Weeks 18 & 19: 'Twas the Week (and a half) Before Christmas Break!

It's been a fantastic, and rigorous week, in Language Arts! We started a new program called Article-of-the-Week which teaches students to read critically, think deeply and write about it. We had a blast this week and I was so impressed by how students really stretched, buckled down and worked hard. How I appreciate their willingness to really work! I love every day I get teaching this group of students, they are so very enjoyable.

Here's the schedule until school gets out. It'll be a busy week, but a fun one, as we lay the foundation to move on to more intensive grammar instruction and argumentative essays.

Please contact me with any questions.

Merry Christmas to you and your family! At Christmastime, I'm always mindful of the goodness in my life and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to teach such amazing students with wonderfully supportive parents. All the best to each of you and Happy New Year!

Monday, December 11th-Wednesday, December 20th

Monday, December 11th

Short PLC Day

New Article-of-the-Week

Read article, begin notations OR

Free Reading

Tuesday, December 12th

Introduce Figurative Language Project

Take Notes on Figurative Language

Get into groups, begin planning

Wednesday, December 13th

Book #4 DUE

Library Books returned

Work on Figurative Language project

Thursday, December 14th

Finish Figurative Language project

Free Reading

Friday, December 15th

Article-of-the-Week Due

Class Discussion/Quick Write

Begin Figurative Language Presentations

Fine Arts Assembly

Monday, December 18th

Finish Figurative Language Presentations

Tuesday, December 19th

GECKO DAY!!

Enrichment: Mrs. Robins & Mrs. Gubler (1st and 4th)

Reteach: Mr. Ainsworth

Homework Hall: Mrs. Wallace

Wednesday, December 20th

Robins's Annual Day-Before-Christmas-Break Coco Party

Students will volunteer to bring the supplies, I'll be cooking hot coco all day as we explore good Christmas literature and media.

HONORS: BLOG POST & WRITING CONTEST DUE!

Big congrats to these kids for completing the Thanksgiving Break Reading Challenge. They were able to enjoy pumpkin pie during Advisory this Wednesday! Way to go guys!

Week #17: Hello Article-of-the-Week!

Thank you to students for their hard work this week! We completed our benchmarks & I'm so proud at how students have achieved and really grown as readers and writers. Each student will bring home a certificate this week showcasing their 1st and 2nd trimester benchmark scores so you can see their growth and which areas they can improve it.

Our schedule got off last week because of library day, but we are back on track and the schedule for next week is below. We will be doing Article-of-the-Week, which is an interactive way to close read and really understand informational text. We will also have a 2-day unit to review the basics of grammar before we move into move heavy duty writing. I want this unit to be fun for students and get them moving around.

Please remind your student to read at home between 20-30 minutes a day--it will help them in every aspect of life:) Thanks for the ongoing support. Please contact me with questions or concerns.

Week 17

December 4-December 8

Monday, December 4th
Genre-of-the-Week: Historical Fiction
Prefix-of-the-Week: In--
New Class Jobs
Article-of-the-Week Introduction
Book #3 DUE

Tuesday,December 5th
Free Reading
Benchmark Rewards
Article-of-the-Week Modeling

Wednesday, December 6th
Free Reading
Article-of-the-Week Practice

Thursday, December 7th
Independent Article-of-the-Week Practice

Friday, December 8th
Independent Article-of-the-Week Practice
Article DUE today