Cataract Elementary

FOCUS WALL #28FOCUS WALL LESSON #28Week of June 1st- June 5th Lessons For Reading, ENGLISH and LANGUAGE ARTS 

 FOCUS WALL: LESSON #28

 These are the things we will be learning this week.   FOCUS WALL LESSON #28       to see a summary.

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 Words To Know-High Frequency Words  pages 82-83

  (You can listen and view below in Journeys Text Book)

ASSIGNMENT: Please practice reading these words daily. You can make flashcards with them to practice reading them too!  Please pick 5 words and put each word into a sentence.  This paper is to be turned in to school.

1. across, 2. head, 3. second, 4. hall, 5. heard, 6. should, 7. cried, 8. large

 READ/LISTEN

 ANCHOR TEXT:  The Kite from Days With Frog and Toad    Pages 84-101

This text is considered a fantasy. A fantasy story is a story that could not really happen, but is fun to imagine.

 Target: We can summarize the story. Summarizing occurs when you stop every few pages to recall the events that just happened.

  Essential Question:  How Can Weather Change Your Day?   (think about this question as you read the story)

  When you click the link below you will see Unit 6 Lesson #28. You will be able to pull up the high frequency words  You can also listen to the anchor text.

                                    To view click here          JOURNEYS UNIT 6                                                

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 OPINION Writing: Write an opinion piece about what is your favorite sport.  What is it?  Give 3 reasons why you think it's the best.    An opinion is what an individual person thinks or believes. (THIS WILL BE TURNED INTO SCHOOL)

Remember to include the following:

Parts of Opinion Writing:

1. The topic sentence tells your opinion, or what you think about the topic.

2. Detail sentences support the reason for your opinion. The word Because may be used to give a reason.  Give 3 reasons.

3. Ending sentence may restate the opinion. An exclamation point may be used to show that you are feeling strongly about something.

 Don't forget to draw a picture to go along with your story. I look forward to reading your stories! This story will be turned in to school.

MODEL FOR OPINION PIECE:

My favorite sport is _________________________________.

I like _____________________________________ because_______________________________________________.

This is my favorite sport because ____________________________________________. I like  ________________________ also because____________________________________________.

It is so much fun! 

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WEEKLY DECODABLE READERS Lesson #28

 This week there are only 2 decodables.  Please read them both and do the following activites.

1. Read the title and decide whether the book is fiction or non-fiction, why?

2. Read the story with your child, then they should read it alone, and then they could read it to you or another family member.  Reading over helps build fluency!

3. Identify the vowel rule. 

Book 1: Sally Jane ad Beth Ann, Pages 67-74. Look for words with Long i patterns, igh, y, ie.  (ANSWERS: bright, by, cried, flight, fly, high, my, niht, sighed, sky, tight, try)

Book 2: Ty and Big Gilly, Pages 75-82.  Look for words with Long i spelling patterns, igh, y, ie.  (AMSWERS: bright, by, cried, fighting, fly, high, right, sight, sky, tried, try, Ty)

To read your story, click here on    DECODABLES UNIT 6         and turn to the correct pages.