Week 3: August 25-29

It's been another fantastic week in Language Arts!  Thank you to all of those who were able to make it to Back-to-School Night. I so enjoyed meeting everyone and appreciate your attendance.  If you were unable to attend, your student should have brought two papers home: one about text blast subscription and one about the iRead program/class expectations & responsibilities.  If you need one, please let me know.

100% of students were prepared for this week's Nation-in-the-News assignment, which is spectacular!  I so appreciate their dedication and enthusiasm.  We held a Reading Party today to celebrate 2 weeks of hard work from students--these kids are fantastic and I am so proud of them!

Please make sure your student is reading at home.  The requirement is 30 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week.  Talk to your students about "Edge Reading"--a way to squeeze in 5-10 mins. throughout the day. For many students, this makes home reading less intimidating and leads to success.

Looking ahead: Book Orders Due on September 2nd.  Purchasing books through Scholastic is a easy and inexpensive way to build your home library.  I'll send Book Orders home with students on Monday.  You can either send in a check to Scholastic or order online.  If you order online, our class receives a free book: which is awesome!  Please click on the link on the left of the blog to order.

Here is the schedule for this week.  As always, please email me at rachel.robins@washk12.org or call 435-652-4742 if you have any questions or concerns.

Nation-in-the-News

to present Friday, August 29th

2nd Period: Halli VanLehn, Matt Van Gils, Brinley Sullivan, Gia Stinson

3rd Period: Mackenzie Wright, Clint Wright, Melody Tomer

4th Period: Atreyu West, Dakoda Warren, Andy Vazquez

5th: Destinee Arvizo, Kayla Berumen, Brennon Brown

6th:  Sirenidy Arvizo, Kohl Bowler, Hunter Burchinal

Monday, August 25

*Motivational Monday: Word Crimes
Writing Mini-Lesson: Parts of Speech Crash Course
Book Orders Coming Home Today
Library Day! 

Tuesday, August 26

BENCHMARK TESTING IN D-LAB

Wednesday, August 27

BENCHMARK TESTING IN D-LAB

Thursday, August 28

*10 minutes independent reading/reading conferences
*Introduce Basic Skills Unit
*Sentence Activity: 2 truths, 1 lie
2nd Period Honors: Newspaper Section Breakouts
*Brainstorm ideas/organize individual sections

Friday, August 29

*10 minutes independent reading/reading conferences

*Nation-in-the-News Presentations

*Simple Sentences Instruction & Activities
*Sentence Foldable