A Look at this week....

Hello....

This week we are preparing for our second assessment for unit 1, this time  it is expository writing, in which we are going to be explaining a change in our lives.

Tuesday we will be reading Activity 1.17 "The Jacket"

We will also review skills from the FAST testing that we took last week, on Wednesday and Thursday.

Friday, we will be creating a greeting card from a "how to" expository piece of writing. Students will need to bring in 2 pennies for this activity.

Also, for those students who have not picked up their book from either the library or the book store, they can still order books from me. The book they will need is "Holes" by Louis Sacher for $5.24.

The homework for ELA is below...

Writing Prompt: After you have determined Three Arrows’ greatest

strengths, imagine that you are his father, the chief, telling how his

son had the mystery of fire revealed to him. On notebook paper, write

a paragraph from the point of view of the father. Use the personal

pronoun “I.” Explain to others in the clan how your son’s strengths

made the Great Spirit reveal to him the mystery of fire. Remember that

you are explaining, not narrating. You must have a topic sentence and

reasons to support what you say about Three Arrows.

Now on to Social Studies

We are still presenting our landform projects. They look really good. I am really proud of the work the students have put into their individual projects.

The new project is the family tree, with a report, and a family recipe. The finished project will be due on November 2, 2012.