Interesting Fact Of The Day: In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons.
LA: We jumped into the Basal today...our story of the week is Miss Alaineus . This week in grammar, we will be reviewing more on writing in complete sentences and using the appropriate punctuation at the end of sentences.
Our vocabulary words for the week are:categories, gigantic, soggy, slumped, strands, credit, luminous, & capable
Our RIT words for the week are:
Simile: a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
Onomatopoeia: the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning
Genre: a category of literary work
Alliteration: the repetition of initial consonants sounds in words
Setting: the time, place and other circumstances, which form the physical background of a work.
HW: Weekly homework packet is due Friday. The answers to the Think and Compare section must be written in complete sentences. The character map for the writing workshop is also due tomorrow.
Math: More review today! While Mrs. Helman called up small groups to review skills, the rest of the students had a review sheet to work on at their desks.
HW: Study for the Unit 2 test tomorrow.
Social Studies: (Woods) Students took the chapter 2 test today, as well as the quiz over the Southwestern states, capitals and abbreviations.
HW: None
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