Read Stave Three Pages 57-72.

Tonight we are reading Stave Three and filling in one Bookmark for pages 57-72.

Our "Holiday Tradition" hats are due on Thursday. They have been revised and need to be colored, decorated and cut out. Name goes on the back!

Study your Journey Circle from today.

Tomorrow We Will Conference Again.

Today we answered the questions for Stave One of "A Christmas Carol" and worked on Bookmarks for the second part of Stave Two. Each student had his/her paragraphs read by a teacher.

Homework:
Write the next two paragraphs in your notebook.
Make sure Stave One questions are completed (front and back).

Bring Hats and Bookmarks to class tomorrow.

We will go over vocabulary and summarize Stave One for test on Monday, December 5th.

Hey Kids! Hope You Are Well!

Since we had three days off, we will still have the vocabulary test on Thursday, November 3rd and the Final on Monday, November 7th. I put the words on Quizlet last Saturday before the storm. Hope some of you had a chance to play. If you can find the word and definition I left out of Quizlet, I'll give you 3 extra points on your Thursday, November 3rd vocabulary test.

Period Five, we will go over the last chapter of the book and the literature terms sheet before the final on Monday, November 7th.

Read Chapter 16.

Today we talked about "pronouns" and played some games on the SMART Board. We will be working more on pronouns this week.

Today we also completed Chapter 14 in class and read Chapter 15 together. For homework tonight, fill in one Bookmark for Chapter 15 only writing, 1 simile and page number, 1 metaphor and page number, 1 personification and page number and 1 idiom and page number.

Fill in the WHOLE Bookmark after reading Chapter 16 tonight!!!!! (and page numbers).

Sequencing Tonight

Today we took a test on subjects, predicates, prepositional phrases, and kinds of sentences. We also have a sequencing sheet to complete for homework. Please take your time and remember to make a graphic organizer before writing the open response on the back.

We'll go over the Study Guide questions up to #45.

Chapter 7 and 8 Quarter Notes.

Today we corrected homework from over the weekend. We corrected the "Identifying Prepositions" sheet and also went over the answers to questions 24-26 from the Study Guide for IKWYDLS. Tonight you are assigned questions 28 and 29 to answer in your vocabulary notebook.

Study your notes about "Adjectives and Adverbs" also.

Please bring in Ellis Island permission slip and $50.00 by Friday, October 7th if possible.

Finish Time line and Have Test Signed.

Next week we will begin working on prepositions. Remember a preposition shows position. We'll work on it next week. Look at the "Check it Out" link and get ahead. Have a groovy weekend!!!!

BINGO Due Tomorrow and Quarter Notes For Chapter 5.

We reviewed vocabulary on the SMART board today and watched a PBS special which I have put on the blog. We ran out of class time so check it out!

The bulletin board is starting to take shape. Let's get your windows in if you have not already done so.

We have many Helen and Julie character drawings. How about some more Ray and Barry???

Also, see if you can come to class with the name of an ancestor to research before we go to Ellis Island.

If you have any immigration information, let's add to the bulletin board in the classroom. Any ideas????

T-shirt money tomorrow.

Tomorrow Test on Chapters 1-4.

Hopefully, you are checking the blog! Make sure you have finished writing about "What happened last summer" for the test tomorrow. Some other questions which "might" appear on the test could be; name the first and last names of the members of the pact, name the month Julie receives the note, name the type of store Booter Bronson owns, the protagonist has been accepted to which college,name the character Helen met in chapter 4. Does this help?????

Make sure to have the next 15 words defined with part of speech in your notebook.

Complete a bookmark for Chapter 4.

Study Quarter Notes for Chapters 1,2 and 4.

Contest... Keep those drawings coming!!!!!!!!!

Do The Odd Numbers On Subject and Predicate Sheet.

Today we competed for $1,000,000! We played Rags to Riches and tried to successfully identify the subject and predicate in a variety of sentences. If you are not sure what the difference is between the two, check the blog, your notes, and the sheet you have for homework.

Do the even numbers for homework on the back of the sheet we worked on today!

Copy the next 15 words, definitions, and parts of speech INTO YOUR VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK!

Any contest entries?????

Core Enrichment Think about an ancestor to research

Have You Read Chapter 1?

Well, now you know that Julie has been accepted to Smith. Do you know anything about Smith, where it is, what kind of school it is? Julie and her Mom are very excited. What month of the year is the first chapter taking place in? We'll talk tomorrow.

Vocabulary Test on Thursday, September 8th. Don't forget Quizlet!!!!!!

Read Chapter 18 and Answer Questions.

Today we went over the Chapter 15 "demonstration" and discussed the Chapter 16 questions together. We read Chapter 17 and talked about the point Edwin was trying to make to Cole using a stick. Do you agree?

Make sure you answer all the Questions for Chapter 18 in your notebook for homework in complete sentences for June 10th.

Period 5 read Chapter 19 and answer questions in notebook.

Finish all your vocabulary for Friday, June 10th.

Play grammar games and study handouts and notes for test on Friday, June 10th.

Tonight Read Chapter 3 And Do Quarter Notes.

Continue reading Touching Spirit Bear and do quarter notes. Also, complete the vocabulary words up to page 41 on the vocabulary sheet and copy into your notebook for Friday, May 20th.

Actively Study Handouts and Remember Strategies We've Learned.

Today we had a pep talk about how we can do our best on the MCAS test next week. Remember what we've learned and check over your notes in Grammar and Mechanics Notebooks and all the handouts we've covered this year. Participles and Gerunds, Infinitives, the eight parts of speech, kinds of sentences, types of sentences, poetry terms, elements of a short story, clauses, and test-taking strategies. Can you form a TORSO to use on Tuesday?

BRING A BOOK AND HIGHLIGHTER TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK!

Enjoy the weekend!!!!!!!

Can't Wait To See You!

Some of you have let me know you finished the book and you were very disappointed with the ending. I share your feelings. Why not complete your own ending?

Don't forget Chapter 13 quarter notes due Tuesday, March 1st.
Quiz Time for Chapters 11-15 due Wednesday, March 2nd.

Hey, Kids

If you have read the words to and have listened to the tune of "School Days", can you identify the rhyme scheme or find any examples of metaphors or alliteration?