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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Thursday, December 10th, 2015

6th Grade Language Arts:  Continued reading book club books and looking for signposts in the book.  Meet with their groups and shared answers.  THREE prompts were assigned based on the book and are due tomorrow.

5th Grade Language Arts: Same lesson as 6th grade.

Homework:
·         Assigned Book Club reading for day 3. Write down signposts to bring to school tomorrow.
·         December R and E is due on Wednesday, December 16th
·         Spelling due on Friday
·         6th grade grammar packet due tomorrow.
Journal Prompts-Historical Fiction:

You will be answering the following prompts in your reader's notebook. Your responses must follow the following expectations:

1. Name and date in the upper right hand corner.
2.  Prompt is written out.
3. You must use detail and support from the book.
4. You must have complete sentences, correct spelling and punctuation.
5. The response is a paragraph or more.

Prompts for Thursday, December 10th.
1.     Where does the story take place? Tell what it is like there?
2.    How does the author get you interested in the book?
3.    Who are the main characters in the story? What kind of people are they? How do you know?

Words their Way (Spelling) : 
·         Today we started are spelling program.  Students are grouped based on a spelling assessment given last month.  They worked with the teacher that was in charge of their sort.  They were assigned homework to complete nightly.  They will be tested on Friday.  We will have this class every Friday afternoon.

Social Studies:  No class this week. We are doing double language arts.

Homework: none
·         Current events for December
·         White Elephant gift.  $5.00 limit