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Module 3 Language Arts

Hello families! This week we will be starting Module 3 in our Language Arts curriculum. Please click here for the family letter! 
 
Over the next three weeks, we will also be working on narrative writing- focusing on both sentence and paragraph structure in a multi-paragraph essay. 
 
In literacy, we will be focusing on the following phonics skills: 
  • silent e
  • possessives and plurals 
  • hard/soft g and c
  • trigraphs (tch, dge)
 

Literacy Update: 9/8/26 - 9/11/26

 

Structured Literacy (Phonics & Word Study): This week, students focused on the digraph ph, which makes the /f/ sound, as in phone and graph. Students practiced reading and spelling words with this pattern. At the end of the week, we reviewed our phonics skills and continued working on reading fluently with appropriate phrasing and expression.
♥ Heart Word ♥: nothing

 

Reading: This week, we read Many Kinds of Matter as students practiced making inferences. Students used clues from the text along with what they already knew to figure out information the author does not state directly. We continued to worked with Many Kinds of Matter as students learned about content-area words, or vocabulary that is specific to a particular topic or subject. We finished the week by practicing beginning research skills.

 

Vocabulary: This week, students learned about synonyms, or words that have the same or nearly the same meaning. We also explored the suffixes -er and -est and how they can be added to words to compare people, places, or things.

 

Grammar: This week, students learned about nouns. We practiced identifying nouns that name people, animals, places, and things. 

 

Ways to Support Literacy at Home

Read Every Day: Spend 10–15 minutes reading together. Ask your child to make an inference by asking, “What can you figure out from the clues in the story?” or “What makes you think that?”

  • Look for PH Words: Look for words containing ph in books, signs, or everyday print. Have your child read the word and identify the sound the digraph makes.
  • Practice Heart Words: Review this week’s heart word, nothing. Have your child practice reading and spelling it and use it in a sentence.
  • Play with Synonyms: Choose a familiar word such as big, happy, or fast and see how many words your child can think of that have a similar meaning.

Language Arts Update 8/24-8/28

Language Arts:


DIBELS Reading Assessment:
This week, we will begin our fall DIBELS® (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) assessments. DIBELS is a series of brief, one-minute reading assessments that help us monitor each student's reading growth and identify areas where additional support may be needed. To administer these individual assessments, I will have a substitute teacher on the morning of Thursday, August 27, while I work one-on-one with students.

Structured Literacy (Phonics & Word Study): This week, we will wrap up our study of the word families -oll, ull, and -all, as well as the FLOSS rule. After that, students will learn four consonant digraphs: sh, wh, th, and ch. These letter pairs work together to make a single sound, as in ship, when, bath, and chin. Students will practice reading, spelling, and writing words with these patterns while continuing to build fluency and expression.
♥ Heart Words ♥: been, very

Reading: This week, we will begin by listening to Violet the Pilot and identifying characters and their traits. Next, we will read Picture Day Perfection as we practice creating mental images while reading and continue describing how characters respond to events in a story. Later in the week, we will watch Get Involved: Be Awesome! and identify the central idea of a media text.

Grammar: This week, students will learn about two different kinds of sentences: statements and questions. Students will also review the concepts of subject and predicate.  

Ways to Support Literacy at Home

  • Read Every Day: Spend 10–15 minutes reading together. Ask your child to describe a character and explain how that character changes or responds to events in the story.
  • Practice Digraphs: Look for words with sh, wh, th, and ch while reading books, signs, or labels. Ask your child to identify the digraph and read the word aloud.
  • Practice Heart Words: Review this week's heart word, very. Encourage your child to write it in a sentence and practice spelling it from memory.
  • Play a Sentence Game: Take turns saying different kinds of sentences (a statement, a question, a command, or an exclamation) and have your child identify which type it is.