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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

6th Grade Language Arts:  Continued reading book club books and looking for signposts in the book.  Meet with their groups and shared answers. 
Students also presented their December R and E

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

Homework:
·         Book Club reading for Day 9 must be completed by Thursday
·         Also, complete the following prompts:

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.

Character:   
1.     If you could trade places with one of the characters in the book, which one would it be?  Why would you choose this character?  Explain
Plot:
2.    What was the climax of the story? Who was involved? How did you know it was the climax?
Theme/Mood:
1.     If you could find one object that would symbolize the main theme of the novel, what would it be?  Explain





Words their Way (Spelling) :   NO CLASS NEXT FRIDAY (December 18th)
·         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
·         Bag for locker clean out tomorrow