Dear Family Member:

This week we will be focusing on the benefits and drawbacks—the positive and negative aspects—of new technology. We will be exploring our ideas about technology and how we can support our opinions with facts and observations.

Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.

Word Workout

• Words to Know: prefixes Help your child choose a vocabulary word around which he or she can build a story. Then he or she makes up sentences using the rest of the words.
• Spelling/Phonics: r-controlled vowels Have your child name the words that have the same vowel sound as the word you say aloud. Then help your child identify the letters that stand for the vowel sound in each word.

Comprehension: author’s point of view

Your child will read two passages and then determine the author’s point of view. Have your child explain his or her answer.

Genre:  Informational Text: Persuasive Article, CCSS RI.6.8, RI.4.7

Comprehension Skills:

            Introduce the Concept:  Build Background, CCSS RI.5.1b, RI.5.1c

            Listening: Interactive Read Aloud, CCSS SL.5.2

Strategy:  Reread, CCSS RI.5.6, RI.5.8

            Skill:  Author’s Point of View, CCSS RI.5.8, RI.6.6

            Phonics:  r-Controlled Vowels, CCSS L.5.3a, RF.5.4b

            Fluency:  Phrasing, CCSS L.5.3a, RF.5.4b

Writing Traits:  Organization, CCSS W.5.3c, W.5.10

Grammar:  Run-On Sentences, CCSS L.4.1f, L.5.3e

Spelling: r-Controlled Vowels, CCSS L.5.3a, RF.5.4b

Vocabulary Strategy:  Greek and Latin Prefixes, CCSS L.5.4b

 Click on the Word for a Definition

access

counterpoint

advance

data

analysis

drawbacks

cite

reasoning

word    stern

nerve   spurts

    shirt   midterm

squirt   lurch

    return   verse  

blurt     squirm

surf      thirst

swerve     lurk

spur       yearns

work    learning