Reading
This
week, we will continue to work with Persuasive text. The students will
focus on vocabulary words that are specific with this unit of study as
well as complete several activities to display their understanding of
this topic. Wednesday is our Library day so please send all books in
that are due. We have several students with late/overdue books. On
Friday, our students will present their advertisement that they created
with their partner. I can't wait to see all their creative creations!
Homework for Reading and Social Studies
Vocabulary: Unit 7: Read pgs. 88 & 89: Draw pictures for words, Complete pgs. 93-96: due Friday, December 15th
Read Works: Read article and answer questions: Wrapping Up a Little Bit of Trouble
Congratulations: Spelling Bee Winners for Round 1
Jaxon C, Paige B, Nicholas W, Jared H, & Stephanie M
TPSP students ONLY: Pursuit of Passion & Culture Shock News
I
gave out an outline and folder to all students who selected either
Pursuit of Passion or Culture Shock for their task on Tuesday, December
5th. Please have your child share this with you and discuss the outline
together. During Enrichment time on Thursdays and Fridays, the students
will work on completing these activities, but they will also need to
work at home to complete assignments and meet deadlines.
Social Studies and Writing
Last week, week we finished our South America unit with the students' South America presentations. I was so amazed with all the interesting things the students shared about the countries they researched. I learned a lot of new information that I had not previously known. We will be taking a short district checkpoint test on Thursday. We will begin our unit on Europe when we return from the holiday break. In the meantime, students will be working on a persuasive essay in which they will either choose to persuade the reader to visit one of the countries they researched or they will persuade the reader to buy the product they created an ad for in reading. Students will be given handouts that show them exactly how to organize a persuasive essay and a list of "Powerful Words" that they can choose to use in their writing to make their essays more appealing to the reader. I look forward to reading their final drafts!
