This Week...

It was fantastic meeting everyone last week. We're off to a great start!

In language arts classes this week, we'll be jumping into a review and exploration of the parts of speech. I find that understanding the way the parts of speech functions really helps when it comes to analyzing and discussing writing pieces. We'll begin with a review of nouns and pronouns, taking notes and practicing individually and in groups. We'll move into a review of verbs, focusing on the three types of verbs. With every part of speech, we'll discuss how that element powers our writing, and we'll do some writing prompts like these and these. Here's a few links to some of the assignments we'll be working on in class:
Nouns and Pronouns Notes and Practice
Nouns and Pronouns Writing Prompts
Verbs Notes and Practice
Verbs Writing Prompts

In history, we'll be working on our Personal and Historical Timeline, which is due on Thursday. Then, we'll be reading about the earliest people who lived in America, beginning with a reading from Adventure Tales of America. (Here's a link to the questions for this assignment.)