Friday Notes 9/24

Happy Friday!

We are moving along nicely! This week we had great Civil War presentations and they will be on display downstairs starting next week! Our field trip to the Atlanta History Center was awesome! The kids really enjoyed themselves and we learned about Abraham Lincoln. Our novel is coming to a close and the students are LOVING it! The journey of Samuel and Harrison is quite captivating. Our class will be the first class to take the online Accelerated Reader Novel Test as a end of the novel test! I'm very excited about this. Our next novel, Sounder is due in class on the 27th! This novel will follow our SS curriculum as we move into the Reconstruction Era. Please continue to check the blog and Engrade online grade book so you can stay informed! The online grade book will be updated this weekend, so please check it early next week.

PARENTS, CALLING ALL PARENTS! Our new Novel Project involves the use of covered coat hangers! Do you have any in your closet? Let me take them off of your hands! I'm in need of 55 hangers and would love your support!

Words for this week are as follows:
fair
deposit
melancholy
comical
smooth
murky
elegant
chattering


TROUBLE DON'T LAST NOVEL TEST ---- WEDNESDAY!
CIVIL WAR UNIT TEST -- THURSDAY!


Homework for the weekend:
Please encourage your students to study their worksheets and notes from all subjects!
Write words five times each and define each word.
SS: Study all Civil War facts for Unit Test on Thursday!
Reading "Trouble Don't Last" to page 226; please have your student complete the Reading Log. FINAL READING LOG DUE ON WEDNESDAY!


NEXT Week:
LA: 8 Parts of Speech (Conjunctions, Interjections)
LA: Verbs (Linking, Helping)
RD: Main Idea and Theme -- CONTINUATION.
SS: The Reconstruction Era.
** Narrative Writing ***


Announcements:
NEXT NOVEL: "Sounder" by William Armstrong due in class by September 27th! This is an extremely popular novel, it is an award winning novel and a wonderful read! This book is readily available at B&N, Borders and the local library.

We are reading "Trouble Don't Last" by Shelley Pearsall. Students have a reading log that is placed in their reading folders for you to sign and track progress of the reading.

*FACIAL TISSUE and COPY PAPER IS needed! PLEASE!