Language+Arts

=__**LanguageArts **__= **In grade 5, students will learn from 5 main units. These units deal with thematic and inquiry based material. Students also participate in an author or genre study. These units are:**

1) Together is better - Collections (Multi-genre inquiry) 2) Exploring heritage - Collections (Thematic) 3) Tales-Cleaver, Foolish and Brave - Collections (Thematic) 4) Biographies (Genre Study) 5) Weather, Wings and Kite stings - collections (Thematic)

Here are some strategies when studying for your spelling test:1) ABC order - Write your words in alphabetical order 2) Rainbow - Write your words with different colours. 3) Cheer your words - Pretend you are a cheerleader and cheer them to an adult. 4) Silly sentences - use as many spelling words as you can to make a silly sentence. 5) Pyramid words - write your word by adding one letter at a time to form a pyramid. For example, p pypyr pyra pyram <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">pyrami <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">pyramid <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">6) Disappearing words - We all know that "There was a farmer, had a dog, and Bingo was his name-o. 7)B-I-N-G-O! Use the same idea to spell your words by leaving letters out. For example, bingo, *ingo, ngo, *go, o. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">8) Computer Fun - try typing your words on the computer using different fonts <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">9) Air words - Write your words out with your finger in the air <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">10) Other handed - Try writing your spelling words with the opposite hand.

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