Week of September 14-18, 2015

Happy New Week Parents and Students!

Thanks to all the Grandparents who were able to attend this year's Grandparent's Day. Your students made them feel loved and special.

Both students and parents may join my Remind messenger by using the following link: https://www.remind.com/join/daja5 or by sending the text message @daja5 to 81010. If you ever need to send me a message directly, you can email at daja5@mail.remind.com, chanisha.wilson@gmail.com or through Class Dojo. Speaking of Class Dojo, if you joined the Dojo in the 5th grade class and found yourself removed from the list, please let me know and I will send a new sign up or input your email to be sure that you are receiving all notifications. 

This week in Language Arts we are focusing on using our punctuation accurately and determining what makes a simple and complete subject/predicate in a sentence. In Reader's and Writer's workshop we will practice building stamina in our writing and determining why authors write.

All students will continue to focus on applying the 5 themes of Geography as they continue with Chapter 1 in Social Studies. 7th and 8th grade will have an upcoming project soon, so please be on the lookout for that information by the following week.

In Spanish students will review the basic greetings and social questions ( How old are you? What is your name?) and add new structures dealing with health (salud) and illness (enfermedad).

Video: Author's Purpose--This is just an introductory video about Author's Purpose and choosing a purpose for writing.

Here is another video that should make you smile when you think about the Author's Purpose.

Homework: 

Spanish--Create a Picture Dictionary of the words and structures from Lessons 1-3. Due Friday
Language Arts-- Use three of the six practice activities from the Super Speller List in your Student Notebooks to prepare for your Vocabulary Test this Friday.
Create a section in your WNB for Noticing the World and Crafting Sentences (2 total)-- Ongoing
Complete the following Prompt: Look at the picture below. Decide your purpose for writing this piece (P.I.E.--persuade, inform, entertain) and then create a piece of writing based off of your purpose and the picture. This is due on Thursday.


Bible--Study Lesson 3 Memory Verse for Test on Friday