13th week's lessons 11/26 - 11/30 - 2007

This week we are reviewing spelling rules for suffixes and the silent 'e'. You also have two reading quiz on Tangerine. Make sure you are keeping up your spiral notebook, and working on your collage project due 12/10 (100 points). Please check Aeries and know where you are in this class; you may make up reading time and points in the mornings before Friday.

Monday 11/26
1. Review Tests
2. Do Spelling “Words with Suffixes pages 195 – 197 (homework)
3. Read Tangerine (homework)

Tuesday 11/27
1. Review Spelling
2. Lecture: Symbols
3. Spelling do “The Final Silent e pages 197 – 199 (homework)
4. Read Tangerine

Wednesday 11/28
1. Review Spelling
2. Tangerine Reading Quiz 9/18 - 9/20
3. Work on Collage (homework)
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Thursday 11/29
1. Practice Spelling Test
2. Review Reading Quiz
3. Tangerine Reading Quiz 9/22 - 9/23
4. Take Two worksheet (homework)

Friday 11/30
1. Spelling Test
2. Review Reading Quiz
3. Finish worksheet
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Happy Thanksgiving 12 week 11/19 - 11/21 - 2007

Thank you to those of you who brought cans for the canned food drive. This is a special time of the year as we move into the holiday season; I hope you have the ability to see real treasure and true value. You may see me for an extra credit reading for Thanksgiving vacation. You must read aloud "A Thanksgiving Fable for You and Your Family" in a family situation and bring back a note from one of your parents. See me for the rest of the details.

Monday 11/19
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review Tangerine Study Guides
3. Vocabulary corrections (homework)
4. Read and Study for Test (homework)

Tuesday 11/20
1. Part One Tangerine Quiz
2. Commentary Packets Due
3. Vocabulary Bee
4. Read and Study (homework)

Wednesday 11/21
1. Vocabulary Review Test
2. I am thankful for ____
3. Discuss Collage Project (due 12/10)
4. Read Tangerine (homework)

Happy Thanksgiving!

11th week's lessons 11/13 - 11/16 - 2007

Please make sure you are reading Tangerine and are keeping your notebook up to date. We also have the Can Food Drive (extra credit), which is another chance for you to help someone else.

Tuesday 11/13
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review Commentary
3. Work on Worksheets (homework)
4. Do Unit 6 Vocabulary and Vocabulary corrections (homework)

Wednesday 11/14
1. Review Tangerine Test
2. Personal Commentary
3. Finish Reading Part 1 (homework)
4. Tangerine Worksheets (homework)

Thursday 11/15
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Pretest and Vocabulary Bingo
3. Body Paragraph handout
4. Finish Worksheets (homework)

Friday 11/16
1. Unit 6 Vocabulary Test
2. Review Commentary
3. Tangerine Quick write
4. Study for Part 1 Test (homework)

New Quarter begins 10th week 11/5 - 11/9 - 2007

We start a new quarter and I hope new energy for the drive to finish your first semester strong at El Dorado. You now should know what we do and how we do it in this class, please see me if you have any questions. Also this week we start the school wide canned food drive; your items will be extra credit.

Monday 11/5
1. Review Spelling Test
2. Clean backpack and Review your grade
3. Read and discuss Tangerine
4. Spelling corrections (homework)

Tuesday 11/6
1. Essay Introduction hand-out
2. Discuss Tangerine
3. Do Unit 5 Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 11/7
1. Lecture: Commentary
2. Journal: Quick write “integrity” – What are you building? (listen to CD)
3. Read and Finish Unit 5 (homework)

Thursday 11/8
1. Review Vocabulary (115 points)
2. Commentary practice
3. Tangerine worksheets pages 60 - 75 (homework)

Friday 11/9
1. Unit 5 Vocabulary Test
2. Review homework
3. Read Tangerine (homework)

I will still be here every morning.