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 5-6, pages 67-101. Please ask your child to tell you about what they have read.
Vocabulary/Spelling words from this chapter includes:
1. insisted
2. restaurant
3. persuade
4. available
5. authority
6. interrupted
7. accumulate
8. routine
9. evidence
10. conscience
11. furious
12. murmur
13.exhibit
14. stealthily
15. symbol
16. triumphant
17. publicity
18. impatient
19. ordinary
20. ancient
Bonus: Michelangelo
The Spelling test for chapters 5-6 will be Thursday, October 6th.
Writing/Grammar: 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. 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.
