In ELA this week we will be working in Storyworks! Some of what we will be covering includes:
1. Reading- 39 Clues (the play); Leghorn (literature); Freedom or Death, The Story of Robert Smalls (informational text)
2. Writing- "Would You Want to be One of the First Children" (children of the President)
3. Grammar- contraction and verb usage
Spelling words for week of March 31, 2014
himself, seen, however, usually try, kind, money, number, example, there, it's, seconds, would, paper, huge, excuse, confuse, few, nephew, curfew, usual, cool, menu, mood, bruise
Bonus: abolish, feinting, perilous, strutting, wharf
Spelling dictation sentences:
1. You can have fun when you play with a map and learn something, too.
2. On your map, first point out the city in which you live.
3. Next, please look toward the top part of the map.
4. What is the name of the country pictured there in the far north?