Week 8 of Activities
May 11 - 14
Space Week!
This week we will be learning about different parts of speech, namely nouns, verbs, and adjectives! There are two assignments this week along with some mini-lessons, and please also have your child read lots as usual. I've highlighted some space-related books from Epic in my videos this week if your child would be interested in reading those.
Literacy Assignments for Week 8
To be submitted to Mrs. Barker by the end of the week
Assignment 1: Create & Describe an Alien
- Use your imagination to draw an alien and add lots of detail to it
- On a separate piece of paper, describe your alien using plenty of adjectives (descriptive words)
- What does the alien look like?
- What does it sound like when it speaks?
- Where does it live?
- What is its personality like? How does it behave?
- What are some surprising features of your alien?
- Try to use at least 5 adjectives in your writing
- See the example below
Example
Assignment 2: Word Search (Looking for Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives)
- Click here to go to Bookflix and read the books Stars! Stars! Stars! and Looking Through a Telescope
- When reading those two books, use a piece of paper to collect some nouns, verbs, and adjectives
- Please record at least 4 nouns, 4 verbs, and 2 adjectives
- Remember that:
- Nouns are a person, place, animal, or thing
- Verbs are an action word: they tell what something or someone is doing
- Adjectives are a descriptive word that describes a noun
- Watch the videos in the Mini-Lessons section to learn more about nouns, verbs, and adjectives
- See the example below for this assignment
- On that same Bookflix page, there are a number of space-related activities if you'd like to explore those as well!
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).
Here are some writing prompts for Space Week:
Here are some writing prompts for Space Week:
- Design a planet: describe what lives there, what jobs are available, the natural resources on the planet, interesting facts, what are the laws, etcetera
- If I went to space, I would bring...
- What would you tell an alien about life an Earth?
- Would you like to be an astronaut? Why or why not?
- An asteroid shower is headed your way. What do you do?
- Write an astronaut application: tell why you would make a great astronaut
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!
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!
Searches You Could Try on Epic for Space Week
The Darkest Dark
Story Time from Space
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.
I've also attached a document when you click here with some offline ways to practice spelling words if that's preferable for you.
For Students Reading Below Grade Level
Week 8: Oo [u:/] Sounds
This week our focus in reading work will be oo or [u:] vowel pairs (oo, ue, ui, ew) and the short ea sound. You can practice by reading the below book, working through the worksheets (you can download the worksheets here), and playing the games below.
Your child will benefit from lots of practice of their sight words, so please 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. Almost of the children were working on set 2 of the words, but the student reading at level G was working on set 4 of the words. Just message me if you're not sure which set your child was working on, and I can let you know! On the page for each set of sight words, the 25 words to practice are listed there, along with download links for flashcards and a booklet if you feel like printing those off or writing them out. There are links to a fridge magnet game where your child can write out their words, and links to the words on Spelling City where your child can play games with the 25 words from that group. Finally, there's a video for students to practice reading the words quickly (in about 3 seconds or less) and a list of ideas for how to practice the sight words. When your child knows 23-25 of the words quickly and consistently (without sounding out the word), you can move them up to the next level of sight words! I will vary the activities for these students every week on this section of the Language Arts page, so next week we will focus on different skills (but still practice their sight words). Reading on Raz-Kids is also a great way for these readers to practice reading at their just-right level! |
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Games
You can also check out online games from the Language Arts pages from previous weeks to practice vowel sounds!