Thursday, Nov 1st

Announcements/Reminders 

• Monday, November 5th - School Closed
• Tuesday, November 6th - School Closed
• Wednesday, November 7th - School Opens 4 hours late (Conferences in the evening)
• Thursday, November 8th -  School Opens 4 hours late (Conferences in the evening)
• Friday, November 9th - School Closes 3 1/2 hours early (Conferences in the afternoon)

Reading 

Focus Standards:

• RL.5.1 - Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
• RL.5.2 - Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

We have been working on identifying themes in literature or "finding the heart of the story".  For a look at how I am teaching theme, check out this video:  Teaching Theme

Writing

Focus Standards:

• L.5.2.b - Conventions of Standard English: Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
• L.5.1.a - Conventions of Standard English: Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
• W.5.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

The students are putting the final edits on their personal narratives.  We have been working on sentence structure and adding variety to our writing with more complex sentence structures.  We are also working on using proper punctuation, especially when using dialogue.