Week 21: January 11-15
This week students learned and practiced how to successfully add effective introductory and concluding paragraphs to ACES paragraphs. Because students have already mastered how to write an ACES paragraph, incorporating them into a full explanatory essay was a natural step.
Also, students continued to read and submit their i-Read equivalencies - number 7 was due Friday, January 15.
Week 22: January 19-22
No school will be held on Monday, January 18th in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. so, we will begin the week on Tuesday, January 19.
Students will begin the week showing their mastery of the Explanatory essay, writing one on their own based on 2 SCOPE Magazine articles. Tuesday, students will read the articles and write their rough draft, using the foldable tool they learned during the previous week. Then Wednesday and Thursday, students will type their essay into a Google Doc and share it with me via e-mail. They will be graded on the quality of their introduction, conclusion, and use of transitions.
And finally, those students who just have a little to left to finish on the SAGE interim will called in during FLEX time throughout the week. Those who had not started the second of the two tests, will not be asked to complete it.
After Janaury 22: Coming up next:
After we complete the Explanatory essays, we will spend all our time on the history fair projects; deepening research, enriching it with pictures, video clips, music, and other types of sources to make the final projects shine.
After we complete the Explanatory essays, we will begin a fun Literature Unit, exploring several literature genre, practicing CLOSE reading and comprehension skills while we read.
In addition, we will concentrate on Greek and Latin roots and affixes, and of course, continue our i-Reads.
