REMINDERS:
1. REMEMBER SCHOOL SUPPLIES EACH DAY
2. NO SCHOOL TOMORROW DUE TO VETERAN'S DAY
3. SIGN AND RETURN TESTS ON THURSDAY (MR. WOODS IS DISTRIBUTING TEST PAPERS ON WEDS.)
4. READ THE GRAND ESCAPE EACH NIGHT AND MAKE NOTES
VOCABULARY AND SPELLING ARE THE SAME AS LAST WEEK- ALLIE'S BASKETBALL DREAM
READING:
AIM: TO REVIEW PHONICS SKILLS- SYLLABLES
1. COMPLETE PHONICS ACTIVITY
2. REREAD ALLIES BASKETBALL DREAM
HW: SEE PURPLE BOOK
LANGUAGE ARTS:
AIM: REVIEW CAPITALIZATION RULES
1. CAPITALIZE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND MONTHS OF THE YEAR
TUESDAY, NOV.11,2008
NO CLASS DUE TO VETERAN'S DAY
WEDS. NOV. 12, 2008
READING:
AIM: TO COMPLETE A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER OF THE WORD HERO.
1. CREATE A WORD WEB OF THE WORD HERO.
2. USE THE WORDS THAT YOU CHOSE FOR YOUR WORD WEB TO WRITE 5 DETAILS SENTENCES .
3. WRITE A MAIN IDEA SENTENCE USING THE WORD HERO
HW: SEE PURPLE ASSIGNMENT BOOK
LANGUAGE ARTS:
AIM: TO WRITE AN EFFECTIVE PARAGRAPH
1. IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE WON A BIG RACE. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE AS THE PRIZE. WRITE ABOUT THE PRIZE.
THURS., NOV. 13,2008
READING:
AIM: TO ANALYZE A POEM
1. READ THE POEM " THE SWIMMER"
2. DISCUSS WHAT THE AUTHOR MEANS BY SAYING THAT SWIMMING HELPS HER TO UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF A FISH.
3. DISCUSS THE ELEMENTS OF NONFICTION
HW: SEE PURPLE ASSIGNMENT BOOK
LANGUAGE ARTS:
NO CLASS DUE TO COMPUTERS
FRIDAY, NOV. 14,2008
READING:
AIM: TO INTRODUCE THE MEANING OF ACRONYMS
1. TO DEFINE ACRONYM AS A SHORTENED FORM OF A NAME- SUCH AS AN ABBREVIATION EG. MIA- MISS IN ACTION
2. INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITY AN GROUP DISCUSSION
LANGUAGE ARTS:
AIM: TO REVIEW THE RULES OF CAPITALIZATION
1. CAPITALIZE THE NAMES OF STREETS, ROADS AND AVENUES; CITIES AND STATES; COUNTRIES AND CONTINENTS.
