Language Arts - Unit 4
The following skills will be covered in this fourth unit of the year.
Phonics:
oo (as in foot), soft c (as in cent), soft g (as in age), aw (as in saw), au
(as in cause), a (as in all), ph (as in phone), tch (as in watch)
Reading:
Comprehension:
Drawing Conclusions
Compare and Contrast
Vocabulary:
Introduce Antonyms
Inflectional Endings (-er, -est)
Study Skills:
Graphic Aids (maps, charts)
Grammar (English):
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Contractions
Review sentence combining
Review parts of a sentence: subject, predicate.
Writing that compares
Sentence rules: All sentences must have - 1. a subject 2. a predicate 3.
punctuation 4. a capital
letter at the beginning 5. spaces between the words.
Punctuating sentences
Handwriting:
Introduce cursive letter forms and lower case letters (Zaner Bloser style)
Review manuscript (printed) letter forms
We will be reading the following
stories in this reading unit:
Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie
Fernando's Gift by Douglas Keister
The Best Vacation Ever by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats by Ann Earle
"Going BATTY for Bats" from Time for Kids magazine
