I would first like to offer a big thank-you for your kind words and offerings of sympathy to me and my family on the recent passing of my father. He was an amazing man, who left a legacy of faith, family, fun, and doing "the right thing when no one else was watching." He will certainly be missed.
The class has been finishing up the reading of our Garden State Adventure and For Hire books. I know everyone has had fun reading about New Jersey and many of the places visited by Nicky Fifth and T-Bone. I'm sure some of the students will be asking to trace the NJ day trips they've read about!
In writing we have been working on personal narratives. Our challenge has been to choose a topic that is not too big and write in a way that is not too fuzzy! Topics must be focused and streamlined! We have used Lisa Funeri Willover's shrinking strategies to come up with topics that are just the right size.
Spelling words for this week include primarily a homophone review:
wait, weight, heard, herd, days, daze, heel, heal, peak, peek, sent, cent, scent, feet, feat,
vain, vane, vein, miner, minor, dispose, harbor, mine. Bonus:
principal, principle, valuable, mineral
Coming up next week: Midterm Skills Assessment and PARCC Review
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