Foley-Diaz Literacy Update (4/22 - 4/26)
Hi Families,
This week in literacy we will address:
Our Big Idea: What does it mean to be patriotic?
Reading: Our students are learning about primary and secondary sources.
- This week’s reading selection: "Patriotism"
- Summary: We can show respect for our country in many different ways.
- Essential Question: How do you show your respect?
Vocabulary: The words below appear in this week’s reading selection.
- anthem (noun) a song that is important to a group of people
- environment (noun) the community around you
- exist (verb) to be real or present
- honor (verb) to show respect to admired people/things that are loved
- operates (verb) functions or behaves in a particular way
- patriotism (noun) love that people feel for their country
- represent (verb) to act or speak for something/someone
- salute (verb) a sign of respect by moving your right hand to your forehead at an angle
Phonics: During phonics we will continue to focus on segmenting sounds and recognizing the individual parts of words. This week we will learn the prefixs of un- and dis-. We will focus on these sounds with words such as:
- undo
- disorder
- dislike
- unhappy
- uncap
- displace
- unkind
- unclip
- uncurling
- discolor
- distrust
- disconnect
Writing: Students are completing the final draft of their opinion piece of writing regarding whom they would like to invite to class.
Grammar: Students will learn how to change verbs to the past tense. For most verbs, add -ed to the end of the verb (jump→jumped, race→raced).
We're off to another week of literacy fun.