Day 1-5 Study Skills :-)

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Animals: How are people and animals important to one another?	How do wild animals take care of their babies?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Inflected ending -s Inflected ending -ing	Ending –s; Review of short i and short a fit     fits    hit    hits    nap naps    sit    sits    win    wins
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
eat   four   five   her   this   too	animals    dinner   watch
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
observe   wild   parent   canopy   screech   million   reserve   native	Nn, Gg Letter Slant