Friday, December 19, 2014
Enjoy...
Thanks to everyone for a fantastic first semester, especially the final event: the Boston Massacre Trial. everyone did such a great job! Enjoy the winter break. I'll see everyone in 2015!!!
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
In Language Arts…(And a History Trial!)
In language arts, we're building on our understanding of the parts of speech by moving into sentence structure. We started with subjects and predicates on Monday; understanding the parts of speech really helps with identifying the parts of a sentence. All of this builds towards improving writing by using a variety of sentence lengths and structures, a skill that requires a good understanding of basic sentence elements. We'll start with some basic notes and practice. And we'll even explore sentence structure through some sentence diagramming. So many times, it's these diagrams that make all this grammar stuff really "click."
Next week, we'll review some of the key literary terms and concepts we've studied over the past semester, and we'll have a quiz on these terms at the end of the week.
Another exciting upcoming event is the Boston Massacre Mock Trial! This week, students are diving into their roles and preparing testimony, opening statements, cross-examination, and more in anticipation of the trial next Friday afternoon. Parents are welcomed--and encouraged!--to attend the trial. It will be in the Dryden library from 12:10 to 1:55 on Friday, December 19th. Hope to see you there!
Next week, we'll review some of the key literary terms and concepts we've studied over the past semester, and we'll have a quiz on these terms at the end of the week.
Another exciting upcoming event is the Boston Massacre Mock Trial! This week, students are diving into their roles and preparing testimony, opening statements, cross-examination, and more in anticipation of the trial next Friday afternoon. Parents are welcomed--and encouraged!--to attend the trial. It will be in the Dryden library from 12:10 to 1:55 on Friday, December 19th. Hope to see you there!
Monday, December 1, 2014
Parts of Speech Review
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and break.
This week, we'll focus on reviewing all eight parts of speech. Students will work on a project of their choice to communicate their knowledge of the parts of speech--an instructional book, a game, a video, a book analysis, etc--and we'll have daily review activities. On Friday, students will take a mastery test to demonstrate their ability to identify the eight parts of speech. Whether through reviewing old assignments and tests, working on the project, or studying definitions, students should spend some time preparing for the test each night this week.
Here's a link to the Parts of Speech Project.
This week, we'll focus on reviewing all eight parts of speech. Students will work on a project of their choice to communicate their knowledge of the parts of speech--an instructional book, a game, a video, a book analysis, etc--and we'll have daily review activities. On Friday, students will take a mastery test to demonstrate their ability to identify the eight parts of speech. Whether through reviewing old assignments and tests, working on the project, or studying definitions, students should spend some time preparing for the test each night this week.
Here's a link to the Parts of Speech Project.
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