QUICK HIT OVERVIEW - (short on time? - this quickly covers what we did in class as well as homework and other news)
* DLPs (completed in class)
* Reviewed this weeks vocabulary (completed in class)
* Ghost Stories (started in class, should be reviewed at home, will work on more in class tomorrow)
* HOMEWORK - Study for vocabulary quiz
* HOMEWORK - Complete entry for Reading Response - click here: to download a Reading Response
* Media Permission Slip - needs to be returned by Thursday 10/28 for media to be played in class
OUR DAY IN REVIEW - (provides a little more detail for you)
1.) We began class today with a couple DLPs (Daily Language Practice) these are typically sentences that I place in the overhead for students to correct while I take attendance and get the class organized. We often begins class with a DLP or a short writing assignment. They typical DLPs provided in the Pearson curriculum are pretty dry (to say the least) so I have been using Far Side comics that I have retyped with errors in the verbiage. Students correct these in their Language Arts notebooks and then we correct them as a group on the overhead. Afterward we discuss why they are funny - as the humor can often be sophisticated or tricky for them to understand at first.
Be sure to ask your child about DLPs as they are a lot of fun.....when they are Far Sides. :)
2.) After DLP we reviewed the weeks vocabulary which I have attached in this email. We review each word's correct definition, explain the meaning and how the word might be used in everyday language or where we might see it. This is done so students all have the same definitions in preparation for the quiz and next weeks reading.
Click here to link to: Hoot Vocabulary Week Four
3.) We started a new writing assignment in class - My Ghost's Story or The Scariest Thing I Ever Saw. This assignment has also been attached to this email for your review or in case your child has lost or misplaced it. The assignment is not considered a major writing assignment and will be completed mostly in class - provided students take advantage of class time.
Students can choose to write a fictional ghost story of their own creation OR can recount a non-fiction experience that was frightening to them. The non-fiction option does not have to be a spooky story, but can be any experience that was frightening to them. Directions and expectations for the writing assignment can be found in the attachment included in this email. I hope to have these completed in class tomorrow so that we can share them in class on Thursday.
Click here to link to: My Ghost's Story or The Scariest Thing I Ever Saw
4.) Permission Slips - I am asking for parent and guardian permission to show a Halloween Simpsons episode in class on Friday and also for permission to show segments of the movie Hoot in class once we finish the novel. Please review the following information and have your child return a signed permission slip - attached in this email. Thanks for your assistance and understanding. Please contact me with any questions or concerns you might have regarding either media presentation.
Click here to link to: Media Permission Slip
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