We are learning to “Get A Point Across” through different forms of persuasion. Monday’s reading assignment is to enhance background knowledge for a short story we will read on Tuesday. Vocabulary for the selection is listed with the reading on p. 272 Monday: read 272-282. “The Circuit” Remember most students need 2 readings. Tuesday: GWB p. 33 […]
Posts from October 2015
Week of Friday, October 23
This week’s independent reading assignment for Monday night is p420 thru 424 and 426 thru 432. The pages include “Jackie Robinson:Justice at Last” and “The Shutout”. Tuesday we will be working on diagramming simple sentences and the homework is p. 29 ex. 1 and 2 Wed. :Homework: write context clue filled sentences for your selection […]
Homework for week of Friday, October 16
This week we will be reading “And Ain’t I a Woman” by Sojourner Truth in Class from the blue book and “Preserving A Great American Symbol” independently. Friday: no homework Monday: Read p. 438 through page 442. Do a close read (twice) of “Preserving a Great American Symbol” , a speech printed in your text and […]
I am so happy to be back
I am thrilled to be in my classroom again. The banner was such a pleasant surprise. Because this is homecoming week we will not be doing homework this week. Any classwork not finished will need to be finished at home but no assignments will be made officially until Friday. Remember, assignments will be made on […]
Week of October 5th, 2015
This week the students will read “Names/Nombres” from their yellow literature books. We will be discussing fact and opinion, narrative writing, and adjectives. The ELA Benchmark is Wednesday, 10.7.2015. All of the grades must be in by Friday. Please check INOW, if your student has any missing assignments they have until Thursday to turn them […]