5th Grade 2013-2014

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Summer Book Club

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An Autumn Monday.....

Monday's Work:
6th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 3 this week: pg 27 and words 3x in cursive
Writing: We worked on writing our final drafts for our personal narratives. I am looking forward to reading these.

7th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 3 work; pgs. 27-29
D.O.L: Week 2 was assigned today

8th Grade:
Religion: We worked on an activity in groups dealing with right and wrong choices and which is considered to be the "better" choice.
Spelling: Lesson 3 work; pgs. 27-29
English: Run-on sentences and fragments
Literature: The Outsiders chapter 4 is due on Wednesday.

Mid-week Already!

Already Wednesday? Boy these weeks go fast! I will be gone the next 2 days so I won't be updating again until Monday.

6th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 2 work pg 25
English: pg 25

7th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 2 work is due Friday
English: pg 27 #11-22
Literature: A Long Way from Chicago Part 4 is due Friday.
Writing: Family Metaphor poem: publish by tomorrow

8th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 2 is due Friday
Religion: Ch 2 Reflect on the 3 questions
Writing: We worked on reseraching our topics. Tomorrow will be the last day to research.
Literature: The Outsiders ch 3 is due Thursday.

Tuesday, September 22

Tuesday's Work:
6th Grade:Spelling: pg. 24
English: pg. 23
Literature: Whitewater Ch 2~ Due Friday

7th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 2
English:pg 27
Writing:Write 5 metaphors for tomorrow; tomorrow we will be writing family metaphors
Literature: A Long Way from Chicago Part 2 due Fri.

8th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 2
Religion: Ch 2 Vocabulary (3 total) then respond to Activity pg 24 Listing feelings when we make good moral decisions and bad moral decisions.

A Muggy Monday.....

It is the 3rd week of school already? Here is what happened today:
6th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 2; pg 23 and words in cursive sentences
Writing: We used our Story Element map and started drafting our personal narratives today focusing on plot, setting and theme.

7th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 2 this week; pgs 23-25; work due and test on Friday.
Writing: We recited our memorized poems to the class. The students did a great job memorizing their poems and presenting them.

8th Grade:
Religion: We got into groups and made up and acted out skits about scenarios in which there would be a good decision and a bad decision.
Spelling: Lesson 2 this week; pgs 23-25; work due and test on Friday.
English: Combining Sentences: Compound sentences assignment

A BRAND NEW SCHOOL YEAR!

It's hard to believe we are one whole week into the 2009-2010 school year. I will again be updating this blog throughout the school year with assignments and special announcements. Stay tuned....