Spelling-test on Wednesday, May 18. See word list below
Vocab- Test on Thursday, May 19. See word list below.

May 30 Exam:

Writing: Genius ladder-Power Sentences (using because and for example to expand sentences)

Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Spelling: all taken from Japanese Story, “The Boy Who Drew Cats”

Grammar (Pronouns and Possessive Nouns): changing nouns to pronouns, using I and me as subject and object pronouns, and writing plural and singular nouns as possessive nouns

Week of May 15-19
Words are from poetry unit (workbook p. 85)
*Students only need to know the kid-friendly definition given in class, not the one below.

Poetry Terms

imagery- visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

repetition-the action of repeating something that has already been said or written

rhythm- a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound

stanzas- a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse

rhyme- correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

beats-a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry

Frequently Misspelled Words
(wkbk p. 120-122)

brought
enough
buy
guess
Saturday
January
February
lying
tying
around
swimming
heard
also
tried
favorite

For practice, copy and paste this link into your URL: https://www.spellingcity.com/sisterproctor/

May 15-19 Assignment- Short retell of The Jungle Book movie

Writing- Due Thursday, May 19. (If not completed by this date, you must PRINT and turn in to Ms. Proctor)

Assignment Title: Jungle Book

Instructions: Retell the story of The Jungle Book movie. All the main characters should be introduced. Be sure to also include the setting, problem, solution, and ending.

Remember to use the rubric in the thread under Writing to check your work! You DO NOT need to print the rubric.

Vocabulary word maps are started on Sunday and are due on Thursdays.

Wiki paragraphs are assigned on Sunday and due before Thursday each week.

Reading logs are started on Sunday and due the following Sunday.