Week 2

Well, we survived. Last week, in my opinion, was an excellent beginning to the year. I was so proud of all your hard work. Remember that effort to me is much more important than a grade. Think about it. If everything is easy and you don't develop a strong work ethic, eventually something challenging will come along and all you may do is quit because, "It's too hard." On the other side of the coin, if you are always working hard but can not quite get the grades you want, I promise an opportunity for you to shine will appear and your grit will bring you to the pinnacle of your dreams!

Okay, enough cheesy stuff. : )

This week is gonna be fun with touching on the olympics, moving forward with Treasure Island, and incorporating Latin roots into the curriculum. There will be a quiz this Friday on content and Latin roots. The Latin roots will be dealing with numbers like uni- (which means the number 1, like unicorn or unicycle). Here is a run down of the week:

Monday
English
Week one roots handout
Guess the icons game.
Main Idea and Supporting Details prompt…“What sport would you add to the Olympics?”
Literature
Summarize and catch up with Treasure Island ch 1-4

Tuesday
English
When writing numbers-
Spell out single-digit whole numbers. Use numerals for numbers greater than nine.
Write out a number if it begins a sentence.
Listen to “Buccaneer Trends and the Truth About Pirates”
Literature
Narrative Elements Plot Structure Quiz Chapters 5-6 Treasure Island

Wednesday
English
Review Greek and Latin Roots
Listen to sound-byte “Bucanneer Trends and Truths About Pirates”
Cuttings on Pirates from Different Magazines.
Listen to “Buccaneer Trends and the Truth About Pirates”
Literature
Narrative Elements Plot Structure Quiz Chapters 5-6 Treasure

Thursday
English
conventions practice, week 3--Using the right word (homonyms)
Homonyms Jeopardy
“Give me your best” revision assignment
Literature
Quiz on Chapters 5-6
Chapters 7 (letter) - 8 Treasure Island

Friday
English
Assessment on greek and latin roots
Check out the article on “The mystery of Michael Phelps' iPod playlist”
“Soundtrack of my life” writing assignment, part
Literature
Quiz on Chapters 5-6
Chapters 7 (letter) - 8 Treasure Island