Dear Family Member:

This week our class will be focusing on how people find solutions to problems. We will be discussing how compromises helped to resolve differences in the early days of this country’s history.

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

Word Workout

• Words to Know: definitions and restatements In this activity, you and your child will play question and answer using the same list word in both a question and an answer.
• Spelling/Phonics: variant vowel o You and your child will read and spell words that have different sounds made by the vowel o, and words with the same sounds but spelled with the letters aw or au. Some of these sounds are made when the o is combined with other letters, as in oi, oy, ou, ow, andough. 

Comprehension: problem and solution

You and your child will look at pictures that represent solutions to possible problems. After discussing the problem, your child will write two or three sentences describing the problem and the solution.

Genre:  Informational Text: Expository Text, CCSS RI.3.5, RI.5.3

Comprehension Skills:

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

            Listening: Interactive Read Aloud, CCSS SL.5.2, RI.5.3

Strategy:  Reread, CCSS RI.5.1

            Skill:  Text Structure: Problem and Solution, CCSS RI.5.3

            Phonics:  Variant Vowel, Diphthongs, CCSS RF.5.3a, RF.5.4c

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

Writing Traits:  Ideas, CCSS W.5.2b, W.5.10

Grammar:  Kinds of Nouns, CCSS L.3.1a, L.3.1c

Spelling: Variant Vowel o, CCSS L.5.2e

Vocabulary Strategy:  Words in Context, CCSS L.5.6, L.5.4a, L.5.4b

 Click on the Word for a Definition

committees

convention
 
debate
 
proposal
 
representative
 
situation

 union

joint      foul

coil       hoist

stout    dawdle

mouthful     counter

brought   bawl

fountain   sprawls

douse    clause

sprouts   cautious

turmoil  scrawny

foundation   turquoise