Week of 2/23/14

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful February vacation!

ELA Homework:
1. Read 25 minutes
2. Electricity homework - due Wed.

Week of 2/9/2015

Check out this week's newsletter & home study link

*Parents - please be sure to look at the Spring Conference Schedule. Let me know if you need any changes.

ELA Homework:

1. read 25 minutes

2. Continue to work on Fractured Fairy Tale

3. Team Week Activities

If you would like to pass out Valentines on Friday (completely optional!), be sure you have enough for everyone in the class. We have 22 students in our homeroom.  Please see the class list if you would like to address them. 

Can you believe all of this snow? I sure can't! Below are a few pictures from my snow day. How did you spend your snow day?

Believe it or not, there's a car under there! Good luck to the person who has to shovel it out!

Snowy Streets of South Boston

Week of 2/2/2015

Go Pats!

Check out this week's home study link and newsletter

Homework for this week:

1. 25 minutes of reading - each night

2. Book Boast & Rave-worthy Reads Website - due Friday, see link for directions (if you have difficulty adding your Book Boast to the website, please just complete in a google doc and I will help you add it :) )

3. Continue working on Fractured Fairytale - dedicate 10 minutes each night to continuing your draft. Remember our discussions from class:

• character development
• building the setting using sensory details & images (see, smell, hear, feel, & taste)
• using a plot diagram to build your story:

Week of 1/26/2015

ELA Homework

1. 25 minutes of reading

2. Wonder & Julian Chapter Reading Response - due Friday

Bonus:  Winter Writing

Options:

*Write a story that takes place during a winter blizzard

*Write a poem or story inspired by what you see when you look outside at the snowstorm

Week of 1/20/2015

ELA Homework:
1. Read 25 minutes each night
2. Finish poem illustrations - due Wed.
3. Read The Ebony Room & School Clock, answer multiple choice questions on that quiz and respond to reading response question

Week of January 12, 2015

Check out this week's newsletter and home study link!

ELA/SS Homework:
1. Reading 25 minutes - each night
2. Mayflower Reading & Reading Response - due Friday
3. Continue working on Winter Poetry Project
        Tuesday: In class today, we discussed poetic language and studied author craft.  For homework tonight, you may continue drafting your poems and/or type them. 

*Reminder: We will be taking the GRADE Reading Assessment on Monday & Thursday*

January 5, 2015

Happy, Happy New Year!

I hope that everyone enjoyed a winter vacation filled with family, friends, and fun! We are back in action!

ELA Homework:

1. Read 25 minutes - each night
2. Read Jamestown Settlement and Complete the graphic organizer - due Wednesday
3. Word Study Activities - due Friday
4. Word Study Quiz - due Friday
5. KidBlog Permission Slip