Thursday, October 10, 2013

Week of 10/14

We complete the unit on prepositions this week, and begin reading The Giver, by Lois Lowry as well as work on making writing more descriptive. The pacing chart for this novel will be posted outside the classroom door, as well as via the blog link located on the left side of the blog.

Day 1: Students requested that the Unit 4 Test be moved to Monday, 10/14. STUDY SESSION for this test is Monday morning in Room 110.
Turn in the OOMM Take Home Exam.

Day 2: Descriptive writing. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN SNACK for this class. You will be writing about the snack you bring - FRUITS and VEGETABLES are best.

Day 3: Preposition Test

Day 4: "C" day. Complete your Visual Response from OOMM if you have not done so. If your response is completed, go onto Edmodo, and reply to the prompt.

HOMEWORK
Day 1 -> Due day 2: BRING A SNACK TO CLASS!
Complete p. 30 in the E.G. workbook.
Begin reading The Giver

Day 2 -> Due day 3: Unit 5 roots cards, 2 vocabulary sections
Read The Giver according to the pacing chart.

Day 3 -> Due day 4: 2 sections of vocabulary, 3 words defined using root definitions from this week's root words

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