Friday, September 26, 2014

Week of September 29th...

Please make sure you sign your child's permission slip to watch "The Mighty".
  If you do not want your child to watch the movie, that's fine.  They will have an alternate assignment during that time.  However, I still need the permission slip.
 
We will finish Freak the Mighty this week.  Every student should have entire Study Guide complete and ready to use on their final exam.  The Study Guide will also be a grade.
 
The last group of Freak the Mighty vocabulary is as follows:
TEST on Thursday!!
 
1.     abduction
2.     obnoxious
3.     puny
4.     manifestation
5.     facilitate
6.     aberration
7.     accommodations
8.     wring
9.     marvel
10.     slag

September Book is due on the last day of September (9/30). 
FREAK THE MIGHTY Mini-Projects will be worked on in class and are due October 3rd.

I AM poems are due ASAP, please.

In October, we will begin our study of the short story.  We will review the parts of a plot line, read some stories and even create a few of our own.


 

Friday, September 19, 2014

Week 3

WE NEED YOUR OLD MAGAZINES!! 

Take Home Folders will come home on Monday.  Please make sure to initial all the papers in the folder and return to school on Tuesday.

We will continue to read Freak the Mighty.  Please make sure your child is filling out the Study Guide that goes along with the book.  It counts as a grade and helps with quizzes.


Vocabulary List #2

1.      steed
2.      pledge
3.      gruel
4.     tenement
5.     Holy Grail
6.     injustice
7.     urgency
8.     trussed
9.     sought
10.   smirk