Fifth Grade Weekly Study Skills
Unit 3, Week 1, “The Fabulous Perpetual Motion
Machine”
Below are the skills
and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days. (*Please note: our literacy lessons are based
on 5-day plans that may or may not align with a M-F schedule. In an effort to
teach the entire grade level core, we will send home the “weekly study skills”
on the day that we begin a new 5-day instructional sequence.) You can support your child’s literacy skills
by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:
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Big
Idea/Big Question
(This is the theme of our
unit in class.)
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Question
of the Week
(This is the theme/question
for
this week’s instruction in
class.)
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What do people gain from the work of inventors
and artists?
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How do inventors inspire our imagination?
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Word
Analysis
(These are the word parts we
are
studying in class.)
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Spelling
Patterns and associated Words
(These patterns connect to
our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
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Shades of meaning
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The schwa sound
bulletin
carnival celebrate celery
census Chicago elegant
estimate factory garage
gasoline humidity illustrate jewel
kingdom operate pajama
terrific tomorrow tropical
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Oral
Vocabulary
(Try using these words in
your
conversations at home.)
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Lesson/Tested
Vocabulary
(These reading words are
words from
this week’s main selection.)
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design device
enterprise entrepreneur experiment improvement innovation suggested
theory vehicle
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applauds browsing
fabulous inspecting project
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Focus
on Legibility: letter size and proportion
Cursive E, e, Your
Name
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Vocabulary
Unit 3, Week 1
1. applauds- shows approval by clapping hands, shouting,
etc.
2. browsing- looking at casually or leisurely; reading here and there in a book
or library; looking for information on the Internet
3. fabulous- wonderful, exciting; amazing
4. inspecting- looking over carefully or examining something
5. project- a plan, scheme, or undertaking; special assignment planned and
carried out by a student or group of students
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