Monday, 11/3/14

Homeroom/Announcements
1. Ms. Leach's email is: al10bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us

Language Arts
Bring a "just right" silent reading book to class every day. Also bring your Reader's and Writer's Notebooks and an appropriate writing utensil to class every day.
1. Due today: None
2. In class: Today we continued our class Read-Aloud of Wonder. We will be using this novel as an example to practice building theories about characters in our own novels. We will also continue to hunt for Notice and Note Signposts along the way.
NOTE: The students also received their Personal Narrative rubric scores today in class. The next step for these Narratives is to prepare them to be published in our "Chicken Soup for the BCS Soul" anthology. This anthology will be a collection of all of the 5/6 Personal Narratives. It will be shared with the other 3rd-6th grade BCS students and teachers. We will also have a classroom copy available to read during Language Arts classes. In order to prepare your Narrative for publishing, you must follow the steps on the assignment sheet (1/2 page) that was passed out during class today. You can also find this assignment sheet on the Literacy Workshop Wiki, under "Chicken Soup for the BCS Soul."
3. Homework:
-Grammar Packet #1 Due Wednesday, 11/5/14
-Chicken Soup for the BCS Soul Project Due Wednesday, 11/5/14
-November R&Es due Monday, 11/24/14


Social Studies
1. Due today: ISN 26-27
2. In class: We continued Chapter 4. We worked on ISN page 28 and the Processing Activity.
3. Homework:
-Finish ISN page 28 INCLUDING Processing Activity - due Thursday, 11/6/14
4. Please note: The Chapter 4 Test is tentatively scheduled for 11/11/14. At the end of this Unit (right before Thanksgiving Break), we will be having a cumulative "Unit Test" on Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5.