Monday, November 29, 2010

November 29, 2010

Bell-Ringer: Paragraph Packet, page 12 (Apply what you learn to your own writing.)

Spelling: Practice for  Test #4.  The suffix -ate.  See the tab for Spelling above. Test next time.
  (We made a folded paper study help for the suffix, spelling words, and meanings. )

Reading Minute:
A1- None
A2-  None     
A3- Taming the Wind by Michelle Thompson
A4-Deep, Dark, and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn

The Giver:
Chapter 3 +  Reading Groups and Questions, SSR (symbolic story representation)
A1
A2 -- whole class chapter 3
A3
A4

More Coming:
Compare and Contrast -- for writing a paragraph
  Practice writing a compare and/or contrast paragraph.

Important reminder: 
Don't forget to be reading your novel and preparing to create and present an SSR for December 7. 

Updated 11/29/10 from 11/22/10