Ms. Shelton’s Newsletter- March 30th– April 7th

Objectives and Skills
RI 4.8 How an author uses details to support a specific point/detail in text.
RI 4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak knowledgeably. / Social Studies- Colonial America
4.L4 Multiple meaning words
4.L1g Frequently confused words (to, too, two, there, they’re, their)
RI 4.2 Summarize Nonfiction Text
RI 4.5 Text Structures
Academic Vocabulary
  1. theme- the message, moral or lesson of a story.
  2. simile-a figure of speech in which things are compared using words “like” or “as.”
  3. metaphor- a figure of speech in which things are compared by saying one thing is another.
  4. 1st person point of view- character in the story tells his/her version of the story. (Uses I, me, my, mine, we, usetc…..) the narrator is part of the story.
  5. 3rd person point of view- the narrator is outside the story. (Uses the pronouns he, she, they, themetc….)
  6. firsthand account- a description of an experience that is told by someone who participated in the event described. Told in first person point of view (I, we, me) Firsthand accounts often include the writer’s feelings.
  7. secondhand account- a description of an experience or event told by someone who did not directly participate in the event. The narrator is not part of the event. In a secondhand account the narrator can know things the subject does not.
TEXT STRUCTURES
  1. chronological order/sequence- list items or events in numerical or chronological order or describes the order of events.
  2. simple procedure- describes how to do or make something.
  3. cause and effect- cause is why something happened. Effect is what happened. (Sometimes the effect is listed first.)
  4. compare and contrast-shows how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different.
12. description- a topic, idea, person, place, or thing is described by listing its features, characteristics, or examples.
13. problem and solution- tells about a problem (and sometimes says why there is a problem) then gives one or more possible solutions.

Homework: Due Friday, April 7th

Reading / “What Happened to Silverburg?” passage and questions / Finished?
Read your book club books 20 min. each night and fill out your reading log.
Language
Spelling / Write spelling words three times each. Next test is #13 on April 7th.
S.S.

Spelling List 13

Test April 7th

Rule: Pattern –igh

The pattern is pronounced as a long /i/ sound.

Words that use the rule:

  1. high
  2. tight
  3. brighten
  4. sigh
  5. height
  6. frighten
  7. alright
  8. thigh
  9. sight
  10. slight

High Frequency Words:

  1. short
  2. better
  3. order
  4. grow
  5. begin

Content Words:

  1. revolutionary
  2. British
  3. colonist
  4. summarize
  5. dialogue