Language Arts Week 12

Week 12 of Activities

June 8 - 12
Bug Week (Part Two)

This week we will continue reading and writing all about bugs, or some of the animals that scientists call invertebrates! There is one assignment along with some mini-lessons, and please also have your child read lots as usual. I've highlighted some books about invertebrate animals from Epic further down this page if your child would be interested in reading those.

Literacy Assignment for Week 12

To be submitted to Mrs. Barker by the end of the week

Assignment: Publishing Your Non-Fiction Invertebrate Book

Using the information you collected last week about the appearance, habitat, diet, enemies, and other interesting facts for your chosen invertebrate animal, you will be writing a final draft of your non-fiction invertebrate book
You will have two main tasks this week:
- Writing introductory and concluding sentences for the five categories
- Revising and editing your book
There are two videos below on how to complete those tasks
You can download this template to record your introductory and concluding sentences or you could use your own paper
Scroll through the example to the right of a completed inveterate book

Mini-Lessons

Extra Writing at Home

If your child has completed their writing assignment and has more time, they can start another piece of writing (in class when a student finishes early I always encourage them to revise their work start on something new to make the most of our writing practice time). Below are some writing prompts for Bug Week from Write Shop.

Favourite Insect
What is your favourite insect? Why is this your favourite?

Design a Home
Imagine that a colony of ants can no longer live in an ant hill. You must design a new home for the ants. What would it look like?

Grasshopper Interview
You are a reporter for the Spruce Grove Examiner. You have been asked to interview a grasshopper. Write about your interview.

Ladybug or Dragonfly
Write an opinion piece on which you prefer: ladybugs or dragonflies. Explain why you prefer one over the other, and provide some counterarguments to oppose the arguments that someone with an opposite opinion might make.

Ladybug or Dragonfly
Create a new insect. Decide what it is called, what it eats, where it lives, and describe its common behaviours.

Reading at Home

If possible, please have your child read every day for a good chunk of time; quality reading time is one of the most crucial components of students' learning! Your child might be reading hard copy books, or from Epic or Raz-Kids. If you need a reminder about how to access Epic or Raz-Kids, you can check out the directions from the Week 2 page here in the Reading at Home section.

If your child is reading below grade level (let me know if you're not sure), and was working on sight words and phonics in class, I've attached some beginning activities to get back to some of that practice at the bottom of this page. I will change and add to those activities each week.

Happy reading!

Invertebrate Books You Can Read on Epic

Virtual Library for Week 12
(With Invertebrate Books!)

Spelling at Home

Students can practice their spelling words for this week on Spelling City. Their username and password are the same as their Google username and password (such as caitb1234 and red.bike). Students have accessed this website before to find the games for this week, but feel free to comment if you need help finding the games. They should be able to log on, go to Lists & Games, find the list from the group "All This Week" and then select Games.

I've also attached a document when you click here with some offline ways to practice spelling words if that's preferable for you.

Our spelling words this week are:
more
store
stand
star
blew
flew
new
stone
sting
ring
truck
went

For Students Reading Below Grade Level

Week 12: Ar Word Family

We officially our Reading Roots lessons last week! Our focus this week will now be the ar word family (words like star, jar, and mark). You can practice by reading the poem to the right (download a larger version here), working through the worksheets (you can download the worksheets here), and playing the games below.

Please keep practicing your child's sight words: click here to go to the sight word page (it's also linked at the top of this website under "more") and select the group of words that your child was working on. Reading on Raz-Kids is also a great way for these readers to practice reading at their just-right level!