Week of Jan. 11

Friday
Took, graded, and collected Roots (Pel/Puls) Quiz.
Time for silent reading and review of language arts vocabulary.
Homework:
Cap, Pels/Puls roots quiz coming up.



Thursday
Prompt for composition notebooks:
Write the prompt, skip a line, and respond to it:
Write a fake news story that includes the following words:
- tater tot casserole
- geraniums
- zipper
- karate
Finished reading Stave Three in class and then had some time for silent reading and AR tests.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc., for tomorrow's quiz.



Wednesday
Early Release - Special schedule.
Homework:
Vocab, parts of speech, roots, etc.



Tuesday
Today we read and discussed Stave Three as far as the bottom of p. 231 ("-in a glow!")
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc.



Monday
This week's root word list (pel, puls) was distributed.
Students worked on a characterization exercise about Scrooge using quotes from Stave Two. Last week's Stave Two Review was handed back, and students were given feedback on the grade they received. We also graded Friday's Roots Quiz.
Homework:
Study vocab, roots, parts of speech, etc.