December 13, 2010

Prepare for Spelling Test #6  -- See the tab above for Spelling.
Preparing for Test #6 -- -er, -or  

Reading Minute:
A1 --- Lake of Tears (Deltora Quest) by Emily Rodda
A2-- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
A3 -- The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
A4 -- none

More presenting SSR's   -- Finish.
More reading The Giver

Giver Reading Packets:

Giver Chapt. 3-6 Questions.doc

Giver Chapters 7-9 Questions.doc

Giver Chapters 10 - 12

Giver chapters 13-16.doc

Reading Road Maps for Chapters 17 - 23

November 18, 2010

Deadline to receive points for book-of-the-months sign-up 
New Seating

1. Bell-Ringer: Perfect Paragraph Packet, page 10.  --This page will be corrected today.
Hand in your  book-of-the-months sign-up sheet.
Prepare for your spelling test. 

Perfect Paragraph Packet.pdf

2. Spelling test on extra-  See the tab above for Spelling.
A1, A3, A4 will take the test on November 18.
A2 will take the test on November 22.

Legibility/correct formation of letters counts! Capitalize only letters that should be capitalized. 

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Next spelling test:

Vocabulary/Spelling #4              Test on December 1, 2010

Suffix to study:   -ate which means cause, make, operate upon (This suffix makes verbs.)
Words to learn for the spelling test:
1.    separate
2.    create (on state list)
3.    segregate
4.    dominate
No retakes will be available, so study the words and word parts sets as they come. 

Extra credit for spelling #4 -ate

1. The se- in separate means "apart."

2. The crea- in create means "to make."

3.  The "greg" in segregate means "flock."  

4.  The "domin" in dominate means "master or control."

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A1, A3, A4 will take the test on November 18.
A2 will take the test on November 22.


3. Reading Minute:  See the calendar on this blog for the date you signed up for.
A1    Palace of Mirrors by
A2   The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
A3  Bridge to Terabinthia  by Katherine Paterson
 Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix
A4 - Quiver by Peter Leonard


4. Continue  Reading The Giver -- 760L --Observe for evidence of what the community portrayed in this book is like.
All classes are up to chapter 3.

For later:  

The Giver   Giver Chapt. 3-6 Questions.doc

Giver Chapters 7-9 Questions.doc

Ideas for SSR -- symbolic story representations

 

February 15, 2008

February 15, 2008
Today Part 1 of the Novel Portfolio is due. Students should hand in their work along with the grading rubric for that part. Part 2 is due March 5.

We read from Words By Heart, and students worked in small groups and on their own to come up with ideas for Symbolic Story Representations. We used this work sheet:

S.S.R. Symbolic Story Representation:
As we read today, select one scene from Words By Heart and fill in below what objects, pictures, and shapes you could use in a Symbolic Story Representation.

Your scene is ________________________________________________
You would use --
1) An object, picture, or shape to represent you as a reader and what you do as a reader as you read this scene. What could you use?

2) An object, picture, or shape to represent at least one theme (a big, important idea) from the scene. What could you use?

3) Three or more other objects, pictures, or shapes to represent events, characters, setting, or themes from the scene. What could you use and what would each represent?

Words By Heart
A1 read to page 76, first full paragraph.
A2 read to page 98, to the page break.
A3 read to page 76, third paragraph.
A4 read to 88