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June 1st- June 5th

 Phonics- -ER, -OR and -IST / - ISH

-The suffixes -Er, -OR and -IST mean some (one/thing) that does an action
-When we add the suffix -ER to verbs, or action words, it makes the verb become a noun meaning one that does (i.e. Teach to Teacher)
-OR and -IST are also used to make verbs into nouns
-OR is pronounced /er/ as in sailor.
-IST is pronounced /ist/ as in cartoonist

- We also learned about the suffix -ish meaning somewhat like


Spelling Test- Homophones

-For next week, please spend some time reviewing homophones.

Homophones are words that sound the same when we say them, but they have different meanings and different spellings.

Homophones to Know:
To / Two
See / Sea
Sun / Son
Right / Write
One / Won
Blue / Blew
Hear / Here
No / Know
Be / Bee
Their / There

1.) Practice at Home
-Read each pair of homophones aloud.
-Make sure you know the meaning of each word.
-Try using each word in a sentence.
-Ask a family member to quiz you on the pairs.

Challenge:

Can you write one sentence for each word in the pair?

Example:

I can see the mountains.
We went swimming in the sea.

June Calendar

-We practiced the days of the weeks
-We talked about how there are 30 days in June
-We wrote down important dates that are coming up and answered questions pertaining to them
-Then we decorated a page with our favourite  things to do in the summer




Measuring- Iteration and Tiling

-We have been practicing measuring using non-standard units by tiling and iteration
-Which was easier?  Which. method is more accurate?


Colour Wheel

- We learned about colour in art
- The colour wheel contains the colours of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple)
- Colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel are complimentary colours



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