Self-Starter: Students worked either individually or in pairs to complete a worksheet on using commas in a series and using commas with adjectives. We discussed the exercises.
See this post about using commas with items in a series:
Using Commas with Items in a Series
Each class created an example phrase for using commas with adjectives. See this post:Using Commas Between Adjectives
If you were absent, you are responsible for making sure you understand how to use commas in a series. Also, practice our seventh grade commonly confused words and the spelling words based on our prefixes and suffixes.
We read and discussed, and wrote about more poetry. We read from Because I Could Not Stop My Bike and Other Poems by Karen Jo Shapiro (poems "inspired by" famous poems). We read "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson, then "Because I Could Not Stop My Bike." Some classes listened to Shapiro's version of "The Tiger" with apologies to William Blake.We're also reading poems from Hormone Jungle: Coming of Age in Middle School by Brod Bagert.
We played Sparkle to practice our seventh grade commonly confused words and the spelling words based on our prefixes and suffixes.
Don't forget that your Book-of-the-Month projects are due April 14/15 -- the Wednesday and Thursday after we come back from Spring Break!
Review our Term 4 targets at
