Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Monday- We finished demonstration speeches
Tuesday- We took the SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory) test for the last time this year to measure progress in reading.
Wednesday- We will do Read Out Loud, Caught Ya, and we'll do some practice with adverbs and analogies. Weekly Reading Reports are due today!
Thursday- We will silent read, learn about the author S.E. Hinton (the author of The Outsiders), and we'll practice adverbs some more.
Friday- We'll do Read Out Loud, Caught Ya, get some background knowledge on the 1950s and 1960s, and write a journal on what it means to be an outsider.

HW- Weekly Reading Report- due Wed. (the 20th), any practice sheets for adverbs that didn't get done in classs

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The week of April 12th:

Monday- Read Out Loud, Caught Ya, Journal on Spring Break, and introduce demonstration speech vocabulary.

Tuesday- Read Out Loud, Caught Ya, an example of a demonstration speech, pick days to present, and begin working on your demonstration speech outline.

Wednesday- Library (get a book for weekly reading report), introduce adverbs, work on outline or silent read.

Thursday- silent reading, demonstrations speeches

Friday- demonstration speeches, Read Out Loud, Caught Ya

*New Weekly Reading Report is due next Wednesday!