Thursday January 14th, 2016

Welcome back!

I hope everyone enjoyed their long break. Students returned to class discussing their breaks and our assignments this week focused on the new year. 

Vocabulary

1. beetle
2. jewelry
3. continued
4. adaptable
5. comfortable
6. coward
7. worthwhile
8. captain
9. expedition
10. animate

Reading

Visualize Reading Worksheet

"Helios"

Class Reading

Bring Your Book to Class! - "Harry Potter" and "Wonder"



Last week's homework was to bring a book to class. Half of the students did not bring a book. We discussed the books the students brought. Students read the first few pages of their books to themselves. Students completed worksheets about their reading. 

Reading Worksheets

• Sentence Starters
• Elements of a Story
• Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Writing

Creative Writing Worksheet

Students assigned writing prompt to help strengthen their current writing skills. Students requested to include:

• 10 Complete sentences
• Correct punctuation, spelling, capitalization, BME format
• 4 Vocabulary words (underline vocabulary words)

After students completed their writing, they shared their writing in class. 

Homework

Ms Adrienne's Spelling Challenge - Word Search