January 9 - 13, 2017 This site will be updated weekly. You can also join Remind 101. The Remind 101 will be texted out when there is a change of schedule or an important event coming up. I will not send out daily homework reminders. Homework for each class will be written on the board. All students need to write this down each day. Reading - This week, we will we will continue reading non-fiction text. We will use our social studies book. We are beginning with The Civil War and working through The Civil Rights' Movement. Our focus skills will be identifying text features and text structures in non-fiction text. On Tuesday, January 10th, your child will be given new vocabulary workshop words. We will have synonyms/antonyms on Thursday, January 12th, fill in the blank on Tuesday, January 17th, and a G2 test on these words on Friday, January 20th. ***We are working on MOBY MAX. We will continue to do this. We are working on reading and English skills using Moby Max. This is a Web Based program that can also be utilized at home. Please encourage your child to practice with Moby Max at home. On Tuesday, January 10th, your child was given his/her new AR goal. Information on this went home with each child. Please make sure your child is reading. AR grades will be recorded on Wednesday, March 10th. Your child is given time each day to read, but he/she must also read at home. We will vote on literature circle books on Tuesday, January 10th. The assignment for this nine weeks will be sent home Tuesday. English - We will continue in chapter 11 - learning about interjections. I'm meeting with writers for one-on- one conferences Friday and Monday on the narrative paper with dialogue. The final paper will be due on Thursday, January 12th. Spelling - Our words this week are: duties, earlier, loveliest, denied, ferries, sunnier, terrified, abilities, dirtier, scariest, trophies, cozier, enemies, iciest, greediest, drowsier, victories, horrified, memories, strategies, unified, dictionaries, boundaries, satisfied, and tragedies. Our spelling assignments this week will be Monday - 3x each, Tuesday - spelling worksheet, Wednesday - spelling 10 sentences and study. On Thursday, January 12th, we will have a spelling test and on Friday, January 13th, we will have a dictation test. Have a wonderful week!!!