will continue reviewing science and social studies topics, with a focus on health and safety.
- Teachers will be bagging up student property at school this week. An announcement will be made later this week about times parents can come pick up the items the week of June 1.
- The last day to submit assignments for a grade will be June 7 at 11:59 p.m.
- The last official week of school June 8-11. No new work will be posted that week. I am planning to only share student work, some fun end of the year activities, and ideas for helping parents prevent learning loss over the summer.
Spelling
Practice the spelling pattern throughout the week as usual. Have a parent or sibling give your child a spelling test at the end of the week.
This week we have a new spelling pattern, ER and EST endings :
Spelling words: small, smaller, smallest, big, bigger, biggest, , quick, quicker, quickest
Bonus words: lucky, luckier, luckiest
Rule: We can add ER or EST to the end of a short (one syllable word) when comparing things using an adjective (such as tall).
- Add ER to compare two things: he is taller than his sister.
- Add EST to compare three or more: Ms. Roe is the tallest person in our class.
Spelling Notes:
- small, smaller, smallest– remind your child that small ends with a double l.
- big, bigger, biggest– when a short vowel word ends with a single consonant (like the word big) we double the final consonant letter before adding ER or EST to keep the vowel sound short. Think of how bigger rhymes with digger, and biger would rhyme with tiger.
- quick, quicker, quickest– these words may be tricky! We often say that the q makes the /kw/ sound like in queen, but in English words q must be followed by a u. Quick also ends with the digraph CK which makes a single /k/ sound.
- lucky, luckier, luckiest– when a word ends with Y you must change the Y to an I before adding ER and EST. Lucky also contains the CK digraph which makes the single /k/ sound.
Reading
Every child should be reading at least 40 minutes per day. This can be a combination of reading on Raz Kids to complete the required quizzes, reading on Epic, or any additional reading your child may do.
Raz Kids
Levels A-J should read and complete at least 2 quizzes on Raz Kids every day (10 per week).
Levels J-Z should read and complete at least one quiz on Raz Kids every day (5 per week).
If you are not sure of your child’s level please let me know.
I will be able to see your child’s quiz scores each time they take a quiz, so they should read carefully and look back in the book to check their answers! If they are having trouble I will email you to check in.
Math
This is the last week to complete work from Module 5. This was a short Module with only 13 lessons.
Zearn Lessons: Module 5 Lesson 13 and Module 6 Lessons 1, 2 and 4 will be due on Friday. If your child finishes all of these lessons on Zearn before Friday, please have them work on the problem set in their “Learn” book with the Flowerbeds painting on it or their homework assignments in the “Succeed” book with The Bedroom painting on it.
The homework assignments are optional, I have attached them below in case you do not have your book.
Video Lessons
Below are videos of the Eureka Math lessons we would have completed in class. You can use these as references for the homework or complete them for extra practice.
Only two video lessons are available this week:
Module 5 Lesson 13
Module 6 Lesson 3
Writing
This week have your child read one article each day and write about what they have learned, or what they think is most important from the text. You may read the text aloud to them and google or discuss any tricky words- it’s a great idea to have them use the new words they learn in their writing.
Student writing should be at least three sentences long with a goal of five sentences, and it should focus on the information in the article of the day.
This week we are learning about how to stay safe and healthy.
Below are the articles for the week:
Chris-Crosses-the-Street-Story
Stay-Safe-in-the-Sun
Water-Safety
Splash-into-Summer
Social Studies and Science:
Health and Safety
Now that we have completed our social studies history unit, we’ll review health and safety lessons that connect to other topics we have studied in science and social studies this year.
This week we’re learning about staying safe outside in the summer.
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Challenge Assignments
If your child finishes all of the work above, you may choose to have them work on challenge assignments.