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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Mrs. Hoge's Language Arts Class - Week of September 12, 2011

Reading  We have started the Newbery Award winning novel From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg this week. The novel is about a young girl named Claudia who decides to run away from her home in Connecticut to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. But she needs someone to accompany her, so she convinces her younger brother Jamie to go with her. The adventure begins!
We will finish reading and discussing Chapters Two and Three, pages 19-42. Please ask your child to tell you about what they have read. We'll start chapter 4 on Friday.

There will be a test on chapters 1-3 on Thursday 9/15.

Vocabulary words from these chapters include:
1. possessions
2. resisted
3. percolator
4. penetrated
5. stowaways
6. expenditures
7. extravagant
8. cheapskate
9. gorgeous
10. fatigue

Bonus word:  inconspicuous

Writing assignments Our focus will be on identifying subjects and predicates as we read through the novel.  We will also be looking for different parts of speech, particularly nouns and verbs, to make the connection between subjects and predicates.
Students are also working on independent writing activities, using the writing process.

Spelling   Look for a list to come home this week in your child's agenda.  Words will be taken from chapters 2 and 3 of our novel.

Each student has received a sheet titled "Get to 50". Students may chose a variety of assignments from the list that total 50 points. The assignments are due Thursday, 9/15.

The Spelling test will be Thursday, September 15th.