Today we went to the library to get new books. Students are now allowed 2 books at a time, however, they are responsible for every book they check out!  We also reviewed story vocabulary by taking notes and going through them with a familiar short story, “Little Red Riding Hood”. For writer’s workshop, we began learning about the parts of speech we will cover in our grammar lessons.

Everyone was assigned “Functions of Parts of Speech” on MobyMax – Language. YOU MUST SIGN IN THROUGH CLEVER. Students must earn an 85% or higher in order to pass. This will be due October 31st but they will get some class time to work on it every week.

You can find the parts of speech rap here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQJZHrgpg_0

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One-Pager #1 and #2 are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday!
• MobyMax – Language – “Functions of Parts of Speech” – Due October 31st
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?