The Week of April 9, 2018

Group 1
Spelling words:me, be, read, feet, tree, keep, eat, sea, these
Vocabulary word:about, by, car, could, don't, maybe, sure, there

Practice to blend and decode words with e, ee,ea e_e. Read Pop's Take A  Trip and answer the questions in write in reader.
Discuss about the Different way to travel. .Read the fantasy The Big Trip and compare the characters in the story.
Group 2
Spelling words:dark, arm, park, yard, hard, party, start, spark, farm, star, carpet, apartment
Vocabulary Words:assistant, agreed, polite, failed, tearing, wisdom, cleared, trouble
Students will learn that the letters a and r together will stand for the /ar/ sound in the beginning, middle or end of a word.
Practice to decode and write words with /ar/ sound. 

We will discuss the importance of having signs and following them, We will read the story The Sign Maker's Assistant and discuss the characters  and how the text and graphic features help understanding what is happening in the story.
Review synonyms and proper nouns.
Group 3-

Spelling words:birthday, anyone, sometimes, everything, grandmother, faraway, sunburned, daylight, afternoon, airplane, bonus: scorekeeper, everybody
Vocabulary words:shelter, colony, constant, wilderness, climate, region, unexpected, gliding, overheated, layer
Students will learn that a compound word is formed from two smaller words. Two smaller words in the compound word, gives clues about the meaning of the compound word.Practice to spell and read compound words.
Discuss the topic climate and how it is different in different states and how people survive in areas where the temperature ids freezing.We will read the informational text Life On The Ice and discuss the essential questions while we read.