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Important Dates: Book Fair- Friday, Sept. 7-14 Oct. 4, 5, & 8- No school for students Lunchroom visitors- Please remember that when you come to eat lunch with your child, this is a time for you to bond and chat with your child. We ask that they do not bring friends up to the stage with them. BYOT- I will be sending home a paper copy of the permission slip tomorrow. ONCE I have these signed, students will be able to bring in their devices. Again, these should not be cell phones. If you require them to bring their cell phone for safety reasons, please email and let me know. If a child has a cell phone, it should be off in their lockers. No phones should be ringing during class instruction. Please help us to remind students that cell phones should be off, and they should not be using their cell phones during class, especially for texting or calling. Grammar: This week we will focus on quotes. We will learn the rules for using quotation marks with punctuation, direct quotes, indirect quotes, and divided quotes. will cover all the comma rules (items in a series, direct address, in an address, in friendly letters, in dates, between city/state, compound sentences, with an appositive, and after introductory word/phrase). Next Tuesday there will be a summative test on this material. Students have rules glued into their journals for commas and quotes to use to prepare for the test. Spelling: Last week students received List 2. There will be a quiz next Wednesday. Please keep in mind, these lists need to stay in your child’s binder all year. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website. https://www.spellingcity.com/users/bfhogan5 Writing: We are currently studying the narrative genre. This week we are learning about the various plot techniques. There are five: sequential order, problem/solution, tension, suspense, and foreshadowing. As we learn about each technique, the students will be practicing the implementation of the technique in their own writing. Reading: This week we are continuing to read our first novel which is either Old Yeller, Island of the Blue Dolphin, or Call of the Wild depending on your child’s reading level. We began to learn about figurative language and apply these skills to our novel study. Students will have notes in their novel folder, reading notebook, and reading section of their binder. -Students are responsible for creating a HOTS question for each chapter they read. They will use their HOTS questions to have meaningful discussions with their book clubs. We created flipbooks with HOTS question stems last week. There is also a color coded wheel of question stems on the back of their agenda as well. -Students will be defining vocabulary related to their novel. They need to be studying this vocab, because words will be on comprehension checks as well as the novel quiz/test. -Students have constructed response questions for their books in their novel folder. Students will work on these questions both in class and for homework. We are working with using the TEACH strategy to answer questions correctly and thoroughly. The September book review has been sent home. The Book Log should be signed by a parent, along with the completed book review, and are due Friday, September 28. It will only be accepted if signed by parent so we can make sure the book was read and finished at home.
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