Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Writing: Students continued work on their rhyming poems.  Final copy is due on Friday.

Reading: Students continued to read Act II in their small groups.
                    HW: Selection Test # 159

Friday, February 1, 2013

 Students continued to work on their use of adjectives.  They wrote a descriptive paragraph in class.

Writing: Students were assigned a poetry writing assignment.  They will be describing a favorite place. We will be working on this in class for the next few days. The project is due Friday, February 8th.

No homework this weekend!


 

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Reading: We finished reading Act I of The Phantom Tollbooth.   Students have an Open Book test, #s 1-11, for homework.

English/Writing: Review of adjectives.  Students will be writing a descriptive poem about a favorite place.  Tonight's homework is the brainstorming sheet for the project, "Smelling the Roses".  It is due tomorrow.




  Sure glad that weather system is over!!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Reading: Students are reading the drama format of The Phantom Tollbooth in class.  Each student has a part to read.  We are reading this in class only.

             Homework: Vocabulary worksheet (prefixes and suffixes) due tomorrow

English: Students began to study comparative adjectives.

              Homework: Comparing with adjectives worksheet 53/54

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Those students who are eligible will be going ice skating tomorrow.

Today in language arts, we took care of some housekeeping duties: 2nd marking period writing folder, free assignment passes, and changing of seats.  Students also wrote down their goals for this semester in their writing journals.

English: We started our unit on adjectives.  Students have an adjective worksheet for homework that is due tomorrow.

 

Monday, January 21, 2013

No spelling homework this week.

This is the first day of the 3rd marking period.  Most of last marking period's assignments are recorded and can no longer be turned in.

The following assignments that were given in last marking period WILL BE on the 3rd marking period's grades:
           Fractured Folk Tale writing assignment (due last week)
           4-paragraph conflict essay (due today)
           Selection Test #116 (due today)


Today is the first day of the rest of the school year!!

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

1st hour exam was today.

2nd and 3rd hours:
    Reading: Students have a comprehension worksheet to go with "Dragon, Dragon".
   Writing:  Students have a 4-paragraph essay about conflict to write.

   Both assignments are due on Monday.


This is the last week of the first semester.  Monday is a new beginning.  Students should plan now for making their last semester a successful one.