May 11, 2012

Spelling: 

Reading:   This week the students will begin a new story called Mahalia Jackson by Julius Lester .  This story is an example of expository nonfiction which explains what certain things are and how they came to be.  They will also be reading mini readers that will help them answer the question how does an artist use music to inspire others. 

Writing:  We are studying principle parts of irregular verbs and working on our DARE essays

Vocabulary:  appreciate, barber, choir, released, religious, slavery and teenager

Skill:  main idea

Strategy: graphic organizers

Spelling:  

ice cream, a lot, keyboard, fairy tale, horseshoe, piggy bank, textbook, guidelines, newspaper, space shuttle, hay fever, dead end, password, teenager, skateboard, everything, barbed wire, cartwheel, root beer, fingerprint

Challenge:  conditioner, blood pressure, worldwide, straightedge, cross country