Week 04/20/15 - 04/24/15
Mon 04/20/15
Students continued discussing sensory language. Students revised their Jolly Rancher sentences to add adjectives and to make them as descriptive as possible.
Students then worked on revising their descriptive location paragraphs that they also began on Friday. Students needed to use two simple, one compound, and two complex sentences in their paragraphs. They were NOT allowed to say the actual location they were describing in the paragraph. For a review on sentence structure, see below or CLICK HERE.
HOMEWORK: Begin Unit 9 Week 3 vocab, due Friday. Unit 9 test is Friday!
Students then worked on revising their descriptive location paragraphs that they also began on Friday. Students needed to use two simple, one compound, and two complex sentences in their paragraphs. They were NOT allowed to say the actual location they were describing in the paragraph. For a review on sentence structure, see below or CLICK HERE.
HOMEWORK: Begin Unit 9 Week 3 vocab, due Friday. Unit 9 test is Friday!
Tues 04/21/15
Students finished their paragraphs on the mystery place. After they finished writing, students read their paragraphs aloud and tried to guess the place they were describing. Students then illustrated someone elses paragraph based on their descriptions.
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 9 Week 3, due Friday. Unit 9 test Friday!
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 9 Week 3, due Friday. Unit 9 test Friday!
Wed 04/22/15
Students began learning about letter writing. Students discovered the different parts of a letter and their proper order. Students began composing a letter to their favorite snack food company, thanking them for making such an enjoyable product. Students were required to use a minimum of one simple, one compound, and two complex sentences in their letter. Students will finish their letters on Monday.
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 9 Week 3, due Friday. Unit 9 test Friday!
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 9 Week 3, due Friday. Unit 9 test Friday!
Thurs 04/23/15
Students completed vocabulary centers in class today. If they did not finish a center, click HERE to finish your centers.
HOMEWORK: Unit 9 Week 3 vocab due tomorrow. Unit 9 test tomorrow. If you did not finish your centers in class, finish them for homework, they are due tomorrow.
HOMEWORK: Unit 9 Week 3 vocab due tomorrow. Unit 9 test tomorrow. If you did not finish your centers in class, finish them for homework, they are due tomorrow.
Fri 04/24/15
Students took their Unit 9 vocab test after watching the Unit 9 rap video on Flocabulary.
HOMEWORK: None
HOMEWORK: None