Fifth Grade Weekly Study Skills
Unit 3, Week 2, “Leonardo’s Horse”
Below are the skills
and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days. You can support your
child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and
concepts below:
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 artists inspire future
generations?
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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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Greek and Latin Roots
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Compound words
barefoot
blindfold countryside courthouse earthquake fishhook
grasshopper greenhouse homesick
hummingbird lightweight postcard
rowboat scrapbook spotlight
tablespoon teaspoon thumbtack
waterproof whirlpool
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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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canvas, charcoal, easel,
gallery, inspire, marble, medium, muse, projector, sculpture
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achieved architect
bronze cannon depressed
fashioned midst philosopher rival
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Focus on legibility: letter
form and shape
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Vocabulary
Unit 3, Week 2
1. achieved- when you have accomplished something or brought it to
a successful end
2. architect- a person who designs and makes
plans for buildings
3. bronze- a dark yellow-brown alloy of copper and tin often
used for sculptures and medals
4. cannon- a big gun that is usually
mounted on a base or wheels
5. depressed- gloomy, low-spirited, or sad
6. fashioned- made, shaped, or formed
7. midst- in the middle of something
8. philosopher- a person who attempts to discover and understand the basic
nature of knowledge and reality
9. rival- one
that wants and tries to get the same thing as another or tries to equal or do
better than another
Spelling
Words
Unit 3,
Week 2
1. barefoot
2. blindfold
3. countryside
4. courthouse
5. earthquake
6. fishhook
7. grasshopper
8. greenhouse
9. homesick
10. hummingbird
11. lightweight
12. postcard
13. rowboat
14. scrapbook
15. spotlight
16. tablespoon
17. teaspoon
18. thumbtack
19. waterproof
20. whirlpool
Challenge
Words:
21. sledgehammer
22. brokenhearted
23. chalkboard
24. straightforward
25. granddaughter
