Thursday, October 13, 2011

Week of Oct. 10

Thursday
We worked on brain strengthening exercises with deductive reasoning problems.
Homework:
Spelling Test on Tales #1-19 next week.



Thursday
Tales #21
as the effects of her stunning beauty wore off harold heard conan shouting at him she thinks shes too good for us
Vocab: stunning, effects
P3 and P5 worked on the pen pal project.
P4: Students took the Tales spelling test.
We then read "The Girl's Like Spaghetti" about why you can't manage without apostrophes! Students received a handout showing the main points and the rules for using the apostrophe (study this and know the rules). Their next assignment was to create six sentences following the pattern on the first side of the handout.
Homework:
Pen Pal rough drafts due Monday.

Wednesday
Tales #20
harold mesmerized by the sight stared at classy cassandra for a full minute before he sat down; he was smitten.
Vocab: smitten, mesmerized
P4: Students worked on the skills of reading comprehension and summarizing.
P3 and P5: We worked on the pen pal project.
Homework:
Study vocab - test tomorrow


Tuesday
Ms. Ronemous had a sub.
Students read the short story "The Moustache" and responded to questions about it.
Homework:
Finish packet


Monday
No School - Fall Break Day