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. We will also discuss how character motivation influences the plot in a story. 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 create quickly prepared responses to oral prompts.
We will continue with learning parts of speech, focusing on pronouns.
SPELLING
Spelling words from chapters 8, 9, 10 of Bridge to Terabithia. The students will create analogies, associations, or illustrations for their words.
This section's words ...
clambered
complacent
dread
flounce
garbled
obliged
prissy
raveled
spectacle
canopy
conspiring
discern
earnest
repented
sodden
sporadically
vanquished
flank
intently
suppress
scrawny
anxiety
absorbed
disguised
Assignment: Create analogies, associations, illustrations, or antonyms for each word. Due 2/7/12
Assessment: Tuesday, 2/7/12
HOMEWORK
In order to give the students time to prepare for Science Fair, there will be no out-of-class assignments this week.
Ongoing: Read 20 minutes
