Extra Credit- Due Monday

Directions: Use these pictures to activitate your imagination. Read the captions under each picture and follow the directions to write a one paragraph response. Try to use as many adjectives as you can. Enjoy! 


Pretend you are a fish in this California aquarium. Write a poem that describes your life in the tank

 





Pretend you are a princess and this is your view. Write a diary entry that decribes what you see, hear, smell, and feel each morning.

 



THE NEW BINDER SET UP

Here is a reminder of how to set up your new binder.

1. Warm-Up/ Journal
• Home Connections
• The day's agenda
2. Spelling
• Study guides/ Tests
3. Vocabulary
4. Grammar
5. Writing Project
1. All Drafts
2. Grading Rubrics
6. Novel Journals 
7. Comprehension Check

Letter Home: Personal Narratives

Dear Parent/ Guardian,

Currently, your student is in the drafting phase of the writing process. Ask your student to share her story with you. It should reflect a significant moment that impacted her life dreams/goals. If you would like to provide your student with feedback or assistance, you may check for the following:

1. Does the story have a clear beginning, middle, and end?
2. Does she explain her dream and who/what inspired her toward that dream?
3. Does your student capture your interest?
4. Could she add or subtract details?
5. Is the narrative at least 5 paragraphs?

Thank you all for your continued encouragement and support! Check back for more information on classroom activities, homework, and the 2nd Publishing Party!

TEST FRIDAY!

Our VERY FIRST celebration of knowledge is THIS FRIDAY!!!!! YAY!

What you should review: 

• Prediction/Inference 
• Summarizing
• Text-to-World Connections
• Visualizing
• Locating Main Idea
• Providing Supporting Details
• Drawing Conclusions
• Using Adjectives to Describe Character
• Vocabulary
• Parcels
• Foundry
• deposit
• conduct
• raise
• abash
• Grammar
• Adverbs/ Verbs
• Proper Nouns, Common Nouns
• Subjects/Predicates
• Their, There, They're, There're 
• Homographs
• Homophones
• Types of Sentences

Weekend Homework

The following is a list of homework that is due Tuesday, October 19th

1. Skills Practice book pages: 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61
2. Tell a family member or friend about the book we just finished, Esperanza Rising
3. Read the last 3 stories of the Capturing our Dreams book.

Welcome Back!

Hello Students, Parents, and Guardians.

As we attempt (spelling word) to get back into the swing of things REMEMBER to schedule meetings with advisors to discuss progress reports. Also, if you have any questions or concerns about your progress in Language Arts see me during the school day study or after school study to discuss your concerns.

HOMEWORK
Dream/Goal Personal Narratives: Write your outline!! Due Tomorrow
A personal narrative tells a true story about an event that the writer has experienced. In this case, students were asked to write a personal narrative that outlined an event that helped to shape or mold their life goals or dreams.

To write a personal narrative, you may follow the steps below:

• Think about an experience that shaped your goals
• Choose an experience you want to write about.
• Think about what you saw, heard and felt. Use an idea organizer to help sort out your thoughts. (we did this in class, but you may use this ORGANIZER website to help you)
• As you write, use “I” throughout your story. (Most narratives are told using the first-person point of view.)
• Write an introduction that gets your reader’s attention and tells him or her what your story will be about.
• Write about the events in the order in which they happened. (What happened first, second, third?)
• MOST IMPORTANTLY Be sure to add sensory details, such as how something tasted or what something looked like. This will help your reader feel like he or she was there, too.  Draw the reader into the experience!
• Write a conclusion that ends your story. Tell the reader why this experience was important to you and what you learned from it.
• Once you have finished your personal narrative, be sure to review your work. You may even share with your family/friends and ask them if it makes sense.
  (Curtesy of Time for Kids )

ESPERANZA RISING
Continue to read to page 199

Homework

Read next two stories in C.O.D.
complete comprehension checks

Spelling Test Tomorrow!
HOMOPHONES