REMINDER: Fri., Oct. 22th - early release
Friday school will be held from 12:15 to 3:15 in the cafeteria on the 22nd. This is an academic intervention for students who need to complete outstanding assignments or projects and are referred by teachers. Teachers will contact a parent/guardian and have them sign and return forms by Thursday. Please note that transportation home is not provided. If you have any questions, call the school.
Tardy school will also begin this Friday after school. Tardy school is not an optional intervention like Friday/Saturday school. Students who do not attend tardy school on the assigned day will still be held accountable.
Homework/Classwork Assistance
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), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty.
"Signs of Fall" - Due Fri., Oct. 22nd
Write a descriptive paragraph from your outdoor observations of autumn.
Remember:
5-8 sentences
Topic sentence, detail sentences, concluding sentence
Six traits of good writing
Clearly reworked rough draft
Final copy - neat and ink or word processed
Signature of adult who helped you proofread for content and presentation
All three papers stapled together with final on top
Book Report - Due Tue., Oct. 27th
We've introduced and discussed the "Book Report Guidelines - Standard Format for Fiction" which follows a 5-paragraph writing format. This is to be used for our book reports, due October 27th. By this point, students should have chosen a fiction book (one they've previously read or one they are now finishing) and begin writing their book reports, paragraph by paragraph. We will have some time in class to do this as well.
Journal Prompts (5 entries, 1 per day)
Theme - "effort"
Reading Focus
This week we begin learning how to participate in literature circles. Next week we will set up our Halloween literature circles.
Vocabulary #3a
Foldable pattern sheet - due Wed., Oct. 20th
Visual representations - due Thu., Oct. 21st
Visual representations - due Thu., Oct. 21st
Quiz - Fri., Oct. 22nd - listing words and their synonyms
allot
allot
amass
audacious
comply
devoid
elite
grapple
incapacitate
instigate
longevity
