Frozen!

What a cold month January has been.  With snow days and weather related issues, it is time to get back on track.  Our class just finished reading the informational piece "Komodo Dragons".  The boys enjoyed reading about these monster lizards and completed a three tiered foldable comparing/contrasting the Horned Lizard, Glass Lizard, and the Komodo Dragon.


Next week we will be working in the December 2013 Storyworks magazine.  Students will sharpen their skills connecting texts of "Orphan Train" and "Magnificent Michaela".  We will also work on opinion writing "Should Trampolines Be Banned?" Our class will debate pros and cons. 


In grammar we will be working with verbs and understand the importance in using descriptive verbs to make our sentences more interesting.


Our work with Study Island in the tech lab will also help us reinforce skills covered.  We will be spending two periods this week working in this format.


Please remember that all make-up/missing work must be turned in by the 28th so that it can be recorded on this marking period (grades will be submitted on the 29th). 


Spelling words for the week of January 27-31 include:

there, first, people, new, around, off, house, don’t, world, without, almost, earth, light, night, picture, being, study, second, anywhere, really, Bonus:  magnificent, orphanage, biography, envelope, boarded