This week we are diving into words.
3rd grade is discussing the power of words and starting our word collection as we learn about resources to understand words we may not know. We will be practicing dictionary and thesaurus skills this week to improve our learning all year.
4th grade will begin their study of Greek and Latin roots. We learned that 90% of words 3 syllables or longer have these roots and most scientific words use them as well. We will practice dictionary skills and building words from roots to find many related connections.
5th grade is stepping it up a notch and learning about Greek and Latin roots and the binomial nomenclature (2 named, name calling), a system that is used to scientifically name plants and animals. They will use this naming system to invent and name their own dinosaur in the coming weeks.
Are we supposed to post Questions here or via Email to you?
ReplyDeleteBella did not bring home any activates today -
Can you post them here like Ms. Conover has on her blog plz.
Will you let us know what is homework and what is schoolwork?
Bella is still not clear on most activities to explain them back to me
and I don't want her to fall behind again.
I had not been checking here. E-mail is the best way to make sure I see. I will start posting the guides here as well, that is a great additional way to access them.
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