This Week's ELA: 9/15 Rattlers!

1.7 Spelling and Vocabulary Lists      Story: Rattlers!

Spelling: Plural Nouns

Copy words in agenda in ABC order (due Tuesday).

For this week’s spelling homework, you are to write the singular and the plural form of each word.  (No spelling choice this week!)

Study nightly (M-Th) for the sp. test on Friday.

1. rattlers                     8. reptiles                    15. identities              

2. thesauruses             9. nuclei                       16. losses       

3. countries                 10. beliefs                    17. possibilities

4. liberties                   11. difficulties             18. notches

5. potatoes                  12. batches                  19. zeroes

6. rodeos                     13. abilities                  20. eddies

7. taxes                        14. fungi                      *indices (plural of index)

                                   

Vocabulary:

Use your glossary to find and write the part of speech and definition for each vocabulary word ON YOUR OWN PAPER.  Finish for HW (due Tuesday).

Complete a vocabulary choice activity (due Thursday).

Study each night, Monday – Thursday, for your test on Friday.

1.     species                        5.  surroundings

2.     survive                                    6.  prey

3.     alert                             7.  predators

4.     vibrates                       8.  lunging

We will read the story Rattlers! in class together on Tuesday.  Please re-read the story at home Tuesday night to prepare for comprehension work (on Wed.) and the story test on Friday.  (If you go to SPICE, you must read the story for homework if you can’t get it finished in class.)

IRA: Cause/Effect Relationships

            Things happen in stories for a reason, and one thing leads to another.  A cause is why something happens.  An effect is what happens.  Find at least four different cause and effect relationships (or events) in your independent book.  (That could be one a night but doesn’t have to be.)  Describe each event in a complete sentence in your own words.  Remember the following key words and phrases that you can use: because, caused, since, so, and as a result.

DITB # 28 is due Friday.  You must correct the paragraph and answer the comprehension questions on your own paper.  This is our final week of required DITB; if you show successful mastery, you will no longer complete weekly DITB but will rather move to one per month.

TESTED READING SKILL: main idea and details

TESTED GRAMMAR SKILL:  Singular and plural nouns, prepositions