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Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 5/28/19-5/31/19

Spelling: Reviewing previous words from quarter. There will not be a formal spelling test administered. 

Reading: "The Report Card" by Andrew Clements

Writing: 3 short writing prompts following read aloud 

  • Setting Switch 
  • Connecting with Characters 
  • Draw and write about one event from story 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 5/20/19-5/23/19

Spelling: V Sound 

  1. never
  2. serve
  3. sleeve
  4. vacuum
  5. vacation
  6. solve
  7. stove
  8. value
  9. river
  10. gave

Reading: "The Report Card" by Andrew Clements

Writing:

  • Author connections
  • Problem solving writing prompt 
  • Comic Strip 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 5/13/19-5/17/17

Spelling: "ph"

  1. dolphin
  2. alphabet
  3. elephant
  4. graph 
  5. photo
  6. phone
  7. paragraph 
  8. sphere
  9. trophy
  10. phase 

Grammar: Parts of Speech

Reading: Variety of short online articles (searching for author's purpose) 

Writing:

  • Short stories w/ descriptive adjectives 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 5/6/19-5/10/19

Spelling: Z sound 

  1. zone
  2. museum
  3. zero
  4. visit
  5. buzz
  6. jazz
  7. razor
  8. fizz
  9. grabs
  10. frozen

Grammar: Quotation marks 

Reading: Author Biography

Writing:

  • 2 paragraph final draft 
  • RAPP practice 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 4/29/19-5/3/19

Spelling: "oo" as is book

  1. look
  2. could
  3. hoof
  4. should
  5. rookie
  6. hood
  7. would
  8. wood
  9. cookie
  10. football

Grammar: Contractions/Apostrophes 

Reading: Author Research  

Writing:

  • Note taking skills
  • Author Study  

Additional Info: 1-2  Spring PALS Testing 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 4/22/19- 4/26/19

Spelling: "Qu" followed by a vowel

  1. quit
  2. quill
  3. squirt
  4. squeal
  5. equal
  6. quiet
  7. quartz
  8. quiz
  9. quote

Grammar: Apostrophes

Reading: Exploring Countries: Japan 

Writing:

  • Letter format
  • Writing in RAPP form (restate the question in own words, answer the question, prove it, proofread it) 

Additional Info: 1-2  Spring PALS Testing 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 4/15/19-4/19/19

Spelling: Silent Consonants 

  1. comb
  2. wrist
  3. crumb
  4. wrong
  5. climb
  6. knee
  7. doubtful
  8. knock
  9. answer
  10. knob

Grammar: Commas continued

Reading: Magic Tree House: Dragon of the Red Dawn 

Writing:

  • Handwriting (print and cursive) 
  • Character attributes
  • Writing in RAPP form (restate the question in own words, answer the question, prove it, proofread it) 

Additional Info: 1-2  Spring PALS Testing 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 4/8/19-4/12/19

Spelling: When y is considered a vowel

  1. butterfly
  2. shiny
  3. nanny
  4. funny
  5. hurry
  6. cherry
  7. penny
  8. lucky
  9. busy
  10. eighty 

Grammar: Commas 

Reading: Magic Tree House: Dragon of the Red Dawn 

Writing: Writing in RAPP form (restate the question, answer the question, prove it, proofread it) 

Additional Info: 1-2 is starting spring PALS Testing this week

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 3/18/19-3/20/19

Spelling: R and Wr

( Continued from last week due to the snow days) 

  1. rush
  2. wrap
  3. rust
  4. write
  5. right
  6. wrench 
  7. roof
  8. wrong
  9. wreath
  10. rude

Grammar: Writing with a variety of sentence types

Reading: National Geographic: "Face to Face With Wolves"

Writing: 2-3 paragraphs comparing how wolves are portrayed in fiction versus non-fiction

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 3/11/19-3/15/19

Spelling: R and Wr

  1. rush
  2. wrap
  3. rust
  4. write
  5. right
  6. wrench 
  7. roof
  8. wrong
  9. wreath
  10. rude

Grammar: Plural nouns continued

Reading: National Geographic: "Face to Face With Wolves"

Writing:  -Note catcher

               -Opinion paragraph on ethics of wolves 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 3/4/19-3/8/19

Spelling: Long a vowel sound

1. Table

2. Ate

3. Aim

4. Stake

5. Remain

6. Encase

7. Sail

8. Invade

9. Complaint

10. April

Grammar: Plural nouns

Reading: Lon Po Po (continued) and Little Red Riding Hood

Writing:  Compare and contrast 

 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 2/25/19-3/1/19

Spelling: No spelling test this week. Mid quarter spelling assessment.

Grammar:  Common nouns and proper nouns

Reading: Lon Po Po by Ed Young 

Writing:  Describing character traits & sequence of events 

This week ask your child to explain what a character trait is. What character trait would they assign to themselves? 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 2/19-2/22/19

Hello Westgate Families, 
This week in literacy they are focusing on using a variety of sentences in their writing. We will specifically practice the structure of a compound sentence. They will be demonstrating their understanding through writing of folktales and comprehension questions. We will continue small groups that are now either reading "The BFG" or "James and the Giant Peach". 
 
Our spelling rule for this week is the long e sound. A reminder that the goal of these spelling words is to understand the rule of the spelling to help them in the future with more difficult words. 
 
1. between
2. eel
3. fever
4. sheep
5. vehicle 
6. eve
7. theme
8. green
9. elephant 
10. concrete

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 2/11/19-2/19/19

Hello Westgate Families! 
This week in literacy they will be doing a winter writing prompt, reading poetry out loud (the focus being the structure of poetry and the rhythm), and reviewing all of our previous spelling words from this quarter. There will not be a formal spelling test this week. Instead they will be spending some time everyday looking back at our previous rules and words. We will also do some festive Valentines Day activities! 

Mrs. Hackleman's Literacy 2/4/19-2/14/19

Hello Westgate Families! 
This week in literacy we are focusing on figurative language and different types of poetry. They will be annotating and writing free verse poetry and lyrical poetry, as well as completing a figurative language hunt in their chapter books. At the end of class we are now taking some time to work in their cursive workbooks! 
 
Spelling Words:
The rule for the week is "aw" and "au"
 
1. awful
2. flaw
3. fawn
4. claw
5. outlaw
6. lawn
7. author
8, laundry
9. auditory
10. august