February 18

Good evening! I hope everyone enjoyed their mini vacation last week! We have started Unit 4 in our Scott Foresman series. Tomorrow is Friday which means spelling, selection, and vocabulary tests. Students will also continue to work on their letters in which they try to persuade you (the parents/guardians) to allow them to do/have something that they currently can not. They will be due on Monday. The letters should be typed or written neatly in blue or black ink. Thank you for your cooperation in this assignment, it is truly appreciated. Enjoy the upcoming weekend.

Mrs. Saxton

Good evening! The students have started their new story, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Students will be completing group projects in class using the Internet for research and then using Excel to graph their research. The class projects will be due February 11.

This week's homework is as follows:
Tonight- Theme worksheet, Spelling p. 58, Vocabulary is due Thursday, and a rough draft of compare/contrast essay is due Friday.

Wednesday- Grammar p. 73, Spelling p. 59, Practice Book p. 173, vocabulary

Thursday- Grammar p. 74, Spelling p. 60, Practice Book p. 148-149

Friday to Sunday-Final draft of compare/contrast essay

January 12

Good evening! This week's homework is as follows:
Tuesday-
Practice Book p. 122
Grammar p. 62
Spelling p. 50

Wednesday-
Practice Book p. 123
Grammar p. 63
Spelling p. 53

Thursday-
Practice Book 127 and 128
Grammar p. 64
Spelling-study


Have a good week!

January 5

Good evening! Students will be taking the Unit 2 Benchmark and Skills Tests next week on Tuesday and Wednesday. These tests will assess concepts taught in the past month. Students have also been focusing on persuasive writing. They will receive a prompt for My Access on Friday. We will be in the computer lab typing responses on Tuesday and Friday. These writing scores will be shown on the following week's grade sheet.

The homework for the remainder of the week is as follows:

Tonight
1. Practice Book p. 103 and 108
2. Spelling p. 43
3. Grammar p. 53
4. Finish defining vocabulary

Thursday
1. Practice Book p. 107
2. Spelling p. 44
3. Grammar p. 54