Theme is the skill in Reading for the coming week in connection with our new story, The Night of the Pomegranate. In order to review and practice this skill of determining the underlying message an author is trying to convey, we played with some short fables. In fables, animals take on human characteristics and the stories are meant to give a lesson. We had fun reading the fables, choosing a theme from those that Mrs. Mac had displayed, and siting evidence for our choice. Some of the stories were pretty funny! Enjoy the slideshow of our fun with fables!
Our new spelling list may drive us a bit crazy this week, but Mrs. Mac is thrilled about it! It is a list of homophones, and they're words we often misspell. Everyone will have to think about what each word means and how it is used. They are not interchangeable, as some believe!
This afternoon, each student presented his/her museum room to the class! Some were very interesting and colorful! We also pretended our room was a museum at the end and visited each room! Maybe we should think seriously about this special museum! Canonsburg would be the perfect place for one!
Homework:
Reading - Share your new 'Family Times' paper! Complete your new vocabulary puzzle for our novel.
Read chapters 7 and 8 in 'From the Mixed-up Files...' and work on your role for cafe.
Math - Sudsy Solids
Spelling - Trace plus 2 for new homophone list
Writing - D.A.R.E. essay is due this Wednesday
Science - Quiz this Friday
Wellness - pages 328-330, questions 1-5 due this Friday
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