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Greetings all!
We are winding down the year. In language arts, students are working on DGP and reading their novels. There will not be a DGP quiz this week due to Field Day.
In social studies, students are working on their culture boxes. Presentations will begin on Monday.
In literacy, students finished their chapter quizzes and continued to silently read the novel.
LA: DGP--Phrases, Clauses, Sentence Structure/Type, and Construction. Students filled in plot lines for their novels. After finishing, they continued to read.
Homework: DGP quiz tomorrow
SS: Students worked on final copies of the acrostic poems. If they did not finish in class, they took them home to complete.
Homework: Finish poems if you did not finish in class
Literacy: Student worked on vocabulary for chapter 3 and 4 of The Cay.
Homework: None
Greetings all! Testing is finally over, and we are getting back to a normal routine.
LA: DGP #13--Raise your hand if you can hear the music. Today we completed parts of speech and parts of a sentence. The remainder of class was spent with the students catching up on their reading for the literature circles. They did not get very much reading done last week, so we are a little behind schedule.
Homework: DGP quiz on Friday
SS: Students are working on an Australia Acrostic Poem. Yesterday, they did research and composed a rough draft. Today and tomorrow, they will be creating a final copy.
Homework: None
Literacy: Yesterday, the class read an article on the Hope Diamond. Today, they took a quiz over the article. After finishing, students read The Cay silently.
Homework:Vocabulary quiz over chapter 1 and 2 on Friday
We hope you can join us for Awtrey’s Family Night this Friday, April 24, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Enjoy a silent auction, craft fair, Awtrey student dance, family movie and food with other members of our school community! This will be my blog for the entire week due to testing. Please remind your child to get a good night's sleep, eat a good breakfast, bring 2 #2 wooden pencils for testing, and bring a book to read after he/she finishes. LA: There will be no DGP this week. Students will silently read their books for the literature circles. Homework: None SS: No DSS. Students will spend the Tuesday and Wednesday working on their bark cloth art projects. The remainder of the week will be spent on review games for the CRCT. Homework: None Literacy: Today we began the book, The Cay. We will read this book out loud in class and complete assignments in class as well. Homework: None
LA: DGP CRCT practice quiz. The rest of class was spent finishing round 1 of our literature circles.
Homework: None
SS: No DSS. Students watched a video about aboriginal art in preparation of creating bark cloth pictures next week.
Homework: You will need crayons to create your bark cloths. Bring crayons from home because I only have colored pencils.
**Remember that CRCT testing begins on Tuesday. Make sure to bring wooden #2 pencils. You will not be allowed to use mechanical pencils on the test.
Have a great weekend, and I will see you on Monday!
Students were given letters to take home yesterday with information concerning the CRCT testing that begins next week.
LA:DGP CRCT practice questions. The remainder of class was spent in literature circles. Students began their discussions. They were very interesting! We will continue tomorrow.
Homework: None
SS: No DSS today. Some students were completing their tests from yesterday. The remainder of the class watched a video about Australia and New Zealand.
Homework: None
Welcome back from Spring Break! I hope yours was as great as mine.
LA: This week we are working on CRCT test questions for our DGP. Students then returned to their literature groups and began working on their jobs for the first round of reading. They will continue working tomorrow in preparation for Wednesday's discussion.
Homework: None
SS: DSS--Australia's native people are called...Aborigine. Students spent the remainder of class working on a study guide for Australia. We will review tomorrow, and the students will have a test over this information on Wednesday.
Homework: Finish study guide. Begin reviewing information for test on Wednesday.
Literacy: Students are putting final touches on their ABC books about a chosen country. They are due at the end of class on Wednesday.
It's Spring Break!!! In LA, we took our weekly DGP quiz. The grades have been posted. In SS, we read chapter 25: Section 2 on the economies and culture of Australia. There is no homework. Have a safe and relaxing spring break, and come back ready to finish out the school year on a high note!
See you in a week!
Finally!! My blog is up again.
LA: DGP--Phrases, Clauses, Sentence Structure/Type, Construction. Next, we went over workbook pages 11 and 12. With time remaining, students wrote summaries for the section that they read in their novels.
Homework: DGP quiz tomorrow
SS: DSS--What part of yesterday's video did you enjoy the most and why? We then went over the vocabulary terms for Australia. Next, we read chapter 25: Section1 in the textbook.
Homework: None
Literacy: Students have been working with a partner on an ABC book about a country of their choice. They will continue to work on this book through tomorrow. It will be due after we return from spring break.
Homework: None
Most of my homeroom's student info sheets have been returned. Thank You!! For those few left, please have your child bring them to me tomorrow.
LA: DGP--Parts of a Sentence. We finished up our model literature circle job practice. Tomorrow, we will discuss book options.
Homework: DGP quiz on Friday
SS: DSS--What problem poses the greatest environmental threat to Brazil's Amazon region? Logging. We went over the 12 vocabulary terms that the students will be quizzed on tomorrow. With time remaining, students got with partners and played review games.
Homework: Study for vocabulary quiz
