January 31-February 2

Good evening! Due to the weather approaching (unfortunately), I am posting the homework through Wednesday. Students should stay up-to-date with the Tuck Everlasting schedule!

Monday, January 31
*Grammar page 71 (quiz)
*Read Chapters 12-13
*Define vocabulary for week 2

Tuesday, February 1
*Spelling page 70
*Practice Book page 153 (All of the information students need to complete the questions can be found in the excerpt.)
*Read Chapters 14-15
*Answer Chapter 14's comprehension question

Wednesday, February 2
*Spelling page 71
*Read Chapters 16-18

Students should be completing their Active Reading sheets as they are reading the novel!

Have a great night!

January 26

Good afternoon! Since Language Arts did not meet today, students should read Chapters 6-8 and answer the comprehension question for Chapter 7.

Have a good day!

January 25

Good evening! The following is tonight's homework:

Tuck Everlasting comprehension question for Chapter 3

Spelling page 54

Grammar page 77

Define vocabulary

Have a great night!

January 24

Good evening! The students finished all of today's reading in class. The following is for homework tonight:

Grammar page 76
Finish business letter rough draft

Have a great night!

January 19

Good afternoon! This week the students will still be learning spelling words; however, since the week has been shortened, they will only need to know 10. The spelling test will be given on Friday. The words the students should know for the week are as follows:

1. ;however,
2. ;therefore,
3. necessity
4. truly
5. neutral
6. penalty
7. laser
8. plethora
9. foreshadow
10. gimmick

We will be starting Tuck Everlasting next week in class. A schedule that contains chapters to be read and questions to be answered will be sent home. If there is a snow day, the students will be responsible for the material that is covered on that day. We will go over the material as a class during our next meeting.

For tonight, students should write any misspelled words from their spelling test five times each.

Have a great evening!

January 13

Good afternoon! Next week the students will begin reading their next novel, Tuck Everlasting. The students will need to bring in one regular sized water bottle (Ex: a 16 oz. Poland Spring bottle) for a project they will be doing in class.

The following is for homework tonight:
Word Choice paragraph
Grammar page 68


Have a great night!

January 11

Good evening! This week students are learning how to properly write a business letter. We are also focusing on word choice and irregular verbs. Tonight's homework is grammar page 67. Have a great night!

January 6

Good afternoon! The following is for homework tonight:

Practice Book p. 129
GPB p. 64
Spelling page 52

Have a good night!

January 5

Good evening! The following is for homework tonight:

Practice Book page 127
Spelling page 51

Have a great night!

January 4

Good afternoon. Next week the students will be taking Unit 3 Benchmark and Skills tests. The following is for homework if it was not finished during class:

Comprehension questions 1-5 ("Wilma Unlimited")
Grammar page 62
Vocabulary definitions
Spelling page 50

Have a great night!