Monday, May 19, 2014

Week of May 19-23, 2014

Monday:
     Delayed start
     Students will be doing a writing quiz: writing a four-paragraph essay that is due at the end of the hour.

Tuesday:
     Students will begin investigating the final part of speech--prepositions
     In reading we will continue with non-fiction reading: persuasive essays
                 We will read pgs. 580-584.  Students will complete the ?? 1-9 on pgs. 585
                          HW: Selection test

Wednesday:
     Continue with prepositions and prepositional phrases
     Students will gather information from a cereal box and create a 30-second commercial that will be presented on Thursday. Emphasis on persuasive word choices. They will write their presentation on a note card.
     
Thursday:
     More work with prepositional phrases.
     Presentation of cereal commercials.
         HW: Read pgs. 589-91  Create T-chart of main ideas and supporting details
                  Preposition worksheet

Friday:
   Go over the information for the Michigan's Adventure field trip.  Students who have enough points will be given a permission/informational handout. Students who do not have enough points to go on the trip are expected to attend school that day.
    More work on persuasive arguments.

           TRIP TO MICHIGAN'S ADVENTURE IS THURSDAY, MAY 29TH.


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