Latin / Greek Word
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English Root (part of word)
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English Derivatives
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LATIN urbs, urbis (city)
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urb
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urban, suburban
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GREEK
polis (city)
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poli
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police, police, policy, political,
metropolis
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LATIN locare, locatum
(to place)
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loc
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location, relocate, local, locale,
dislocate
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Language Arts: We’ve been keeping busy with writing and grammar! Our class has been enjoying identifying words’ part of speech while classifying sentences. We’ve focused on the questions to ask when classifying sentences, such as “Who is this sentence about?” and “What is being said about ____?” We will continue classifying sentences throughout this week, identifying the complete subject and complete predicate within sentences, as well as diagramming them. Your child will also learn about the four types of sentences and review the punctuation that accompanies each. Please ask your child to share the vocabulary words and analogy cards we’ve completed so far this year! These can be found in the second section of their language arts spiral notebook. The students have enjoyed reading and creating analogies; they’ve been making progress in identifying the relationship between words within various analogies.
Our class
is eagerly following Mary Lennox’s journey at Misselthwaite Manor from our
current literature selection, The Secret
Garden. Over the last two weeks, the students have worked hard at answering
explicit questions from the novel, writing some of their own, and finding and
defining interesting vocabulary words from the text. This week, we will begin
literature circle discussions in small groups. This method of studying
literature allows the students to co-write a summary over the previous night’s
reading, create open-ended questions about the events from the text, and hold a
reflective discussion rooted in the questions they’ve created.
This week, the students will learn
the idiom, “bite the hand that feeds you”. We will also continue moving through
our Greek and Latin words from our word origins curriculum, English from the Roots Up.
History/Geography: I
hope your child has been sharing interesting information about the Ancient
Civilizations we’ve been covering in History and Geography! Last week, the
students learned all about the ancient people from central Mexico whose culture
and technology still impress people today… the Aztecs! We also began our study of
the Incas, and will finish learning about their fascinating history on
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday will be
spent comparing and contrasting the three civilizations and reviewing the
interesting traits that made them profound. The students will be tested over
this content on Thursday of this week. On Friday, we will begin our unit on the
Renaissance!
Science: Your
children have been learning about Linnaean classification! Have you been
hearing your child list the classification terms, “Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species”? Feel free
to practice alongside them! :) This week, we will focus on the five kingdoms:
Animal, Plant, Fungus, Protist, and Moneran. We will gradually be adding new
information as we continually review the content that we’ve covered. I
encourage you to ask your child about Aristotle, Carolus Linnaeus, and binomial
nomenclature. These conversations are imperative in solidifying the rigorous
content that the students are learning at school each day.
