Temarios beging a writer 5 - 6

BELMONT AMERICAN SCHOOL

March – April Topics

6^th Grade

Beging a Writer

* Writing – Expository Nonfiction

                -  Persuasive Nonfiction

                - Students hear and discuss expository nonfiction

                - Students think about different ways to organize and present information in nonfiction writings

                - Students begin writing about topics of interest and cultivate curiosity about nonfiction topics.

* Grammar and Usage

                - Identify and indent paragraphs

                - Recognize and use conjunctions to connect ideas

* Punctuation

                - Use single and double quotation marks in speech

                - Use commas in a series

* Spelling

               - Negatives prefixes

               - Syllable – ment

               - more words with Prefixes

               - more greek and Latin Roots

BELMONT AMERICAN SCHOOL

March – April Topics

5^th Grade

Beging a Writer

* Writing – Expository nonfiction

                 - Persuasive nonfiction

·         Sts. Hear and discuss expository nonfiction

·         Sts,. Think about different ways to organize and present information in nonfiction writings

·         Sts. Begin writing about of interest, and cultivate curiosity about nonfiction topics

* Grammar and Usage

                - Single and double quotation marks in speech and direct quotations

                - Use commas in a series

                - Capitalize proper nouns including ethnicities, languages, and religions.

                - Cite books and magazine articles

* Spelling

·         Syllable –ous and Suffix – ly

·         Syllables with –ant, and ent

·         Syllables with –ance and –ence

·         Latin roots port and “uni”

·         Suffix that Mean a person “who” or a thing that