Week of March 22

Friday
We took this week's Roots Quiz (tain, ten).
Completed, graded, and collected w/s 21 [Dear Santa: personal pronouns] and w/s 22 [Colorful Clues: subject and object pronouns].
Graded and collected Great Pecan Caper packet.
Homework:
We will check the "Why I don't shoot bears" packet on Monday.



Thursday
No class today - special half-day schedule



Wednesday
Tales #66
the fight stopped quick and harold ran to throw water and baking soda on the conflagration
Vocab:
conflagration
We worked on reading comprehension packets. One we graded in class, the other is due Friday (no class tomorrow).
Homework:
Review roots, vocab, literary terms, etc. The Great Pecan Caper is due Friday. Roots test Friday as well.



Tuesday
We worked on poetic elements, allegories, and reading comprehension.
Homework:
Review roots, vocab, literary terms, etc. The Great Pecan Caper is due Friday.



Monday
New Latin Roots list (tain, ten, tent).
Students completed w/s 14: Winds that sigh and clouds that cry (personification). They then took their favorite sentence from that activity and used it as a starter for a paragraph.
Students then worked on Personification w/s #4 - personifying the sentences.
Homework:
Finish w/s #4 and w/s 14, if necessary.
Roots test on Friday.