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Dear Parents of 4A/4B, The weekly updates can be found on my website:http://mrwengsmic.weebly.com To review your child’s behavior, please go to ClassDojo: http://home.classdojo.com/ This week we’ve finished most of U3C2 story. We will cover some reading report items on Monday. I will teach the students the requirements for their Read-athon book reports (some of them will be fun!) which they will complete at a later date. The U3C2 test is on Tuesday. Then students can have fun during October Holidays without worrying too much about homework. U3C2 chapter test It will be on Tuesday. For those who can’t be there on Tuesday, please have your child make up the test at another time. (maybe after Oct. Holidays) Read-a-thon This month is SMIC School’s read-a-thon and students are encouraged to read as many books as they can. In my class, students are also encouraged to read as many English books as possible. Right now, I’ve asked students to keep track of: 1) the number of English books they’ve read, and 2) the number of English book pages they’ve read. In the coming weeks, we’ll also go over the reading report formats that I would like them to try out. Hopefully riding of this momentum of read-a-thon, we can jumpstart reading English books (and have a more lasting effect). Please encourage your child to find interesting books in English to read for fun! 3-Ring Binger I’ve asked students to put all handouts in their 3-ring binder. Please also encourage your child to do so. CCSS (Common Core States Standards) As Dr. Shih mentioned on her speech on 9/4 (Back to School Night), we’re slowly switching to a “textbook-based” curriculum (focusing on covering the textbook) to “standards-based” curriculum (focusing on covering the standards). We’re making the change slowly and gradually. I’m sending you the CCSS in simple format – “I Can” statements. Ideally we would cover all the standards when we finish the grade 2 textbook. But since this transition is gradual, we will try to hit as many standards as we can. If you would like to download those pdf files, I’ve put them on my website: (there are 4 files) http://mrwengsmic.weebly.com/treasures-resources.html This past week, we covered: U3C2: phonics, spelling words, vocabulary words, other skills/strategies (in class packet) reading report: simple fiction and nonfiction report reading response: retelling a story, character compare and contrast (using a Venn Diagram) These worksheets/handouts are passed back to the students: U3C2 class packet Next week, students will learn:(please see highlighted parts) U3C2 test on Tuesday, 9/30 reading report: wanted posters (for a character in the book), writing a letter (to a character or to the author) phonics sounds U1C1 U1C2 U1C3 U1C4 U1C5 U2C1 U2C2 U2C3 U2C4 U2C5 U3C1 U3C2 U3C3 U3C4 U3C5 short a, short i spelling words has, sat, wag, had, bad, fix, six, him, will, if, short o, short e, short u went, tell, pet, job, fog, not, tug, hut, tub, bun short a, long a bag, cap, ham, mad, back, bake, ate, cape, made, rake short i, long i did, rip, fin, mix, pick, nine, pipe, five, side, hike short o, long o box, fox, dog, lock, pot, cone, hope, rose, poke, rope short u, long u sun, duck, cup, bud, bump, dude, rule, cube, fume, rude consonant blends: sl-, dr-, slide, slips, dress, drop, skin, sk-, st-, sptask, still, must, crisp, spell long a: -ai, -ay main, wait, sail, tail, train, jay, pay, stay, hay, may long i: -i, -igh, -ie, -y wild, mind, high, light, sight, dry, cry, try, tie, lie long o: -ow, -oe, -oa, -o grow, mow, crow, toe, goes, toast, soap, foam, told, most long e: -e, -ee, -ea, -y he, we, eat, leaf, mean, queen, need, seek, baby, pony long u: -u, u_e bugle, music, mule, June, fuse, use, duke, tune, flute, dune consonant digraphs (at the chest, chill, chase, shape, beginning): ch-, sh-, thsheep, thing, think, white, while, whwheat consonant digraphs (at the each, which, teaching, path, end): -ch, -th, -sh, -ch, -tch teeth, dish, fishing, wishbone, watch, matching scr-, str-, sprscreen, scream, scrape, stripe, review words can, hit high-frequency words vocabulary words blue, even, study tomorrow, different, groan, excited, carefully, whisper fix, has another, move, year share, wonderful, company, delighted, thinning, enjoyed fog, tug different, number, other safe, flames, tell, forest, heat cape, made because, off, picture deaf, language, signing, cultures, relatives, celebrate side, nine America, world, country settled, wrinkled, practiced, cuddle, favorite, patient rose, hope food, together, through drowns, drifts, desert, gently, burst, neighbor cube, fume below, own, city rescued, mammal, young, hunger, examines, normal must, spell follow, paper, near serious, broken, personal, informs, heal stay, wait group, important, only peered, giggled, snuggled, fluttered, vanished, recognized light, mind between, few, example imaginary, uniform, practices, starting, tryouts, coach foam, told family, four, hear swung, attached, gasped, breathe, frantically, delicious pony, leaf above, color, song tips, obeys, attention, accident, enormous, buddy mule, fuse idea, often, second ancient, hopeful, unable, confirm, valid white, chase body, pretty, young students, effort, perform, mood, remember, proud path, carry, talk, once sincerely, impatient, furious, demand, emergency, snoop U4C1 U4C2 U4C3 U4C4 U4C5 U5C1 U5C2 U5C3 U5C4 U5C5 U6C1 U6C2 U6C3 U6C4 U6C5 struck, strict, strap, sprain, spring, spruce, r-controlled vowels: -ar, -or part, start, park, farm, dark, sort, storm, short, for, horse r-controlled vowels: -er, -ir, clerk, herd, term, skirt, sir, stir, -ur churn, burst, hurt, turn -oo and -ou shook, stood, hook, brook, crook, foot, soot, could, should, would -oo, -ui, -ew, -ue, -oe root, boot, suit, fruit, clue, glue, flew, new, shoe, canoe -au, -aw pause, launch, fault, jaw, draw, fawn, hawk, law, raw, crawl /ou/ sound: -ow, -ou clown, brown, crown, growl, howl, round, loud, cloud, sound, house diphthong: -oi, -oy oil, soil, broil, moist, point, boil, toy, joy, soy, royal schwa alone, ago, again, away, alike, agree, above, awake, idea, comma words with silent letters: knee, knife, knot, gnaw, sign, kn, gn, wr, mb, bt wrist, wren, thumb, lamb, debt hard and soft c, g camp, cave, cent, face, girl, wagon, gift, gym, gem, germ -dge, -ge, -lge, -nge, -rge cage, page, judge, lodge, large, barge, bulge, change, range, hinge -ar, -are, -air star, shark, care, stare, rare, dare, hair, pair, chair, fair -er, -eer, -ere, -ear near, dear, ear, deer, steer, queer, verb, perch, here, where -or, -ore, -oar more, tore, wore, store, oar, roar, board, port, north, fort -ire, -ier, -ure fire, wire, hire, tire, drier, flier, crier, sure, cure, pure wishbone scream, stripe start, storm area, money, piece itches, puddles, preen, beasts, handy, nibble hours, problem, usually saddest, balance, deserted, freezes, imagine clerk, stir during, sure, whole conservation, remains, trouble, extinct, hardest crook, could violent, beware, prevent, uprooted, destroy, grasslands shoe, flew complete, measure, questions door, remember, order pause, fault listen, several, wind lengthy, burrow, ranger’s warning, distant, beyond crown, house pulled, voice, travel gathered, agreed, randomly, jabbing, signal noise, broil finally, notice, morning vast, oceans, areas, voyage, planet alone, idea certain, field, hundred blooming, prickly, muscles, aroma, scent, trade knot, wrist against, true, half face, germ among, decided, bought imaginary, spacecraft, lunar, visible, footprint, discovered, (satellite, tank, plaque) menu, fetch, forgetting, simmered, assembled, devoured range, judge believe, material, built chair, care heavy, system, region creating, memories, familiar, imagination, glamorous, occasions impossible, treasures, watch, talent, pleasant dear, here building, machine, scientist invented, design, products, instrument, powerful, allowed north, wore island, though, special concern, goalie, figure, vendors, exclaimed, collection noble, promised, gleamed, wiggled, beloved, glanced Grammar & Writing: Treasures G2 Scope and Sequence – Story Structure, Grammar, and Mechanics Story Structure U1C1 Character & Setting U1C2 Plot/Sequence: beginning, middle, end U1C3 Main idea & details U1C4 Main idea & details U1C5 Predictions U2C1 Facts & Conclusion U2C2 Plot/Sequence: beginning, middle, end U2C3 Sequence: first, next, then, last Grammar 1. Sentence – a group of words that tells a complete thought. 2. Statement – a sentence that tells something. (telling sentence) 3. Question – a sentence that asks something. (asking sentence) 1. Command – a sentence that tells someone to do something. It ends with a period. 2. Exclamation – a sentence that shows strong feelings. It ends with an exclamation mark. 1. Every sentence has two parts: subject & predicate. 2. The subject tells who or what does something. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. Every sentence has two parts: subject & predicate. The subject tells who or what does something. The predicate tells what the subject does or is. Combining sentences If two sentences have the same predicate, you can combine them to make one sentence using and. 3. If two sentences have the same subject, you can combine them to make one sentence using and. 1. A noun names a person, place, or thing. 1. singular and plural nouns 2. Add –s to form the plural of most nouns. 3. Add –es to form the plural of singular nouns that end in s, sh, ch, or x. 4. To form the plural of a noun ending in a consonant and y, change y to i and add –es. 1. proper noun 2. A proper noun begins with a capital letter Mechanics Begin every sentence with a capital letter. End a sentence with an end mark (period, question mark) Begin every sentence with a capital letter. End a sentence with an end mark (period, exclamation mark) 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. begin the greeting & closing in a letter with a capital letter use a comma after the greeting of a letter use a comma after the closing of a letter use a comma between the day and year in a date Use a comma between the names of a city and a state 1. quotation marks 2. use quotation marks at the beginning and end of what a person says 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. use comma to separate a series use and/or before the last word in a series begin the greeting & closing in a letter with a capital letter use a comma after the greeting of a letter use a comma after the closing of a letter 1. a proper noun begins with a capital letter 2. the name of a day, month, or holiday begins with a capital letter 3. An abbreviation is a short form of a word. U2C4 Inference: what I learned from reading + what I already know = my inference U2C5 Inference: what I learned from reading + what I already know = my inference U3C1 Common Core State Standards (Reading Standards) 1. characters & settings 2. Problem & Solution Cause & Effect: ___ happens because ___ U3C2 Illustrations 1. A possessive noun shows who or what owns or has something. 2. Add ‘s to a singular noun to make it possessive. 3. Add ‘ to most plural nouns to make them possessive. 4. Add ‘s to plural nouns that do not end in s. 1. plural nouns 2. possessive nouns Grammar 4. An abbreviation begins with a capital letter and ends with a period: Mrs. Ms. Mr. Dr. 1. possessive nouns 1. possessive nouns Mechanics 1. Every sentence has two parts: subject & predicate. 2. The subject tells who or what does something. 3. The predicate tells what the subject does or is. 1. a proper noun begins with a capital letter 1. An action verb is a word that shows action 2. An action verb shows what someone or something is doing. 1. S/V agreement 2. Add –s to most verbs if the subject is singular 3. Add –es to verbs that end with s, ch, sh, x, or z 4. Do not add –s or –es if the subject is plural. 1. An abbreviation begins with a capital letter and ends with a period: Mrs. Ms. Mr. Dr. Ave. St. Sr. Jr. Capt. 1. use comma to separate a series 2. use and/or before the last word in a series U3C3 Main Ideas and Summary 1. past tense –ed 1. begin the greeting & closing in a letter with a capital letter 2. use a comma after the greeting of a letter 3. use a comma after the closing of a letter U3C4 Main Ideas and Summary 1. has/have & had U3C5 Cause & Effect ___ happens because ___ 1. combine sentences with and U4C1 Compare & Contrast 1. a linking verb is a verb that does not show action 2. linking verb be (is am are, was, were) 1. begin the first word and each important word in a book title with a capital letter 2. underline the title of a book 1. end statements and commands with a period 2. end a question with a question mark 3. end an exclamation with an exclamation mark 2. a proper noun begins with a capital letter 3. the name of a day, month, or holiday begins with a capital letter U4C2 Cause & Effect ___ happens because ___ 1. a helping verb helps another verb show an action 2. helping verb: have, has, is, are, am, was, were U4C3 Description Web 1. U4C4 Predictions 1. U4C5 Inference: what I learned from reading + what I already know = my inference 1. 2. U5C1 Author’s Purpose U5C2 Problem & Solution somebody) wanted to ___ but (something happened) 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. quotation marks 2. use quotation marks at the beginning and end of what a person says irregular past tense: go, do, say, see 1. begin the greeting & closing in a letter with a capital letter 2. use a comma after the greeting of a letter 3. use a comma after the closing of a letter 4. use a comma between the day and year in a date 5. Use a comma between the names of a city and a state irregular past tense: come, run, give, sing 1. begin the first word and each important word in a book title with a capital letter 2. underline the title of a book a contraction is a short form of two words 1. a contraction is a short form of two words an apostrophe takes the place of the letters that are left 2. an apostrophe takes the place of the letters that are left out: isn’t, out: isn’t, aren’t, hasn’t, haven’t, doesn’t, don’t, didn’t, aren’t, hasn’t, haven’t, doesn’t, don’t, didn’t, can’t can’t a pronoun takes the place of a noun or nouns 1. quotation marks a pronoun must agree with the noun it replaces 2. use quotation marks at the beginning and end of what a person pronouns: I, he, she, it, you, we, you (plural), they says Use I in the subject part of the sentence 1. The pronoun I is always a capital letter Use me in the predicate part of the sentence Use we in the subject part of the sentence so___. And then___ 4. Use us in the predicate part of the sentence U5C3 Main idea & details U5C4 Sequence: first, next, then, last 1. A possessive pronoun takes the place of a possessive noun 2. possessive pronouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their 1. a present-tense verb must agree with a pronoun in the subject part of a sentence 2. add –s with pronouns he, she, it 3. don’t add –s with pronouns I, we, you, they U5C5 Classify & Categorize 1. 2. U6C1 Reality & Fantasy U6C2 Conclusions 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. U6C3 Make Judgments 1. 2. 3. U6C4 Compare & Contrast (Venn Diagram) U6C5 Character & Setting 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. Others: 1. U1C1 1. a proper noun begins with a capital letter 2. the name of a day, month, or holiday begins with a capital letter 1. begin the first word and each important word in a book title with a capital letter 2. underline the title of a book 3. any unimportant word in a book title, such as a, and, for, of, the, and to should NOT begin with a capital letter unless it is the first word in the title a contraction is a short form of two words 1. don’t confuse possessive pronouns with contractions: their/they’re, an apostrophe takes the place of the letters that are left your/you’re, its/it’s out: I’m, she’s, he’s, it’s, they’re, we’re, you’re an adjective is a word that describes a noun 1. use comma to separate a series some adjectives tell what kind: green, big 2. use and/or before the last word in a series some adjectives tell how many A and an are special adjectives called articles. 1. Begin a proper noun with a capital letter. Use the article a before a word that begins with a 2. Begin an abbreviation of a person’s title with a capital letter and consonant sound. end it with a period. Use the article an before a word that begins with a vowel sound. comparative adjectives: -er, -est 1. add ‘s to make a singular noun possessive add –er to an adjective to compare two nouns 2. add ‘ to make most plural nouns possessive add –est to an adjective to compare more than two nouns an adverb tells more about a verb 1. The pronoun I is always a capital letter. an adverb can tell how: slowly 2. A proper noun begins with a capital letter. an adverb can tell when or where: yesterday, nearby Synonyms are words that have the same or almost 1. Begin every sentence with a capital letter. the same meanings. 2. End a sentence with an end mark (period, question mark, Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. exclamation mark) 1.1. character – the people or animals in a story. 1.2. setting – where and when a story happens. 1.3. alphabetical order (ABC order) – dictionary entries are listed in alphabetical order. 1.4. caption – the words below a picture. They tell what the picture is about or explain what the people in it are saying or doing. 2. U1C2 2.1. plot – a plot contains a problem and a solution in a story. 2.2. word ending (-ed, -ing) – verbs can have different word endings. These groups of letters tell when something happens. 2.3. list – a list is a number of things written down in a certain order or grouping 3. U1C3 3.1. main idea – the most important idea in a story 3.2. details – give more information about the main idea 3.3. word family – a group of words that share some of the same sounds and letters. (For example, bill, pill, fill, still, are all in the same –ill word family) 3.4. table of contents – tells what is on the book’s pages 3.5. title page – gives the book’s title and the names of the author, illustrator, and publisher 4. U1C4 4.1. dictionary – a dictionary lists words and their meanings. Some words have more than one meaning. 4.2. rhyme – words that rhyme begin with different sounds but end with the same sound. 5. U1C5 5.1. prediction – use what you know and what happened in the story to guess what will happen later on in the story. 6. U2C1 6.1. draw conclusions – use clues and what you use to make decision about what is happening in the story 6.2. context clues – words in a sentence or a story that can help you figure out the meaning of a word you don’t know. They can come before or after the new word. 6.3. diagrams – drawings that give information 6.4. labels – tell more about a diagram 6.5. Sometimes consonants form a blend. In a consonant blend, you can hear the sound of each consonant. For example, spoon, sky, toast, mask. 7. U2C2 7.1. sequence – The sequence of events is the order of which things happen. Words such as first, then, next, and last give clues to when events take place. 7.2. antonyms – words that have opposite or almost opposite meanings 7.3. simile – compare one thing to another. It uses the words like or as. 8. U2C3 8.1. homophones – words that sound the same, but have different meanings and different spellings. (ate/eight, see/sea, knows/nose) 9. U2C4 9.1. make inferences – use what you already know and what you have read to figure out something about a story 9.2. synonyms – words that have the same or almost the same meaning 10. U2C5 10.1. multiple-meaning words – words that have more than one meaning 10.2. contraction – a short way of writing two words. An apostrophe is used to take the place of the letters that are left out. (we will = we’ll; I have = I’ve) 11. U3C1 11.1. context clues – words in a sentence or a story that can help you figure out the meaning of a word you don’t know. They can come before or after the new word. 11.2. A word part that is added to the end of a word to change its meaning is called a suffix. 11.2.1. The suffix –less means “without.” 11.2.2. The suffix –ful means “full of.” 11.2.3. When you add –ful or –less to a word that ends with y, you drop the y and add i before adding the suffix. mercy + ful = merciful 12. U3C2 12.1. Illustrations are pictures that go with a story or article. They can help you understand what you are reading. 12.2. Synonyms are words that have the same or almost the same meaning. 12.3. (optional) A floor plan is a small map of a building. It shows where you can find rooms and other things in a building. 13. U3C3 14. U3C4 15. U3C5 16. U4C1 17. U4C2 18. U4C3 19. U4C4 20. U4C5