I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather this week-end!!  

Just a few notes for the week...

On Friday, we began answering to the motivational questions for our next reading.  I hope you gave your responses some thought over the week-end.  Is it important to have empathy?  What does intelligence mean to you?  Did you think about AI?  I am really looking forward to reading "Flowers" with you!  I think we will have some very interesting and thoughtful conversations!  Come to class with your maze game on!!  Let's see who can handle the maze...

On Monday, I will give you the new domain specific vocabulary, and we will discuss a study plan! You will need your sticky notes for the first reading!  I will stay with you for a little bit, and then you will read in pairs.  I will sit with each group to discuss some guided questions as you answer to the standard.  This piece will take us some time to get through. I need you to stay focused!

You will also be working on grammar skills as a "Do Now" each day.  This week, we will revisit: quotation marks with direct and indirect quotations, the apostrophe with possessive nouns, pronouns, contractions, and capitals for first words.  We will add: irregular verbs, lie/lay, and forming compound sentences.

The standards I expect to hit this week include: Speaking and Listening #1, Language #6, and Reading #3.

Last Thursday's COOP class was great!  Thank you for working hard!  I look forward to spending this Thursday with you!  Don't forget your packet; I want to continue with usage and spelling!! 



Mrs. Reina