We are finsihing up the Hunger Games.  As a final assignment, your students will bring home the “APP” project sheet & rubric.  Please review these.  We will work on those Wed-Fri in school.  Final work will be due @ the end of the day Friday, Jan 9th.

Please remember that the end of the 3rd card marking is Thursday, Jan 22nd.  I will send a final reminder / progress report the week of Jan 12-16 — to notify you of  any late or missing work to turn in.  Please continue to check parent connect for the latest updates in grades.

READ over the break 🙂

Please remember to check the daily reading log & sign off every night!  The next reading log is due in January!

**HOMEWORK over break ~ please listen to the Audio online > Hunger Games, Chapters 21-26.

Happy Holidays!

We will be sending home progress reports today if your student is missing any work or has any redo/ retake work.  This is the half-way point of the 3rd marking period.  You may also receive a progress report in the mail in January if your student is getting a C or lower this marking period.  Students may makeup missing work or low scores.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year in 2015!

We will continue to expand vocabulary from the reading.  On Wednesday, we have a quiz, chapter 1-9.

We continue to work on author’s point of view, think pair share & comprehension.  The 3rd card marking starts on Monday, December 2nd.

Please continue to check & sign off on daily reading logs ~ 20 min per day!

We are working on analyzing informational text & writing an argumentative piece this week.  **On Friday, we will complete the final draft of the argumentative.

-Library book RETURN & CHECKOUT is Friday, November 7th!

Please bring back your library books to renew or return!

DAILY READING LOGS are due on November 11 or 12!  Please sign & check for reading daily!

Happy Halloween!  We will continue to read informational text in class.  Monday – Friday we will write an argumentative piece relating to a story from the textbook.

*Dates to remember:

Tuesday, November 4th – NO SCHOOL > please vote > Hold Harmless Renewal > (NOT AN INCREASE)!

Friday, November 7th – Return & checkout new library books!

Tuesday, November 11th – Turn in daily reading logs!!

Remember to VOTE on November 4th!

The HOLD HARMLESS is a Renewal!!  Not an increase!

We continue to analyze text features of informative text.  We will be using the literature textbook in class & use the close & critical model to summarize & make connections to the reading.  Please continue to read at home & log your 20 minutes daily!!  Friday, October 31st is the half-way point of the 2nd card marking ~ progress reports will be generated at that time.

We are working on analyzing informational text.  Students will be responding to reading in the Literature textbook.  Final copy of the writing response will be due in class on Wednesday.  Library checkout is Friday, October 24th!  Make sure to bring in overdue library books!  Continue logging your daily 20 minutes!