Week 8: Fun with Novels & Meaningful Writing!

It's been such a great week. See pictures below from our water activity and ask your children for the details, it was a blast.

I attend a writing workshop this week and learned so much about how to help students become better writers. We will start this week. Please know that all writing will be completed at school--no homework!

Thanks for the continued support, please let me know if you have any questions for me and I look forward to meeting many of you at SEP's this week.


Monday, October 1
Free Reading
Monroe Reading Assessment (7 mins)
"Long Walk to Water" novel
"Wednesday Wars" novel
*Monthly Drawing!

Tuesday, October 2
Free Reading
Table Talk/Notes On Courage
"Long Walk to Water" novel
"Wednesday Wars" novel

Wednesday, October 3
"Long Walk to Water" Writing Activity
Prewrite & type in Utah Compose
Utah Compose Tracking Sheets
SEP 3:00-6:00pm

Thursday, October 4
Writing Revision Day
Honors Newspaper Day/Home Reading assignment
Novel Essay DUE
SEP 3:00-6:00pm

Friday, October 5
"Long Walk to Water" novel
Honors: Author Skype with Geoffrey Simpson
Book Check #4 DUE
Your essay is your Reading Response this week:)

Photos from our "Long Walk to Water" to understand the characters in the novel and get a taste of what their struggles would have been like. This activity was a blast! We hauled water, made biofilters and filtered the water...and did NOT drink it:)

Code Phrase (for a Robins Reward) Tell me why you like to read!