Reading
This
week, we will continue to work with reading skills such as main idea,
literary analysis, and author's purpose using a few textbook stories.
We will complete several activities using these skills. We will
increase our class time of independent reading to help our students
build stamina and to help them with their reading log reading
requirements.
Before
break, we gave our students their new Reading Log and Reading Project
that will both be due Friday, March 2, 2018. Both of these are major
grades. On the cover sheet of the Reading Log/Reading Project packet is
a letter that needed to be signed by parent and student and returned to
their language arts' teacher. We received many, but have not received
one from every student. Please make sure you have seen this packet,
have signed the required cover letter, and your child has returned it.
The students will only receive one copy from us so please help them make
sure they keep this in a safe place. Thanks for your support.
Homework
Vocabulary: Unit 8: Students complete the following sections: Synonyms, Antonyms, and Completing the Sentences
Read Works: Students need to read the article and answer the questions for:
Excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr's Letter the Birmingham City Hall
ALL HOMEWORK DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 19th
This week, we will be honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. The students will be participating in many different activities and learning about this time in history. Students will also be reading many different books and articles relating to this subject matter. We will continue our unit on Europe the following week.
Writing
During our grammar time, we will be reviewing adjectives. We will be looking at nouns as adjectives and compound adjectives. This quarter, our writing subject is Fictional Narrative. This week, we will be discussing the guidelines of our next writing project
