Sunday, August 15, 2010

August 16-20

Advisory:
Students should be bringing home their advisory folders on Monday with their calendar and any important papers. Please remind your student to show you their folder. As mentioned in the advisory letter I sent home last week, please send $1 to help cover the cost of folders/calendars. Students who have all paperwork turned in along with the $7.00 locker fee will be assigned lockers on Wednesday, Aug. 18.

Reading:
Main Text: Summer of the Swans (pgs. 20-33)
Reading Strategy: Analyze story structure
Reading Skill: Character, Setting, Plot
Vocabulary: Multiple-meaning words
Vocabulary words: abruptly, anxiety, conscious, intersection, engulf, procedure, souvenir, cascade

Language:
Daily DLR
Sentence Types and Fragments

Homework:
*Make sure your child has a composition notebook and binder (or folders) for class.
*Daily DLR test on Friday, Aug. 20. DLR tests will be made up of questions pulled from the daily DLRs that students complete and we go over during the week. Students should study for the test at home.