Week 4 lessons and objectives

Reading: We will be working with a new story this week, La Bamba. This story is about a lip syncing contest.  To end our unit, in a couple of weeks, we will have a lip sync contest in class.  This is a really fun activity!  The kids really enjoy it.
We took our first skills test on Friday.  We'll be correcting it on Monday.



*Story Structure
*Predicting outcomes
*Creating and reading a timeline
*Using proof from text to support answers to questions

Grammar:
* Common and proper nouns
* Abstract and concrete nouns

Vocabulary:
*La Bamba vocabulary: test on Friday
Click on the links to play some vocabulary study games
Remember to check the wiki link on the right side of the screen to get a list of your words this week
*flashcards
*game

Spelling:
* Test Thursday
* Roots spec/spect/op

Writing:
* using flashback in a story
* indenting new paragraphs
* parts of a paragraph

Book orders are due on Wednesday.  The kids have an online code if you'd like to order your books online instead of sending a check to school.