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Mrs. Brown’s Weekly Newsletter
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen
By: Marissa Moss (Biography)
Literacy Objectives:
Valuable Vocabulary: Examine, develop, and extend vocabulary
legendary
muttered
gaped
flinched
snickering
stunned
fluke
glared
Focus Skill- Plot: Students will identify character’s traits and motivation
Focus Strategy- Students will use story structure to develop
understanding.
Fluency- Students will focus their attention on accuracy.
Additional Skills- Students will find synonyms and antonyms.
Grammar: Students will identify imperative and exclamatory
sentences sentences.
Spelling: Words ending with long vowels and vowel diagraphs
cheese
heel
season
boast
chief
gape
aim
brain
fluke
crayon
eagle
throw
rose
student
goal
woke
ripen
cube
rainbow
scrape
NOTE: Students will be expected to do 2 spelling assignments which are due
by THURSDAY of next week. They can certainly turn them in early. :0)
The assignments are:
1) Write words in ABC order
2) Write each word in a sentence. (Please make sure kids are using
capitalization and punctuation and sentences are at least 7 words long.)