Reading: We are finishing 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!
There will be an open book test on chapters 9-10 on Tuesday.
Spelling: There are no spelling assignments this week.
Writing/Grammar: We continue to identify parts of speech as we complete our novel. Particular focus is on adverbs and adjectives. Students complete a Daily Language Review sheet each day to reinforce correct punctuation and capitalization, analogies, using context clues to derive meanings from words, spelling, and contractions.
We'll be reading the fictional story Fox Song by Joseph Bruchac from our Literacy Place program this week. The story is about a young girl's memories of the times she spent with her great-grandmother, and all the life lessons she learned from her. Look for spelling words to come home at the end of the week.
Always check the agenda for daily assignments!
