This Week's ELA: 3.03 Short-A and Long-A; Word Study; Nonfiction

3.03 Spelling: Short and Long A                                                     HD3/JC3

*If you made below a 90% on last week’s spelling test, you must write this week’s words 3 times each (due Thursday).

Monday: Which are the 5 hardest words for you to spell?  Write them correctly in your agenda in the box on the bottom right.  Practice and study these words and last week’s words.  (Work on 3x each if you made below 90% on last week’s test.)

Tuesday: Write the rest of your spelling words correctly in your agenda.  Study all 15 words and last week’s words.  (Work on 3x each if you made below 90% on last week’s test.)

Wednesday: Study all 15 words and last week’s words.  (Finish 3x each if you made below 90% on last week’s test.)

Thursday: Study all 15 words and last week’s words!  If possible, take a practice spelling test (either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com.) 

*Your test on Friday will have 20 words.  The “extra” five will be selected from previous weeks’ words.

The short-a vowel sound is the vowel you hear in apple and ant.

The long-a vowel sounds is what you hear in age and eight.

1.     track

2.     stamp

3.     stage

4.     grade

5.     they

6.     batch

7.     chance

8.     graph

9.     raise

10. eight

11. safety

12. wrapped

13. laugh

14. magical

15. station

Vocabulary: Word Study

Monday: Use the word bank to match each word to its definition.

Tuesday-Thursday: Study for Friday’s test.  Your test will include matching and examples to label.

antonym                     base, root, or stem                  prefix               suffix               synonym                    

1.     _____________________________________________________: a word that means the opposite of a given word

2.     _____________________________________________________: a word that means the same as a given word

3.     _____________________________________________________: the main part of a word that gives the word meaning; a word in its simplest form

4.     _____________________________________________________: word part added to the beginning of a base, root, or stem

5.     _____________________________________________________: word part added to the end of a base, root, or stem

Reading Focus: Nonfiction (true books/articles); nonfiction text structure