Reading Log #4 and "The Wise Old Woman"

We are still focusing on retelling stories, specifically The Wise Old Woman from our textbook. Also, students should be thinking about a book choice, novel or short story selection, for our book reports in October. Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F8:30-9:00am), and after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty.

Retell - The Wise Old Woman - Due Wed., Oct. 6th

The eight retells for this story are due Wednesday, October 6th. Students can make arrangements with Ms. Barnes to borrow a copy of this story, or visit the school library to borrow a copy of the textbook. Last Friday students were introduced to our online textbook http:///my.hrw.com, accessible with a personal, provided username and password. This option has been provided as an enhancement to regular textbook use and as an alternate to hand writing this assignment. The digital notebook version must be printed, either at home or at school, and turned in during class. By Wednesday, we will have have had four partial in-class sessions, as well as outside of class time, to complete this assignment.

Reading Log #4 - Due Fri., Oct. 11th
Remember to read 30 pages outside of class and complete three log entries this week. Again, the task is to summarize and react to what you are reading about every ten pages. You may read fiction only.

Vocabulary
This week we are doing a creative in-class assignment using ideas from www.yamodo.com ("Read, Draw, Write,... Pass it on!"). Ask your student or friend about his or her definition of "zaplax."