Monday, October 22, 2012

Spelling: Homework due on Thursday at the beginning of the hour.  Plural noun review words.

Reading: Continued to work on the "Text Connections" group projects. 

Friday, October 19, 2012

Students are working on a group project highlighting text connections.

      Text-to-Text: How is this literature similar to other literature I have read?
      Text-to-World: How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world?
      Text-to-Self: How is this literature similar to my life?

Students will continue to work on this project on Monday.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Reading: Students worked in small groups to analyze characters' points of view (perspective).
        Homework: Selection Test #59  (skip #s 17, 20, 21,22)

Book Reports due November 6th!!


 

October 16 & 17, 2012

MEAP testing in the morning!!
No homework in language arts on these days.

BOOK REPORT ALERT: The Summer of the Swans book report is due November 6th for 1st and 2nd hours.  It is due on November 9th for 3rd hour. 

Monday, October 15, 2012

Because of the delayed start- there is no spelling homework this week.

MEAP testing: Tuesday and Wednesday we will be MEAPing. Students will test math on Tuesday and social studies on Wednesday.  Please encourage your child to get a good night's sleep and to eat a "power" breakfast.

Friday, October 12, 2012

English:  Students completed a review of plural and possessive nouns.

Reading:  Students read with partners.  After reading, each partnership discussed the internal and external conflicts in each piece of literature.

 

Thursday, October 11, 2012

 In class today, students continued working on their review packet.
They also finished their "Bad Day" essays.

 Students who finished the week's work do not have homework. Those who have not completed these assignments were to take them home and finish them.