Dear Family Member:

This week we will be focusing on how we can learn from different cultures. We will also explore the differences among cultures and how they interact in the United States.

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: cause and effect In this activity, you and your child will use the list words to make up a story about how one event set off a chain of other events.
  • Spelling/Phonics: open syllables You will call out the words, and your child will write as many as possible in two minutes. Then you will check for errors. You will continue with the list for another two minutes, adding any words that your child misspelled.
Comprehension: theme

Help your child think about the themes of holidays and how those themes might be reflected in party decorations.

Genre:  Literature, Realistic Fiction, CCSS RL.5.1, RL.5.10

Comprehension Skills:

            Listening: Interactive Read Aloud, CCSS SL5.2

            Strategy:  Reread, CCSS SL.5.1

            Skill:  Theme, CCSS RL.5.2

            Phonics:  Open Syllables, CCSS RF.5.3a, RF.5.4b

            Fluency:  Intonation, CCSS RF.5.3a, RF.5.4b

Writing Traits:  Ideas, CCSS, W.5.3d,W.5.10

Grammar:  Sentences, CCSS L.4.1f, L.5.2c

Spelling: Short Vowels, CCSS L.5.2e

Vocabulary Strategy:  Context Clues, CCSS L.5.4a, L.5.6

             For a List of all CCSS Covered This Week Click Here
Click the Word for Definition


appreciation


blurted


complimenting


congratulate


contradicted


critical


cultural


misunderstanding
minus     loser

humor     closet

recent     student

equal     profile

local     comet

vacant     punish

cavern     shiver

decent     linen

legal     panic

smoky     tyrant