Reading: We are reading the Newbery Award winning novel From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg. 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 Chapter 7-8, pages 102-123. Please ask your child to tell you about what they have read.
Vocabulary/Spelling words from chapter 8 include:
1. resist
2. abrasions
3. expenses
4. scolding
5. guide
6. topaz
7. language
8. stomach
9. sandwich
10. heroine
11. envelope
12. counterfeit
13. summarize
14. biographers
15. technique
16. rejection
17. hunch
18.passage
19. tightwad
20. consulting
Bonus: Connecticut
Lists will be sent home Wednesday 10/12. Please check to be sure your child has the spelling words written in his/her agenda. The Spelling test for Chapter 8 will be Thursday, October 20th.
Writing/Grammar: Our focus will be on identifying different parts of speech as we read through the novel, particularly nouns and verbs. Adjectives and adverbs will also be a focus.
Students are also working on independent writing activities, using the writing process. Peer editing will be a topic of discussion.
