WELCOME BACK

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving Break!
Over the next 3 weeks we will be doing a unit over the classic Christmas short story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry. If you would like to listen to the story on Youtube click HERE. We will not have spelling with this unit but we will have a challenging vocabulary list so PRACTICE UP at home. To practice on Quizlet click HERE.
Vocabulary List (Test December11)

instigates	subsiding	vestibule	prosperity
sterling	depreciate	cascade	garment
ransacking	truant	sentiment	laboriously
idiocy	illuminated	ardent	enfolded
assertion	coveted

The 4th Book Report is also due DECEMBER 11th! BE READING!

Thanksgiving!

I am thankful for your support as parents!
I am also thankful for super awesome students!
Have a GREAT THANKSGIVING BREAK!!!!


The next book report is due December 11th.

November 16-20

This week we will work through a Figurative Language unit making notes each day in our interactive notebook. Each day we will be listening to songs that incorporate figurative language and examining the meaning intended by the author of the lyrics. It is challenging to make up notebook lessons AND you do not learn the material as well when you are absent. Please, make every effort to be at school all day everyday. There will be no spelling or vocabulary this week. We will have a Figurative Language assessment on Friday on the following terms:
-simile
-hyperbole
-metaphor
-idiom
-personification
-onomatopoeia
-allusion
-alliteration