December

Over the three weeks in December we will be completing a short story unit over The Gift of the Magi.  During the unit we will be covering/reviewing the following skills:

• Vocabulary
• Identifying and Proving Theme
• Figurative Language Review
• Plot Summary Review
• Character Analysis 
• Compare and Contrast

We will be reading, writing, cutting, gluing, and watching the Hallmark channel movie...so it will be a busy month in class.  There will be NO SPELLING this month.  There will, however, be a challenging vocabulary list of 18 words.  We will have a vocabulary definition quiz and the words will appear again on the end of unit test as well.  So START LEARNING THE VOCAB NOW! 

You are required to read and test on one free choice book this month.  So, get your nose in a book and knock that out quickly!

Semester tests we be December 18th and 19th.  See your handbook for details about test exemption.

To study the words and definitions on quizlet...CLICK HERE.

To listen to the story The Gift of the Magi on Youtube....CLICK HERE.

November 17-21

Tests from Friday will be passed out on Monday.  If you scored below a 70% and would like to improve your grade you are welcome to come in during lunch on Monday or Tuesday only.  You will need to ask for a note on your own and have your test with you when you come.

The 4th Reading assignment is due on Friday.  You must read a newspaper or magazine article and complete the written response.  I will be grading assignment folders over break.  NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS will be allowed.

The week will be working through The Color of My Words in our reading textbook. We will review previously learned skills work on summarizing text.

If you would like to read this week's story...Find The Color of My Words HERE
If you would like to study your vocabulary words....CLICK HERE
If you would like to study your spelling words....CLICK HERE

***Parent Note: We could really use boxes of pencils and glue sticks in class.  If you are able to help with one or both of those it would be appreciated very much! ***

Read to Succeed Program

I have registered our classes in the Six Flags Read to Succeed program.  If you would like to earn a free student ticket to Six Flags over Texas in Arlington, fill out the reading log with 6 hours of reading time between now and February 13th!