Reading- read chapters 12-15 write a summary of the changes in characters and their relationships.

Social Studies: Read pgs. 134 and 135
Reminder the Native American Project is due on Friday 12/9

Writing- A one to two paragraph reflection- titled A Memory of Christmas

Reading- Read chapters 10 and 11 in There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, then summarize chapters in four sentences or less. Write a question for each chapter to use in your discussions of the chapters in literature circles tomorrow. Answer whether Bradley likes Carla? why or why not? Use quotes from text to support your answers.

Social Studies- In English workbook do pgs. 35 and 49. On page 35 rewrite sentences underline all of the nouns in the sentences and capitalize the proper nouns.
Native American essays are due Friday. Must included reference list, outline, rough draft and published piece. Need to present with pictures on board, diorama, or power point.

Reading- Essay questions for quiz due on Monday. Quiz on Monday Chapters 1-9 There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom.


Social Studies- read pgs. 130-133 and do Lesson Review on pg. 133  questions1-6 due Monday.

English- finish essay on Native American due Wednesday the 5th

Reading: Finish analogies worksheet. Do character trait worksheet for a grade.
Social Studies: All Sections do pg. 21 in workbook and find the latitude and longitude of Chicago.
Section 3 bring in pictures of neighborhood and school.

Reading- Read chapters 1-4 in There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. Summarize chapters. Add to the Character Chart-Bradley, Jeff, Mrs. Ebbel, Claudia and Carla-list physical and emotional traits for each character.

Social Studies- read pgs. 104-107-do Lesson Review on pg. 107, questions 1-7.

English- reread information on Native American, choose 4 items you want to write about list them. We will work on topic sentence and rough draft next week in class. Students do not have to put this in power point.

Reading- Do vocabulary squares for first ten words for the novel There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. Finish Character /Setting Chart for novel and write a summary of the chapters read today in class.
Social Studies- Sections 1,2, &3 finish Lesson Review on pg. 101.

Homework is due on Thursday.
Hope to you and your parents at Report Card Pickup tomorrow from 12-6pm.

English: Sections 1,2 &3 write at least one paragraph on what you are thankful for this Thanksgiving. Assignment  is due tomorrow and grade is based on content and conventions(grammar).

All sections of social studies- bring information on your Native American tribes to class on Monday so you can begin to do the outline.

Reminders: No school on Wednesday (11/16/11) because of report card pickup.
No school on Friday (11/18/11)

Reading-No homework
Social Studies- Section 3 test on chapter 2 pgs. 33-73
No homework Sections 1 & 2. Remember expository essay on Native Americans due 11/22/11.

Reading- no homework
Section 1 & 2 having social studies test tomorrow on pgs. 33-73.
30% of test are questions to be answered tonight for homework. Points will be taken off for sentence fragments and answers not supported by lines from the text.
Section 3 will take test on Wednesday, should start questions tonight.

No homework for Reading or Social Studies.
Remember there will be a Social Studies test on Tuesday on Chapter 2 pgs. 36-73.

No school for students on Thursday and Friday.

Reading- compare and contrast the characters  Paul Bunyan and John Henry from the two stories in the reader. pgs. 110 -119. Tell whether the comparisons or contrasts are fact or fiction. From the story John Henry and the Steam Drill pgs. 114-119 give a description of John Henry through John Henry's own dialogue about himself, another character and the narrator of the story.( narrator tells the story not a character)
Remember the sheet on the five books you read is due Friday.
Social Studies/English- none

Reading- do vocabualry squares for Paul Bunyan.

No Social Studies or English homework.

Reminders- no school tomorrow.
Halloween- just jeans and a Halloween shirt.

Reading- Story Charts due tomorrow.

Reading- Review and work on story charts for Nature's  Fury stories. You will only have 20 minutes in class to finish.

Writing- All Hallorween Stories are due tomorrow. Remember only those students who are presenting their stories or plays can be out of uniform tomorrow. You must be dressed like your characters only. Also no gun, swords......

I will be having an after school homework session tomorrow from 1:45 to 2:45, if you want your child to attend please send a note.

Reading- Vocabulary Test on words from Night of Twisters and Blizzard. Story charts to be completed in class tomorrow.

Social Studies- Finish reading pgs 54-57 People of the Southwest.Do, Lesson Review 1-6 on pg. 57.
Halloween stories due on Wednesday 10/26, grade will include conventions and characters, setting, plot- conflict and reolution.

All Section- English Workbook pages 29-30 answers  only. On pg. 30 you may have to write out the complete sentence.

Reading-  Night of Twisters-write what was happening to characters, rising action/ conflict, climax/ resolution, before the storm, during the storm, and after the storm.

Remember second rough draft due tomorrow for Halloween story. Be sure to have your brainstorming, first rough draft and second draft attached to one another.

Sections 1- use the main idea on pg. 48 and give supporting details from pgs. 48-49.
Do Lesson Review on pg. 49. Answers only.

Section 2- read pgs. 48-49 use the main idea on pg. 48 and give supporting details from pgs. 48-49.

Section 3- read pgs. 48-49 use the main idea on pg. 48 and give supporting details from pgs. 48-49. Do workbook pg. 8 , answers only.

Homework 10/18/11

Reading Section 2 Workbook pg. 61
Section 1 Social Studies- use the main idea on pg. 46 and write the supporting details for main idea from pgs. 46-47.
Then on pgs. 48-49 formulate main idea and supporting details from pages.

Section 2 Social Studies-use the main idea on pg. 46 and write the supporting details for main idea from pgs. 46-47. Do workbook pg. 8 answers only.

English Homework

Second rough draft of Halloween story is due on Friday 21, 2011. The Characters need to be developed, along with setting and rising action.