September 14, 2012

Writing Class: Students are writing and revising personal narratives and painting pictures with words using Brushstrokes, as well as grammar and editing skills. Reading Class: Students have finished Where the Red Fern Grows. Goals include describing how the plot unfolds, and analyzing how a scene fits into the overall structure of the text. Students are classifying literary devices, and discussing the effect of figurative language. Please ensure your child reads AR at home for 15-20 minutes each night. AR Goal for the 9 weeks is 19.5. Spelling Words for next week: swiftly, dawn, pride, champion, despair, haggard, searing, scramble, predatory, petrified, berserk, lithe, ghastly, scourge, entrails, rebelled, symbolism, character, episodes, imagery Spelling Choice due Wednesday, Test Thursday.

Spelling Words September 4-7 Spelling Choice Due Thursday Test Friday Drizzle Impossible Fault Luckiest Qualified Miracle Ghost Graveyard Liquor Coffee Numb Chores Chill Blood Champion tobacco accident oldest campground stubborn

Aug. 27-31

Reading Class: Students will continue the novel, Where the Red Fern Grows. Goals include describing how the plot unfolds, and analyzing how a scene fits into the overall structure of the text. Students are classifying literary devices, and discussing the effect of figurative language. Please ensure your child reads AR at home for 15-20 minutes each night. AR Goal for the 9 weeks is 19.5. Spelling words for the week of Aug. 27-31: welcome, education, confidence, season, blister, puzzle, curious, biggest, lantern, solution, grief, metal, straight, approve, ugly, strawberry, laughter, lessons, fearless, speech. Test on Friday.

Reading Class: Students will start the novel, Where the Red Fern Grows next week. Goals include describing how the plot unfolds, and analyzing how a scene fits into the overall structure of the text. Please ensure your child reads AR at home for 15-20 minutes each night. AR Goal for the 9 weeks is 19.5. Spelling words for the week of Aug. 20-24: behavior, maintain, display, clean, freight, escape, season, chimpanzee, receive, achieve, velocity, migrate, bright, reply, prize. These words all have long vowel sounds. Test on Friday.

Welcome Back to School!

Spelling Lesson 1: Activities will be completed in class. Please study words at home and be ready for a test on Friday! Word List for August 6-10: animal except distance canyon meadow install fantastic mention skill fraction method strict grand pleasant swimming Please complete the survey on the previous blog post!

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Have a Great Summer!