Week of April 28- May 2, 2008

Monday, April 28, 2008

Wordly Wise Lesson 12 Part A, with sentences written in the blanks for full credit!
Holt page 484-489-due Tuesday

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Wordly Wise 12 B
Easy Grammar page 278-both due Wednesday

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wordly Wise 12 C
Study for Spelling Test #12-due block day

Block Days, May 1 & 2, 2008

Reading Log #26 due on Monday, [...]

Monday, April 21, 2008

Today we warmed up with an additional four comma rules, numbers 9-12, on page 272 of Easy Grammar.  We then went on to practice on pages 274-275,  continued from last block day.  We corrected Wordly Wise Parts A, B, and C of lesson #11.  Next, we read the legend, The Loathly Lady, on pages 451-459 of [...]

Block Days, April 17 – 18

Today we covered the first eight comma rules and began practice on page 274 in Easy Grammar.  Then we played Sparkle to review for the Spelling Test #11, took the test, and read the rest of the story we started in class on Wednesday, “Merlin and the Dragons” in Holt.  We answered all the questions [...]

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Today we warmed up with the next set of punctuation rules about apostrophes.  We also had plenty of time in class to complete both the pages assigned from Easy Grammar.  Next we played a game called “Keep ‘em Honest” to correct our homework from Holt from pages 436 & 437.  Then we listened to a [...]

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Happy Tax Day!  Today we warmed up with the remainder of the Punctuation Rules for Periods, including letters A through I on pages 264-265.  We copied the bold items in outline format and one example of each.  Then we corrected our Easy Grammar pages 266 & 267 with a game of Sparkle.  Afterwards, we read [...]

Monday, April 14, 2008

Today we warmed up with four capitalization rules copied into our comp books, and we began our grammar homework on pages 266-267.  Then we turned our attention to Worldy Wise Lesson #11.  We completed our drama cards and acted out skits with the remaining time.  Wordly Wise Part A and EZGrammar were both started in [...]

Week of April 14-18, 2008

Test this week:  Spelling Lesson #11 on block day, April 17 or 18, 2008
Monday:

Wordly Wise Lesson #11, Part A:  write in complete sentences for full credit!
Grammar pages 266 & 267:  write in the rule # in the margin
Review/read the Holt Literature book, pages 414-429, King Arthur:  The Sword in the Stone

Tuesday:

Wordly Wise 11 B
Answer all [...]

Ah, sleeping late

Two days in a row I’ve slept until 9:00 a.m.!  It has been ages since I’ve slept past 6 a.m.  It feels really great. Like every day is Saturday and I’ve nothing to do but watch cartoons and eat cereal and milk.  At least, that was my favorite thing to do when I was younger.  [...]

Happy Vacation!

Be safe, have a wonderful, restful vacation, and come back rarin’ to go!

Block Days, April 3 & 4, 2008

Today we warmed up with writing a creative short story about a gorgeous sunset (or sunrise?) photograph.  We then shared our stories aloud in class, and then took our vocabulary test.  After our test, we filled out our citizenship slips, and cleared our desks for a debate.  I wasn’t sure how this would go, but [...]