Mr. Gale's Language Arts

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Gale's Literacy 5/27/19

Hello! This week we will be working on -ow and -ou words. In writing, we will start writing informational texts. There will not be a formal spelling test this week.

Gale's Literacy 5/20/19

Hello! This week we will be working on -ace and -age words. In writing, we will continue to work on poetry. Our spelling words this week are: 
 
face
place
cage
page
kind
buy
find 
right
wash
light

Gale's Literacy 5/13/19

Hello! This week we will be working on -oi and -oy words. In writing, we will finish our fiction writing from last week and move on to poetry. Our spelling words this week are:
oil
boil
soil
coin
join
point
joint
joy
toy
boy

Gale's Literacy 5/6/19

Hello! This week we will be working on words with -ir and ur. In writing, we will be working on our fictional stories. Our spelling words this week are:
 
bird
third
turn 
burn
cold
know
does
laugh
both
again

Gale's Literacy 4/29/19

Hello! This week we will be working on -ar and -or words. In writing, we will be working on writing fictional stories. Our spelling words this week are:
 
car
far
star
card
hard
born
corn
horn
short
sport

Gale's Literacy 4/22/19

Hello! This week we will be working on words that end in -aw. In writing, we will continue to work on descriptive sentence writing. Our spelling words this week are:
 
Law
Saw
Dawn
Lawn
Crawl
Come
Coming
They
Our
Put

Gale's Literacy 4/15/19

Hello! This week we will be working on words that end in -all. In writing, we will be practicing writing descriptive sentences. Our spelling words this week are:
 
Call
Mall
Small
Stall
Wall
Baseball
Basketball
Hallway
Fallen
Taller
 

Gale's Literacy 4-8-19

Hello! This week we will be working on long vowel trickster words for word work. In writing, we will be working on writing book reviews. Our spelling words this week are: 
Paper
Even
Silent
Open 
Super
Their
Now 
Always
Because 
Been

Gale's Literacy 3/17/19-3/20/19

Hello! This week we will continue working on -'ll, -'s, and -'re contractions. In writing, we will continue working on responding to a text. Our spelling list is the same as last week!

Gale's Literacy 3/11/19

Hello! This week we will be working on -'ll, -'s, and -'re contractions. In writing, we will be working on how to respond to a text using text-based evidence. Our spelling words this week are:
 
I'm
He's
She's
It's
We're
You're
I'll
He'll
She'll
You'll

Gale's Literacy 3-4-19

Hello! This week we will be working with words that end in -ay, -er, and -est. For writing, we will continue to work on our how-to texts. Our spelling words this week are: 
Say
May
Play
Happier
Happiest
Down
Too
Work
Many
First

Gale's Literacy 2/25/19

This week we will be finishing unit 9 and will be starting unit 10. We will be decoding words that end in -y. In writing, we will be learning how to write step by step directions. Our spelling words this week are:

By

Fly

Try

Cry

Belly

Jelly

Smelly

Bunny

Funny

Sunny

Gale's Literacy 2/19/19

Hello! This week we will be drafting our personal narratives and start writing the final product. We will also be decoding and recognizing irregular -n't contractions. Our spelling words this week are: 
 
don't
won't
can't
before
about
two
girl
boy
four
over

Gale's Literacy 2/11/19

Hello! This week we will be learning how to form contractions with -n't. In writing, we will be writing a personal narrative with a beginning, middle, and end. Our spelling words this week are: 
 
isn't
didn't
hasn't
hadn't
aren't
wasn't
weren't
haven't 
couldn't
wouldn't

Gale's Literacy 2-4-19

Hello! This week we will be working decoding and encoding CVVC words with ue and ie. For writing, we will be taking sides in a debate and learning how to plan for one using opinions and facts. I have uploaded the spelling words to SpellingCity. Our spelling words this week are:
 
heat
keep
tie
blue
some
one
were
could
new
would