Parent Bulletin: For the Week of 8/7 and 8/10-8/14

Parent Bulletin: For the Week of 8/7 and 8/10-8/14

Language Arts:
We will be studying the eight parts of speech!
EQ: What are the eight parts of speech and how are each one used?
GPS Standard: ELA5C1
person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
is a word that is used in place of noun or pronoun
Pronoun
A word that expresses strong feelings or emotion
Interjection
word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Examples: in, under, near, behind, to, from, over
Preposition
word that joins words or groups of words
Conjunction
A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. They generally answer one of four questions: how, when, where, or to what extent.
Adverb
a word that modifieds a noun or pronoun and answers the questions what kind, which one, how many or how much
Adjective
word expressing action or state of being
Verb

Reading: Main Idea (What’s the Big Picture!)
GPS Standard: ELA5R1
EQ: What is the main idea? How can we identify the main idea?
The Main Idea is the most important idea about a topic.

Details: are used to support the main idea!

Humanities:
Effective Citizenship – GPS Standard: 5CG1A, B; CG4, E3A
EQ: What does it mean to be an effective citizen?

Vocabulary: responsibility, citizen, volunteer, naturalization, register, E pluribus unum, Bill of Rights