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5/10 through 5/14

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:44:14 -0500

MONDAY - Students begin Lesson 20 in their vocabulary workbooks. NO CHOICE WORK FOR THIS UNIT. We will check the workbook pages on Friday.

TUESDAY - We will work on Unit 20 vocabulary. Students will also finish reading the story from their lit books, “The Naming of Names”.

WEDNESDAY - [Yearbook Assembly in the morning. 6th period probably will not meet at all.] We will read a short screenplay from our lit book.

THURSDAY - Pirates’ Day! Come ready for fun!

FRIDAY - [Band/Choir program - classes will be short.] We will check and turn in our Unit 20 vocab pages.

5/6 through 5/10

Tue, 7 May 2013 10:52:49 -0500

MONDAY -

TUESDAY -

WEDNESDAY - Monday through Thursday we have
ARMT testing - no homework;
class time will be used for review or
comprehension practice.

THURSDAY -

FRIDAY - Short story work - we will discuss stories students have read and their important elements. We will also start reading a new story from our literature books.

4/29 through 5/3

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:10:32 -0500

MONDAY - We start a grammar packet about sentence types. Get a copy from me.
No homework!

TUESDAY - Outside Reading Test! Complete page 131 in your sentence packet.
Vocab due tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY - Turn in Unit 15 vocab pages. Today is also the Unit 15 vocab quiz. We will work through our sentence packet.

THURSDAY - Short story lesson; we will discuss Zoo and The Ruum from the lit books; we will take notes about short story elements.

FRIDAY - We will finish our sentence packet. We will discuss more short stories.

ARMT TESTING NEXT WEEK!

4/22 through 4/26

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:52:33 -0500

MONDAY - Vocabulary Smackdown! No homework.

TUESDAY - We begin Unit 15 in our vocabulary workbooks - due next Tuesday along with choice work!

WEDNESDAY - We practice our listening and comprehension skills by reading a choose-your-own-adventure book. No homework.

THURSDAY - TBA

FRIDAY - Students will work in houses to score points playing Scrabble. No homework.

4/15 through 4/19

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:14:42 -0500

MONDAY - We checked Unit 13 vocabulary pages. Students turned in section E; I took a grade on A-D also. Absent students need to turn these in when they return.
We also checked our Adverb Practice worksheet and Preposition worksheet. I took the Adv. WS for a grade. Students kept Preposition WSs to study for the quiz.

TUESDAY - Students review prepositions and learn about interjections and conjunctions.

WEDNESDAY - Students receive an adverb practice worksheet, which we go over in class.

THURSDAY - Students read two stories from the Literature textbook.
Instructions: read “Zoo” on page 85. Then read “The Ruum” on page 89. Then follow the directions on page 107: write two paragraphs comparing and contrasting the stories. Then write one sentence telling which story you like better and why.
EXTRA GRAMMAR PRACTICE AVAILABLE FROM ME OR DOWNLOAD THE LINKS BELOW.

FRIDAY - GRAMMAR QUIZ! Following the Grammar Quiz students will have class time to finish reading the stories and writing their compare/contrast paragraphs.

Adverb15_Identify_Adverbs_IV.pdf

WorksheetWorks_Identifying_Prepositions_1.pdf