Week of Nov. 30

Friday
We worked on metaphors in class.
Homework: Continue to review vocab, parts of speech, etc. Po, Sed test Monday.
Upcoming: Mid-year STAR test next Tuesday.



Thursday
Students had time in class to read their AR books.
Homework: Continue to review vocab, parts of speech, etc.


Wednesday
Students prepared for reading A Christmas Carol by reading a biography of Charles Dickens and an article entitled "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told." Use this information to create a brace or classification (tree) thinking map of the information in the handouts. No circle maps!
Homework: Finish thinking map.


Tuesday
Tales #48
attempting to pull up his only stylish pair of pants his hole body quivered and harold felt qualms about his descision to attend the party
Vocab: stylish, quiver, qualms
We completed a worksheet on metaphors.
Homework: There will be a review quiz on the pos and sed, sid root words later this week. Continue to review vocab, parts of speech, etc.






Monday
Finished the "Cole" packet, completed Medal of Honor w/s, and went over the answers to both.
Discussed introductory and concluding paragraphs (yellow handout) in regards to what format would be appropriate for a research essay (e.g., the one students are working on in Social Studies).
Homework: Study parts of speech, vocab, etc. There will be a review quiz on the pos and sed, sid root words (last two Roots quizzes material) on Friday.