Monday 2/26:
- We started going over appositive phrases with our Sassy Sentences (Mentor Sentences). Here are the notes for this page:
- Appositives interrupt the sentence to provide more information.
- They always rename the noun they are next to.
- They usually come after the noun they describe, but can sometimes precede it.
- Students received Article of the Week #3 and we went over chunking, roadblocks, and the main idea in class. We discussed the overall message behind the article in preparation for writing the reflection. This reflection is due on Wednesday on Google Classroom and the annotating, highlighting, and chunk summaries are due in hard copy on the same day.
Tuesday 2/27:
- We continued working on appositives with our Sassy Sentences.
- Students watched an example of a Literature Circle and completed a double entry journal. The left side is “What I Heard/Saw” and the right side is “What It Means.” Students wrote down observations and used them to draw conclusions about student participation.
- Students also received the Literature Circle Unit calendar. This tells them what we will be doing every day up to Spring Break. Students are also expected to have parents sign that they acknowledge the fact that there are 6 MANDATORY meeting dates that students cannot miss.
Wednesday 2/28:
- Students found 3 examples of appositive phrases in published works and wrote them into their mini-books.
- Students were placed in their groups, received their books, and broke the books into 6 chunks, 1 for each literature circle meeting that we have on our calendar (see above).
Thursday 3/1:
- Students came up with their own examples of appositive phrases using any of the structures we had practiced for the remainder of the week. Students had to come up with these using the photos posted on the board.
- Students used the rest of the time to start reading and filling out their role sheets. The first literature circle is on Monday 3/5.
Friday 3/2:
- SNOW DAY!