November 29-December 3

**Reminder: Dec. 16 is the last day for students to test on books for their reading goal (4 books) for the 2nd grading period.**

Reading:
Main Text: "The Great Serum Race" (pgs. 222-235)
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Sequence of events
Vocabulary: pedestrians, outskirts, unbearable, rendezvous, intercept, quarantine, epidemic, plight
Next week: TEST ON TUESDAY, DEC. 7. Students will have a study guide.

Language:
Focus: Possessive nouns and appositives
Writing Focus: Haiku
DLR TEST ON FRIDAY, NOV. 19
Next week: TEST ON TUESDAY, DEC. 7 on noun unit (singular, plural, common, proper, possessives).

Spanish:
We will finish our art project, "Ojos de Dios" and then begin learning about the verb gustar.

November 22-23

**The Book Fair will be continuing through Tuesday.**

Reading:
Main Text: "Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter" (pgs. 194-209)
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Problem and Solution
Vocabulary: sheepishly, sweeten, coincidences, sumptuous, phase, mufflers, hobbled, prospered
TEST ON TUESDAY, NOV. 22
*Students will work on a study guide during class on Monday.


Happy Thanksgiving!!

November 15-19

Reading:
Monday skill--making generalizations
Main Text: "Rumplestiltskin's Daughter" (pgs. 194-209)
Tuesday-Friday strategy--summarize
skill--problem and solution
vocabulary words: sheepishly, sweeten, coincidences, sumptuous, phase, mufflers, hobbled, prospered
TEST ON TUESDAY, NOV. 23

Language:
Focus: possessive nouns
Homework: Any work not completed in class
DLR TEST ON FRIDAY, NOV. 19

Spanish:
We will finish presentations on Spanish-speaking countries. We will spend some time researching important aspects of the hispanic culture.

November 8-10

We will be working on test-taking skills this week as we review the Unit 1 test results with students. This will include: multiple-choice questions, short answer responses, and essay writing.

Due to the short school week, students will not have a DLR test.

Reminder: **Reading goal: 2 books by Nov. 8, 4 books by Dec. 16**

Spanish--We will finish up on the Spanish-speaking country presentations this week. We have all learned quite a bit from these presentations!