READING
This week we will continue reading Bridge to Terabithia. We will focus our guided reading on how the setting of the story influences the plot and plot sequence, and how the author's creative use of language can influence our senses and the mood of a story as we read it. Check your student's agenda for daily assignments.
The students will integrate the writing skills into extended response comprehension assessments (watch for details in your student's agenda).
WRITING
The week's writing practice will come from extended response questions in Terabithia comprehension assessments as well as responses to quick-write prompts and will challenge the students to creative quickly prepared responses to oral prompts.
We will continue with learning parts of speech, focusing on pronouns.
SPELLING
Spelling words from chapters 5-7 of Bridge to Terabithia. The students will create analogies, associations, or illustrations for their words. They will be assessed on Thursday, January 26.
This section's words are ...
crimson
distracted
parapet
regicide
snickered
tangle
annoyance
consolidated
obsessed
speculation
splurged
surplus
betrayed
exiled
reluctant
smirked
tolerated
vile
