Mrs. Siders

Sept. 1st - 5th

UNIT 1: WEEK 2

Genre Study 1

Genre: Autobiography

  • a kind of narrative nonfiction

  • tells a true story of a person's life in order

  • is written by that person and uses I and me

Essential Question:

How do people from different cultures contribute to a community?

Vocabulary Strategy: Compound Words

  • A compound words s made up of two smaller words.

  • Look for smaller, familiar words within a word.

  • Use the smaller words to find the meaning of the compound word

Vocabulary Words:

We will have a vocabulary test over the attached words on Friday, Sept. 5th. Please study these words at home. We practice them often in the classroom, but it helps greatly if they can read the words and definitions as well.

  1. admires - likes something

  2. classmates - someone who is in your class at school

  3. community - a place where people live, work, and play together

  4. contribute - give money to help

  5. practicing - do something again and again

  6. pronounce - say the sounds in a word correctly

  7. scared - afraid of something

  8. tumbled - fell or lost your balance

Spelling Words:

There will be a spelling test on Friday, Sept. 5th. The words are listed on the back of the newsletter.

  • step

  • mess

  • head

  • crops

  • stop

  • rock

  • clock

  • sock

  • pond

  • jumps

  • shut

  • luck

  • slump

  • bugs

  • mug

Comprehension Skill: Sequence

  • Sequence is the order in which important events take place.

  • Paying attention to sequence can help you better understand a story.

  • Signal words: first, next, then, finally

Homework

Homework will be sent home on Monday, Sept. 1st. Please be sure that your child read it once each night and bring it back each day. They receive a grade for this and it helps them to stay on track with their reading.

How to contact Mrs. Siders

Phone- (740) 774-2003

Email- carrie.siders@sepanthers.org

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