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The students continued working with adjectives today.  We checked Friday’s work together and completed some exercises from the yellow books in the classroom.

Homework: Workbook page 21/22, front and back.  Students were to tear this out of their workbooks today and bring it home to complete.

Each student needs to know the last four digits of his or her social security number by tomorrow.  This will be used as the student’s library code to check out books.  The students have been told this during the previous two library visits.  Any students who do not know their codes will not be allowed to check out or renew books during our library visit tomorrow.

Today we had a noun review and the students completed pages 3, 4, and 5 of the English workbook.  Classes B and C also worked on a new journal entry using “idea” nouns.

Don’t forget – Picture orders are due tomorrow.  Make checks payable to Lifetouch.

My homeroom:  The phone/e-mail list forms are due tomorrow.

Today the students wrote a new journal entry.  Classes B and C also worked on page 307, a pronoun review.  We will finish tomorrow in class.

Homework: Pictures went home today.  If you are going to order them, please place your order by Friday, September 26, and make checks payable to Lifetouch, not CMS.

My homeroom only:  Our homeroom class phone/e-mail list form was sent home today.  If you would like to be included, please fill it out, sign it, and return it by Friday.  It must include a parent’s signature.

My apologies for my blogs page not being updated Monday through Wednesday.  I was not at school; however, homework for the week has been written on the board since Monday:

Monday – Finish vocabulary chart; test on “All Summer in a Day” is Friday. (On Monday, a vocabulary study sheet was given which included the four vocabulary words and their definitions.)

Tuesday – Study vocabulary. (”All Summer in a Day” was read and discussed together in class. A study guide for the story was completed.)

Wednesday – None. (A story map containing literary elements was completed in class; a pronoun review was also done.)

Thursday – Study the story study guide; your test over the story is tomorrow. It will include the four vocabulary words. (In class, we had a lesson on informational texts, which can be found on pages 53-55 of the literature book. Class C also read the first chapter of the Breakfast Serial “Desolation Canyon” from the Collierville Herald.)

Friday – Test and journal in class; no homework; have a great weekend! : )

The test on pronouns was given today.  The students also finished their journals from earlier this week and completed two workbook pages on pronouns.

Homework: Have a wonderful weekend!

All of the classes checked and discussed the homework review sheet together.  A homework grade was given for completion.  Then the students took an open-book/open-note pop quiz over all the types of pronouns we have studied.

Homework: The pronoun test is tomorrow.  Study your notes and your corrected review sheet.  You will need to be familiar with antecedents and all of the types of pronouns we have studied:  personal, reflexive, possessive, demonstrative, and indefinite.

Today we reviewed all of the types of pronouns we have studied:  personal, reflexive, possessive, demonstrative, and indefinite.  The students should have notes on all of these.  The students wrote a new journal entry today using possessive, demonstrative, and indefinite pronouns.  If you were absent, see me for details.

Homework: Complete the review sheet on pronouns, front and back.  We will check it in class together tomorrow.  The test on pronouns will be Friday.  Study your notes.  You will need to be familiar with all of the types of pronouns we have studied.

Each student needs to memorize the last four digits of his or her social security number.  This will be your child’s library code for the year.

The students visited the library today.  They had a lesson on the parts of a book and were able to check out new library books.  The students also took their first Star Reading Tests today.  If you were absent, you will need to take your test.

Homework:  Spend some time reading your library books!  : )  We will have a test over all the types of pronouns we have studied on Friday.

Today in Language Arts, we reviewed personal and reflexive pronouns.  The students took notes over these last week.  We had a new lesson on possessive, demonstrative, and indefinite pronouns.  The students took notes over these today and completed exercises from the yellow books in the classroom.  Information on demonstrative pronouns can be found on page 304 of the Writing and Grammar textbook.

Homework:  Tomorrow is library day.  Bring your library books to class.

Today we had a lesson on personal and reflexive pronouns.  The students took notes over this.  If you were absent, see me to get the notes.  The information on personal pronouns can be found on page 302 of the Writing and Grammar book.  

Homework:  The students tore out workbook pages 7 and 8 today (one sheet) to complete for homework.  For help, see page 300 of the textbook.