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October 27, 2015

Today students continued on with their narrative essays. Students chose one of two writing assignments. They may write about a picture and “explode the moment” OR they can choose an appropriate THEME SONG for their lives! ROUGH DRAFTS were completed in class. Anyone who did not complete it will have to finish at home tonight. […]

October 23, 2015

We have started creating our first narrative essay and the students either chose to write based on a photograph of their choosing or write the “Theme Song of their Life”. (See attached presentation) We will continue to work on the narrative essay next week also. Homework: Rough draft is due Monday (The worksheet should […]

October 8, 2015

Tomorrow we will have a short quiz over point of view. Please remember to Review: first person second person third person third person omnicient who is the narrator? Also, reading logs should be signed each night by parents! Please ask you child to see his/her reading logs!

October 7, 2015

This week in class we are reviewing point of view and doing an activity in which students read a short passage and must identify the point of view and provide evidence. We will be moving on to author’s purpose tomorrow and placing a graphic organizer in our interactive notebooks and taking notes. Homework: Read for […]

September 17, 2015

NWEA testing today! Homework for Friday: 8-10 book covers from your favorite books Duck tape, etc. All materials are due 1 Vocabulary Tracker word due

Welcome to the new school year!

We have started the year on a great note! The kids are getting into the swing of things, and we are getting the procedures down in class! We went to the library yesterday, and all students checked out a book. At this time students should be reading 20 minutes per night, 5 days per week. […]

March 23, 2015

Today students are completing a practice test for the upcoming M-STEP test that will take place at the end of April. We have a new standing homework assignment. Students should continue to read 20 minutes a night, 5 days per week. Although students should be reading, they do not have to complete reading logs. In […]

January 21, 2015

Celebrity of the Day! Students are responsible for Unit 6 note cards. They also need to read pg. 56 and complete exercises on pgs. 60-61. BECAUSE OF THE SHORT WEEK THERE ARE NO READING LOGS THIS WEEK! HOWEVER, WE STILL EXPECT YOU TO BE READING! IF YOU HAVE NOT PRESENTED YOUR BOOK TALK, PLEASE PRACTICE […]

Wednesday, January 14th

Today in class we discussed how an author develops characters, as well as how to identify the mood and tone of a piece of literature We then applied that information to Chapter 3 of The Giver. Celebrity of the Day Homework: Page 55 in the vocabulary book

January 9, 2014

Homework: pgs. 46 and 50 in Vocabulary book Reading logs due on Monday 4 square and read Chapter 2 The Giver GET PROGRESS REPORT SIGNED!