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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading The Tiny Seed in class this week. I
WORDS TO KNOW learned to draw conclusions. That doesn’t mean
I draw a picture of a conclusion! It means I find
burst desert drifts the facts. Then, I put them together to figure out
something the writer doesn’t tell me in words. The
drowns gently neighbor little seed in this story keeps traveling past dangers.
I know that the seed may be little, but it is strong,
Headliners Let’s write some headlines with your words.
too. Drawing conclusions makes me
I’ll ask you what each word means and then we’ll use

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feel like a reading detective!
the word in a newspaper headline. We can make up a
story from one of the headlines. This Week’s Skills
SPELLING WORDS Comprehension: draw conclusions

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Vocabulary: context clues
duck cup bump dude sun
Phonics: the sounds of u and u_e as in
cut and cube
fume rule cube rude bud
Spelling: words with u
Here’s Looking at U Listen to this word: bump. Now, I’ll
read your spelling words. Tell me if you hear a word with
the same vowel sound you hear in bump. Spell the word
for me. Now, listen to this word: June. Tell me if you hear
a word with the same vowel sound you hear in bloom.
Spell the word for me.

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Be a Detective Double Detectives
We’ve been asked to solve a mystery again. Sammy went
We are going to play “Find the Flowers.” You and I will be to the beach. Where is his cap? We’ll find it. We have
detectives. A friend tells us she brought two flowers to an clues to draw conclusions.
office. Did someone take them? Where are they? Our friend
has given us clues. We can use them to draw conclusions
that will solve the mystery.

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The flowers are not in the vase. The cap is not on the chair.
They are not on the shelves. It isn’t floating in the water.
The flowers are small. It is not next to the blanket.
They are not in the cup. The cap has dots on it.
Could the flowers be on the desk? Sammy has a book in his beach bag.
Where are the flowers? Where is Sammy’s cap?

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 Conexión con el hogar

Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase The Tiny
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Seed. Aprendí a sacar conclusiones. ¡Eso no quiere
decir que le saco una parte al cuento! Quiere decir
burst desert drifts que encuentro datos y luego los combino para
drowns gently neighbor comprender lo que el autor no expresa con palabras.
La semillita de este cuento debe pasar de un peligro a
Titulares Vamos a escribir titulares con estas palabras. otro. Sé que es pequeñita, aunque también es fuerte.
Te voy a preguntar qué quiere decir cada una y después ¡Sacar conclusiones me hace sentir

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la usaremos para formar el titular de un periódico. como un detective de la lectura!
Podemos crear un cuento a partir de uno de los titulares.
Destrezas de la semana
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Comprensión: sacar conclusiones

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duck cup bump dude sun Vocabulario: claves de contexto

fume rule cube rude bud Fonética: sonidos de la u y la u_e

como en cut y cube
Cosas de la U Escucha esta palabra: bump. Ahora
voy a leerte las palabras de la lista. Dime si escuchas Ortografía: palabras con u
una palabra con el mismo sonido de la vocal en bump.
Deletrea la palabra. Ahora escucha esta otra palabra:
June. Dime si escuchas una palabra con el mismo sonido
de las vocales en bloom.

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¡Seamos detectives! ¡Detectives otra vez!
Nos han encargado que resolvamos otro misterio. Sammy
Vamos a jugar a “Encontrar las flores”. Vamos fue a la playa. ¿Dónde está su gorra? Vamos a encontrarla.
a ser detectives. Una amiga nos dice que llevó Tenemos pistas para sacar conclusiones.
dos flores a una oficina. ¿Alguien las tomó?
¿Dónde están? Nuestra amiga nos dio algunas
pistas. Podemos usarlas para sacar conclusiones
y resolver el misterio.

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The flowers are not in the vase. The cap is not on the chair.
They are not on the shelves. It isn’t floating in the water.
The flowers are small. It is not next to the blanket.
They are not in the cup. The cap has dots on it.
Could the flowers be on the desk? Sammy has a book in his beach bag.
Where are the flowers? Where is Sammy’s cap?

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 Koneksyon lakay ak lekòl

Egzèsis sou mo Chè manm fanmi :

M ap li The Tiny Seed nan klas semèn sa a. Mwen
MO POU KONNEN te aprann ki jan pou m tire konklizyon. Sa pa vle di
mwen desine foto yon konklizyon ! Sa vle di mwen
burst desert drifts jwenn kèk fè. Ansuit, mwen mete yo ansanm pou
m ka rive jwenn yon enfòmasyon ekriven an pa
drowns gently neighbor eksprime avèk mo. Nan istwa sa a ti semans lan ap
vwayaje danje aprè danje. Mwen konnen semans lan
Gran tit yo Annou ekri kèk gran tit avèk mo w yo.
ka piti, men li gen fòs tou. Lè m tire
Mwen pral mande w ki sa chak mo siyifi epi ansuit nou

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konklizyon sa fè m santi m tankou
pral itilize mo a kòm gran tit yon jounal. Nou ka fè yon
yon lektè detektif !
istwa apatide youn nan gran tit yo.
Teknik pou semèn sa a
MO ÒTOGRAF
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Konpreyansyon : tire konklizyon
duck cup bump dude sun Vokabilè : endis nan kontèks la
Fonik : son u ak u_e tankou nan cut
fume rule cube rude bud ak cube
Yon koudèy sou U Koute mo sa a : bump. Kounye a, Òtograf : mo ki gen u
mwen pral li mo òtograf ou yo. Di m si w tande yon mo
ki gen menm son vwayèl ou tande nan bump. Eple mo
a pou mwen. Kounye, koute mo sa a : June. Di m si w
tande yon mo ki gen menm son vwayèl ou tande nan
bloom. Eple mo a pou mwen.

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Vin yon detektif Detektif doub
Yo te mande nou pou rezoud yon mistè ankò Sammy te
Nou pral jwe jwèt “Jwenn flè yo.” Oumenm ansanm avèk ale nan plaj. Ki kote chapo l ye ? Nou pral jwenn li. Nou
mwen pral jwe wòl detektif. Yon zanmi di nou li te pote de genyen kèk endis pou nou ka tire kèk konklizyon.
flè nan yon biwo. Èske yon moun te pran yo ? Ki kote yo ye ?
Zanmi nou an te bannou kèk endis. Nou ka itilize yo pou tire
kèk konklizyon ki pral rezoud mistè a.

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The flowers are not in the vase. The cap is not on the chair.
They are not on the shelves. It isn’t floating in the water.
The flowers are small. It is not next to the blanket.
They are not in the cup. The cap has dots on it.
Could the flowers be on the desk? Sammy has a book in his beach bag.
Where are the flowers? Where is Sammy’s cap?

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