Social Studies
Big test this week! Students will be able to use the notes they've been taking on the five major world religions for a test on Thursday and Friday. Even though this is an open note test, I've encouraged students to study by reading over some of their notes each night, even highlighting major terms/ideas. This will help them find things more easily.
Next week we will start South Asia.
Language Arts
We are finishing up going over strategies for success on the reading WASL today and tomorrow. The major things to remember include: underlining the answer when you find it in the text, crossing out answers that are wrong on the multiple choice section to narrow things down, and answering EVERY part of the extended response questions.
Students received a vocabulary packet to go along with a new novel we're starting on Wednesday: Homeless Bird. The vocabulary is due next Monday (3/9).
Homeless Bird is set in modern day India and ties in nicely with our overview of Hinduism and upcoming study of South Asia in social studies. (I just love it when we can mix the curriculum!) One of my major goals for this novel is, honestly, just for students to just enjoy reading it. It's a wonderful, fast-paced story and students are always hooked right away. We will do a couple extension assignments with the novel, but no major quizzes or projects...I'll keep you posted as those come up. This week our focus will be reading and discussing the story in class.
Big test this week! Students will be able to use the notes they've been taking on the five major world religions for a test on Thursday and Friday. Even though this is an open note test, I've encouraged students to study by reading over some of their notes each night, even highlighting major terms/ideas. This will help them find things more easily.
Next week we will start South Asia.
Language Arts
We are finishing up going over strategies for success on the reading WASL today and tomorrow. The major things to remember include: underlining the answer when you find it in the text, crossing out answers that are wrong on the multiple choice section to narrow things down, and answering EVERY part of the extended response questions.
Students received a vocabulary packet to go along with a new novel we're starting on Wednesday: Homeless Bird. The vocabulary is due next Monday (3/9).
Homeless Bird is set in modern day India and ties in nicely with our overview of Hinduism and upcoming study of South Asia in social studies. (I just love it when we can mix the curriculum!) One of my major goals for this novel is, honestly, just for students to just enjoy reading it. It's a wonderful, fast-paced story and students are always hooked right away. We will do a couple extension assignments with the novel, but no major quizzes or projects...I'll keep you posted as those come up. This week our focus will be reading and discussing the story in class.
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