Theme 10:Money Matters
Focus: Author’s Purpose (ask questions)
Big Idea: Asking a question about the author’s purpose helps you understand the main point of a reading. *The questions are focused around the main idea.
Review: compare and contrast (make connections)
Big Idea: you see how things are the same or different
Vocab: pages 328 and 342
Grammar
Singular and Plural pronouns
Big Idea: A singular pronoun is one person/thing (he, she, etc) a plural pronoun is more than one person/thing (they, we, etc)
Subject/Object Pronoun:
Big Idea: pronouns include both subject pronouns and object pronouns. Subject pronouns include I, you, he, she, it, we, and they. An object pronoun (me, you, him, her, it, us, and them) is used as the object of a verb or as the subject of a prepositional phrase.
Example: I let her read my book and asked her to give it back to me on Friday.
Proper Noun Review
Big Idea: Specific people, places, and things get capitalized
Action Verbs
Big Idea: specifically describe what the subject of a sentence is doing (jumping, hiking, swimming, smiling, etc).
Word Study Week 1: Reference Materials
Dictionary: gives the meanings of words and also the pronunciations and parts of speech
Encyclopedia: gives information about different topics
Thesaurus: lists the synonyms of words
Word Study week 2: Action Verbs
Writing: Procedural
Big Idea- this genre includes steps or a procedure for doing something
Target Skill: repetition of language
Big Idea- words are often repeated to help the reader understand an important idea
Theme 10 Test: Tuesday, January 31st
*Our two writing pieces for theme 10 are Poem and Question and Answer. After the theme test on the 31st, your student will choose one of these pieces to publish and turn in for a grade. The narrative rubric will be used to grade the poem, and the informative rubric will be used to grade the question and answer.