Weekly Blog 1/4 – 1/8

Happy New Year, Scholars and Yak Herd Members! Here’s this week in a nutshell:

This Week in Reading…

MONDAY – No school

TUESDAY – Word of the Day Vocabulary Quiz, SB pg. 114 Persuasive Techniques in Advertising

WEDNESDAY – Word of the Day, Charles Dickens Bio video and article

THURSDAY – Word of the Day, SB 2.6 Advertising Claims

FRIDAY – Word of the Day, Vocabulary Activity, INB Notes – Expository Text Structure

Reading Homework: reading log, nonfiction book – nonfiction book report (major grade) will be next Monday, so keep reading!

This Week in ELA…

MONDAY – No school

TUESDAY – Journal: One Word Resolutions, Present Victorian Research

WEDNESDAY – Journal: Christmas Carol Pre-Reading summaries using 10 given words, Novel News, Stave 1 reading and annotation

THURSDAY – Christmas Carol Stave Analysis, Complete Stave 1 reading/annotating/discussion

FRIDAY – Christmas Carol Stave Analysis, Stave 1 Quiz, Novel News, Begin Stave 2

ELA Homework: NoRedInk “Commas 1” assignment due Friday – open note!