Foundation Skills

**Unit 5, Week 2 Spelling Test: Tuesday, April 16th.

**Unit 5, Week 3 Spelling Test: Wednesday, April 24th.

This week we will finish working with Unit 5, Lesson 2 words.  Lesson 2 involves words with prefixes ex-, en-/em-, dis-, auto-.  

• The prefix ex- means “out of,” “from,” or “thoroughly.”
• The prefix en-/em- means “to cause or make.”
• The prefix dis- means "not"
• The prefix auto- means “self.”

The students have completed homework sheets with these prefixes.  Please help them with the meanings of the prefixes and help them prepare for the assessments.  On Wednesday, we will begin working with Unit 5, Lesson 3 words.  This lesson works with prefixes referring to number or quantity or location.  Please help your child practice these prefixes and prepare for their upcoming spelling and word analysis assessments. 

Some prefixes refer to number or quantity:

• The prefix uni- means “one.”
• The prefix bi- means “two.”
• The prefix tri- means “three.”
• The prefix multi- means “more than one.”

Some prefixes refer to location:

• The prefix mid- means “in the middle of.”
• The prefix sub- means “under” or “below.”
• The prefix trans- means “across” or “through.”
• The prefix inter- means “between.”

Reading and Responding 

**Unit 5, Lesson 2 Assessment: Tuesday, April 16th.

**Unit 5, Lesson 3 Assessment: Wednesday, April 24th. 

This week we will continue working with Unit 5, Lesson 2 Every Vote Counts.  This informational text discusses the election process and its importance.  Monday, we will finish up our work with our story and find out our results of our election results.  On Tuesday, we will take our fresh read assessment.  Please make sure you are reviewing the story vocabulary with your child.  On Wednesday, we will begin working with Unit 5, Lesson 3 How Congress Works.  As we read our story we will visualize, ask and answer questions, and look for the main idea.  We will also review compare and contrast  and classify and categorize as we read.  Please help your child practice their vocabulary words and have them read every night.  As you study the vocabulary words, point out key words in the definition and practice using them in a sentence.  Each Wednesday, we go to the library.  Your child should have a library book that they can read and test on.

Character Education

 We will continue to learn the 8 Bulldog Character Traits.  We will focus on Bulldogs are Problem Solvers.

Reminders:

•  If you are not able to get into Parent Square, please let me know. 
• Please sign your child's behavior sheet each night. 
• On Tuesday, your child will bring home Tuesday papers in the back of their daily folder.  Please review them and sign the sheet in their folder.  Please return all Tuesday papers.
• Friday, April 19th, is a weather day.  Enjoy the long weekend!
• Friday, May 3rd is our end of the year field trip to Launch. 
• Thursday, May 9th we will have a class picnic for both of our classes during our lunch times.