Reading
On
Monday, we will watch a presentation during class and work with
classmates on learning how to play a game that was created by those same
students. The rest of the week, we will be working on STAAR like
reviews using anchor stations and question stems. The student's Reading
Logs are due Friday, May 4th for a major grade. Your child completed
their Reading Project last week, so please ask them to show you their
hard work.
Homework
Read Works: Hiking the Appalachian Trail: read article and answer questions
Vocabulary: Unit 14: Completing Sentences & Vocabulary in Context
Both are due Friday, May 4th
This week, we will start a new unit on Southeast Asia. Some topics we will be discussing include religious traditions, regional languages, and governing fragmented countries. We will also learn about migration within Indonesia. Students will be completing activities and notes as we read through these sections.
Homework: Students will be assigned a vocabulary word that they are to illustrate and turn in on Thursday.
Writing/Grammar
This week in grammar we will be working on varying sentence length and varying sentence beginnings.
We will be starting a new writing assignment this week. Students will learn about memoirs and begin to write their own. Students will go through the writing process and turn in final copies on May 10th.
