November 22-23, 2016

Tuesday-

• Students will complete a creative entry task that requires them to build a story using the following words:

Turkey, Larry, cranberry, dirt road, hammer, grandma, explosion, "So now what?", and magnificient.

These stories are hilarious and showcase the fabulous creativity that is in this class!

• Students will read "Magic and the Brain".
• This weeks focus is text features and their purposes.

HOMEWORK:  Students will create a 1-page assignment using the following text features:

1. title
2. subtitle
3. 2 full sophisticated paragraphs
4. bold words  with definitions on the page
5. headings
6. visual aids and captions
7. For elite points:  footnotes, additional paragraphs, professional display

Here is a link to slide share that may be useful:  EXAMPLE

Wednesday-

• We will gallery walk our 1-page text feature assignments.
• A model lesson of annotating a text rich non-fiction piece

HOMEWORK:  Students will read, answer questions, and ANNOTATE p 31-34 in their close reader

Conference Week

Thank you so much to all of you who came in for conference week.  I really appreciate the opportunity to talk with you about your student.  I love the family/school connections that build during these opportunities.

Sincerely,
Susie DeRousie
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Q2-Week 1 November 8,9,10

Tuesday, November 8th

• Students will finish assessment from last week.
• We dive in to our new collection in the text book,"The People Could Fly".  Our focus is identifying elements of a folk tale and summarizing.

HOMEWORK:  Latin suffix page -ure, -ery, -ary, -ence, -ance,-ive,-ative,-ion,-ation

Wednesday, November 9th

• We will craft a summary of "The People Could Fly" using SBWST strategy.
• Analysis of two poems, "The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43"

HOMEWORK: #1-3 p.76 textbook (analyzing and comparing two poems)

Thursday, November 10

No school

11/1-11/3 End of Quarter 1!

You should be proud! Your students completed a major essay and used multiple pieces of evidence to support their thinking!  This week we wrapped up the quarter by taking an end-of-unit assessment, scoring our essays to the state rubric and finalizing any missing pieces.