Reading+Class



__Week of May 21st-25th__ __Tuesday__: Finish answering questions for chapters 17-20

__Week of May 14th-18th__ __Tuesday__: Finish answering questions for chapters 9-12 __Wednesday__: Finish reading chapter 16

__Week of May 7th-11th__ --Reminder that your book project is due on Friday __Homework for the week__: Continue working on your book projects. You will present them in class on Friday. __Wednesday__: Finish reading chapter 8 (pgs. 58-61) __Friday__: The puzzle projects were great! Everyone presented theirs today in class. Great work!

__Week of April 30th-May 4th__ --You should be working on your book project __Monday__: Get //Maniac Magee// test signed

__Week of April 23rd-27th__ __Wednesday__: We finished the book today! Everyone really seemed to enjoy it. Tomorrow there will be an end of the story test. **Don't forget--you should be reading your book for your book project.**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of April 16th-20th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Monday__: We will be tying our Cobble's Knots on Wednesday. So, if you want to be creative, look up some ways to tie knots on the Internet. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: I explained the directions and showed an example for the April/May book project. I gave each student a copy of the directions and the 9 puzzle pieces. The directions are also attached at the top of this page. The students had fun today tying their own version of Cobble's Knot. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of April 2nd-6th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: Complete comprehension questions for chapters 26-27. Think about your metaphor example for the poem we will write tomorrow. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of March 26th-30th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Monday__: Finish questions for chapters 6-13 and imagery worksheet using pages 50-51. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: Finish hyperbole worksheet. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of March 19th-23rd__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Monday __: No school **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: No homework **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: Finish brainstorming your new candy bar creation. Be sure to have a name for the candy bar, a name for your company, and a complete description of the candy bar. You'll write the good copy in class tomorrow. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Thursday__: No homework **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of March 12th-16th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Monday__: We moved back to our regular reading groups today. We are starting //Maniac Magee//. No homework. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: Finish questions for chapters 1 and 2. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: Finish questions for chapters 3 and 4 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Thursday__: No homework **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of March 5th-9th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Monday__: We started reading //Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days//. We will read this book together this week before moving back into our regular reading groups next week. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: Make a list of 10 things a perfect person would __//never//__ do. Interview other people to help you with your list. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: No homework **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Thursday__: Finish drawing the dreams from chapter 2 and chapter 5. Remember--use your will power and don't read ahead! **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of February 27th-March 2nd__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Monday__: Newspaper article is due tomorrow. Book project is due Thursday. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: Book project is due Thursday. (Friday at the // latest.) //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: We finished reading //Hoot// today. Remember your book project is due tomorrow or Friday. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Thursday__: Book projects are due tomorrow! We'll share them in class. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of February 20th-24th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Monday __: No school **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: Continue to work on your book project **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Thursday__: Finish reading chapter 18. Work on your newspaper article. Remember it is due on Tuesday. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Friday__: Newspaper article is due Tuesday. Book project is due Thursday. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of February 13th-17th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Monday__: No homework. Read independent book. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Happy Valentine's Day! No homework. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: No homework **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Thursday__: Over the long weekend, remember to read your book for your project and begin working on your project. It is due in 2 weeks. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Friday__: No school **


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Week of February 6th-10th __ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Monday__: No homework **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: No homework. Remember you should be reading your book for your next book project. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: Quiz tomorrow on chapters 8-12. Reread the summaries you wrote for each chapter to remind you what they were about. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Thursday__: Continue to read your independent book. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Friday__: Get quiz signed and return on Monday. **


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Week of January 30th-February 3rd __ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Reminder: Book project is due on Friday **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Monday__: The only homework tonight is to work on your Janaury book project which is due on Friday. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: Get test signed. Work on book project. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: Keep working on book project. It's due in 2 days! **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Thursday__: Book projects are due tomorrow! You will share yours with the rest of the class. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Friday__: Started presenting book projects. They did a great job! **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of January 23rd-27th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Monday__: Write a summary for chapter 5. Look through magazines to find pictures of what you think our main characters look like. So far, we have met Roy, Dana, Curly, Officer Delinko, Beatrice Leep, Garrett, and "running boy". **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Tuesday__: Read chapter 6 and write a summary. Finish worksheet if you didn't finish it in class. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Wednesday__: Read chapter 7 and write a summary. Finish Wanted poster if you didn't finish in class. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Thursday__: Finish reading chapter 8 and write a summary. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Friday__: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of January 16th-20th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday: No school **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: We began our new reading groups today. Our class is joining the rest of the 5th graders. Mrs. Conrad and I will be team-teaching the novel //Hoot//. Mrs. Conrad explained the January book project choices today. Students may choose any one of the projects to complete along with the chapter summaries. They are attached above. The project and chapter summaries are due by Friday, February 3rd. We began reading and discussing chapter 1 of //Hoot//. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday: We finished reading and discussing chapter 1 and began chapter 2. We discussed irony and internal and external conflicts. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday: Discussed chapter 2 and began chapter 3. Remember to work on outside reading project which is due on Feb. 3rd. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday: Look through magazines to find pictures of what you think our main characters look like. So far, we have met Roy, Dana, Curly, Officer Delinko, Beatrice Leep, Garrett, and "running boy". **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of January 9th-13th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday: We discussed cause and effect. Students had to find examples from // Sitting Down for Dr. King. //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Study vocabulary for quiz tomorrow. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: Took vocabulary quiz. Students created Wordles using ten important words from the play. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday: We started a new short play, // When Women Played Baseball. //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> We discussed the vocabulary and the background summary. Students read it silently and tomorrow we will assign parts and perform it. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday: We discussed the play then the students were assigned parts and performed the play. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday: Finished working with //When Women Played Baseball//. On Tuesday we will begin our new groups. 4th/5th will begin reading //Hoot.// **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of January 5th-6th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday: We discussed similarities and differences between novels and short plays. They read silently "Sitting Down for Dr. King". Tomorrow we will act it out. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday: We discussed the play and then acted it out. We will continue discussing it on Monday. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of December 12th-December 16th--__ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Book report is due on Friday **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday: We read and discussed chapter 5. There will be an end of the book test on Thursday. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: We read and discussed chapter 6. Then we wrote a letter from Mr. Herdman to his children. We'll finish reading the book tomorrow. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday: We finished the book today. Test tomorrow. Don't forget: book report is due Friday. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday: Took their test today. I graded them and gave them back. Tomorrow they will present their book reports to the class. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday: Presented book reports. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of December 5th-December 9th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday: We read chapter 1 of <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// The Best Christmas Pageant Ever // . It's a fun book that will take us to Christmas break. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: We read and discussed chapter 2 and began designing flyers to advertise the Christmas pageant. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday: No class due to Field Trip. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday: We read and discussed chapter 3. Don't forget to keep working on your book report which is due next Friday, Dec. 16th. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday: We read and discussed chapter 4. Also worked on flyers. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Reminder: Book reports due in one week. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of November 28th-December 3rd__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday: Study story vocabulary for quiz on Wed. We will review in class tomorrow. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: Study vocabulary--the quiz is tomorrow. We played a review game today and they did well! **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday: Students took their quiz today. They will get them back tomorrow. We will review tomorrow the Indian words we learned in the story and the English meanings. There is a quiz on Friday. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday: Students got their quizzes back today. We played a review game for the Indian words. Quiz is tomorrow. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday: Took quiz on Indian words. I graded them right away and gave them back. They did really well! **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of November 21st-25th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday: Students presented their Book Projects. They were great! Everyone did a great job of explaining their books and their symbols. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: We finished reading <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// The Sign of the Beaver. // We will wrap it up after Thanksgiving with some activities and vocabulary quiz. I passed out their book report form for the month of December. They may choose any book they want, but they must tell me the title some time next week. The report is also attached at the above link. May you and your families have a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving. **


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Week of November 14th-18th-- <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Remember to work on your book project--it is due next Monday, November 21st __ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday: Read and discussed chapters 18 and 19. Complete questions for homework. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: We read and discussed chapters 20 and 21. Finish compare/contrast worksheet for homework. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday: We read and discussed chapter 22. Students made interesting comparisons between their lives and Matt's. Finish questions for homework. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday: We went over vocabulary for the story. There will be a quiz after Thanksgiving. REMEMBER: PROJECTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday: No reading class due to Grandparent's Day. **


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Week of November 7th-11th--<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Remember to work on your book project __ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday: Read and discussed chapter 15. Answered questions for 13-15. Finish for homework. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: Read and discussed chapters 16 and 17 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday: Answered questions for chapters 16-17. Finish for homework. Also worked on story vocabulary. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday: Grade 5/6 was on a Field Trip today **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday: Short class due to Veteran's Day assembly. Worked on story vocabulary. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of October 31st-November 4th__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monday: We read chapter 9 and discussed vocabulary. No homework. <span style="color: #ff7900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Happy Halloween! **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tuesday: We read chapter 10 and worked on questions. Finish for homework. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Wednesday: We read chapter 11. We added 5 new words to our Indian dictionary. No homework. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thursday: We read chapter 12 and answered questions for chapters 11 and 12. Finish for homework. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Friday: We read chapters 13 and 14. **

Monday: **Finish questions for chapters 3 and 4 if not finished in class. I handed out and discussed the November Book Project today. It is attached at the top of this page.** Tuesday: **We read and discussed chapters 5 and 6 today. We are keeping a list of Indian words that we learn and what they mean in English. We will continue this throughout the book. No homework.** Wednesday: **Read and discussed chapters 7 and 8. No homework.** Thursday: **Completed questions for 7 and 8 and worked on story vocabulary. No homework.** Friday: **No school**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of: October 24th-28th__ **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Monday: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">No homework ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tuesday: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">No homework ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wednesday: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We started reading //The Sign of the Beaver// today. We read chapter 1 and looked at the map to see where Matt and his father traveled. No homework. ** Thursday: **No homework. We read chapter 2 and started working on vocabulary words for the book.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">__Week of: October 17th-21st__ **

Monday: **No school** Tuesday: **No homework--<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Reminder: Reading Projects are due Thursday ** Wednesday**: Students will have Mrs. Baumann for class. They are reading "Capture!" and completing for questions which should be finished for homework if not completed in class.** Thursday**: We finished reading <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// The BFG // today. Everyone really enjoyed this book! We won't have class tomorrow due to the October Fun Fest. Everyone turned in their projects today. I look forward to reading them! **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">__Week of: October 10th-14th__ **

Monday: **No homework** Tuesday: **No homework--<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Remember to keep working on your Reading Projects ** Wednesday**: Finish questions for "The Queen" and "The Royal Breakfast"--Quiz tomorrow on pages 147-175** Thursday**: No homework--<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Reminder: Reading Projects are due next Thursday, Oct. 13th **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">__Week of: October 3rd-7th__ **

Monday**: Finish reading "Mixing the Dream"** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tuesday **: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Homework: Read "Journey to London" ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Wednesday **: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">We read "The Palace" and started drawing comic strips. Will finish tomorrow in class. ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Thursday **: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Today we went outside and read our "Dream" recipes. Then we blew our dreams (bubbles) and used a net to catch them. We had a lot of fun catching Phizzwizards and Trogglehumpers! I'll post pictures next week! ** Don't forget you should be working on you Reading Project
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">__Week of: September 26th-30th__ **

Monday**: We discussed vocabulary. We read together "Dream-Catching". I handed out the September Book Project and the paper needed to complete the project. It is due October 13th.** Tuesday**: We read "A Trogglehumper for the Fleshlumpeater" and found out what happens when a giant has a nightmare! //Homework//: Finish questions if not completed in class. Quiz tomorrow on pages 55-96 including vocabulary we went over together.** Wednesday**: Quiz today--no homework** Thursday**: We read and discussed "Dreams"--no homework
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of: September 19th-23rd__ **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">__Week of: September 12th-16th__ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Monday <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">: We read together and discussed "Snozzcumbers". Finish questions for homework if not completed in class. Quiz tomorrow on pgs. 1-54.  <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tuesday <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">: Took quiz. Discussed personification (giving human-like qualities to non-humans) and found examples from the story. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wednesday <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">: We read "The Bloodbottler" and "Frobscottle and Whizzpoppers" Ask your child how frobscottle causes a whizzpopper! It was quite silly! <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Thursday <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">: Homework: Read "Journey to Dream Country" starting on pg. 70. I sent a note home to the parents today. Please ask your child for it.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">__Week of: September 5th-9th__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Monday : No school <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tuesday : We read "The BFG" and "The Giants" and discussed how the Giant speaks. We started a "Giant Dictionary" which we will use to list the Giant's words and what we think they mean using context clues. We will continue this dictionary throughout the book. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wednesday : Finished reading and discussing "The Giants" and answered questions. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Thursday : No homework