Hi! I know you all have been working hard finishing up your posters on the evolution of the Native American cultures. In Georgia Studies, we'll continue to look at the development of the Native American cultures and how they were impacted by early European exploration and settlements. We will explore early events in our state's history and learn about influential people of the colonial period.
In English Language Arts, we've begun distinguishing the characteristics of expository text from narrative texts using graphic organizers. We'll continue studying SENTENCE STRUCTURE, TYPES OF SENTENCES, and PARAGRAPH ORGANIZATION. Your homework will depend on classwork. Tonight's homework is completing the TOPIC SENTENCES/Newspaper Articles Handout Activity. Tomorrow and Thursday, for homework,we'll continue using our THIEVES reading strategies to look for main ideas in informational text. Work will be sent home with you. No homework on Friday!
Keep reading your AR books! Library day is Friday!! You will be retaking your STAR reading and setting new goals for the upcoming nine weeks. Remember this is part of your grade.
Please visit the following websites for practice with expository writing and organizations of sentences and paragraphs. Let us know if you need any help! Have a great week!!
WEBSITES:
http://www.quia.com/pop/35934.html
http://www.quia.com/pop/37752.html
http://www.quia.com/pop/35933.html
http://www.quia.com/rr/235542.html
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1030308.html?AP_rand=653772590
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Typing Sites
Hi, Students!
We have been busy this week studying the STRUCTURE of SENTENCES; subjects, predicates, simple subjects, simple predicates, COMPOUND SUBJECTS, and COMPOUND VERBS! We have been writing paragraphs in GA STUDIES and doing a great job with paragraph ORGANIZATION! Keep practicing!
You requested a site to help you practice typing. Try these....
Or you can use your research skills and GOOGLE "free typing online" or other keywords to find sites where you can improve on your typing skills! Also, remember we have GREAT teachers at Rothschild, like Ms. McCord, that you can ask for help. Good Luck!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
WEBSITES
These are a list of different websites you may find helpful and FUN!
http://languagearts.pppst.com/index.html
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/la/activities/subj-pred_files/frame.htm
http://www.quia.com/rr/36765.html -GAME!!
http://suzyred.com/subjects.html
Let us know what you think by sending us an email at msholden@ymail.com or commenting to this blog!
http://languagearts.pppst.com/index.html
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/la/activities/subj-pred_files/frame.htm
http://www.quia.com/rr/36765.html -GAME!!
http://suzyred.com/subjects.html
Let us know what you think by sending us an email at msholden@ymail.com or commenting to this blog!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
9/15-9/19
Hi Students,
I know you are looking forward to another week of learning! This week we will continue looking at the geography and makeup of Georgia. We will be reviewing what we have learned up to this point and building on that knowledge to further our research about Georgia's plant and animal life. We will complete the webquest listed in our last blog this week. Shortly, we'll be moving from geography to history in this class to study about the first inhabitants of our state and what we can learn from their remains.
In ELA, we'll continue to work on grammar skills. Study your vocabulary: sentences, sentence fragments, subject, predicate, and the parts of speech. Complete all homework assignments!
We'll also be working on our writing skills. We have been studying narrative writing and will continue to work together on how to use sensory details to SHOW and not TELL our readers what we wish to say. We'll move to together through the writing process to finish a piece of narrative writing this week. Graphic organizers are a great way to organize ideas during PREWRITING. Take a look at some different ways to organize your ideas at http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/. This week we'll focus on how to use an OUTLINE.
Keep reading your AR books and using your PLOT DIAGRAM graphic organizer to become familiar with the ELEMENTS of LITERATURE. Be prepared to go to the library on Friday; BRING YOUR ID BADGES DAILY!!
Have a good week in Room 106!
Ms. Holden
I know you are looking forward to another week of learning! This week we will continue looking at the geography and makeup of Georgia. We will be reviewing what we have learned up to this point and building on that knowledge to further our research about Georgia's plant and animal life. We will complete the webquest listed in our last blog this week. Shortly, we'll be moving from geography to history in this class to study about the first inhabitants of our state and what we can learn from their remains.
In ELA, we'll continue to work on grammar skills. Study your vocabulary: sentences, sentence fragments, subject, predicate, and the parts of speech. Complete all homework assignments!
We'll also be working on our writing skills. We have been studying narrative writing and will continue to work together on how to use sensory details to SHOW and not TELL our readers what we wish to say. We'll move to together through the writing process to finish a piece of narrative writing this week. Graphic organizers are a great way to organize ideas during PREWRITING. Take a look at some different ways to organize your ideas at http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/. This week we'll focus on how to use an OUTLINE.
Keep reading your AR books and using your PLOT DIAGRAM graphic organizer to become familiar with the ELEMENTS of LITERATURE. Be prepared to go to the library on Friday; BRING YOUR ID BADGES DAILY!!
Have a good week in Room 106!
Ms. Holden
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
9/8-9/12
You all have gotten started to a great week! In Georgia Studies, we will continue to work on learning more about our state's regions and wonders. We will take more virtual field trips and discover what makes Georgia one of the best places in the world! We'll be practicing how to take good notes using our textbook and other resources to strengthen our study skills. Soon we'll be participating in a webquest to further examine what we've learned about Georgia! You can take a peek at the webquest at http://www.crabapplelane.org/Georgia%20Regional%20Habitats1/Georgia%20Habitat%20WebQuest.htm.
Additionally, in English Language Arts, we will continue looking at the clements of narrative writing and literature. This week we'll introduce the PLOT DIAGRAM to help us organize the new vocabulary: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution (denoument) of the story we'll begin reading, "The Bully" by Paul Langan. Most of you are already enjoying this book. Keep reading and practice the reading strategies on the flipbook we created. AR testing has been postponed due to technology upgrades, so take good notes on any AR books you'll be testing on later. Testing should resume September 30th.
Keep practicing your writing at home and in class. Many students are finding that typing their papers at home and taking advantage of the spell checker in Word has helped them produce better writing. If you need any guidance on saving documents or borrowing discs for storage, please see me.
Parents, we'll be making more contacts this week to discuss progress reports. Remember each student receives a weekly progress report for grades that goes home on Mondays. Please call me or email us if you want to schedule a conference or check in with us on your child's progress. Some students have shared with us that their parents are using our blog to work with them. We were happy to learn this. You can comment to blogs or send emails if you have any questions or comments you would like to share!
Have a good week! Root for your home team on Sept 10th for their first football game...come out and attend the game if you can! Congratulations to the Soccer Team on their victory!! Go FALCONS!!
Additionally, in English Language Arts, we will continue looking at the clements of narrative writing and literature. This week we'll introduce the PLOT DIAGRAM to help us organize the new vocabulary: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution (denoument) of the story we'll begin reading, "The Bully" by Paul Langan. Most of you are already enjoying this book. Keep reading and practice the reading strategies on the flipbook we created. AR testing has been postponed due to technology upgrades, so take good notes on any AR books you'll be testing on later. Testing should resume September 30th.
Keep practicing your writing at home and in class. Many students are finding that typing their papers at home and taking advantage of the spell checker in Word has helped them produce better writing. If you need any guidance on saving documents or borrowing discs for storage, please see me.
Parents, we'll be making more contacts this week to discuss progress reports. Remember each student receives a weekly progress report for grades that goes home on Mondays. Please call me or email us if you want to schedule a conference or check in with us on your child's progress. Some students have shared with us that their parents are using our blog to work with them. We were happy to learn this. You can comment to blogs or send emails if you have any questions or comments you would like to share!
Have a good week! Root for your home team on Sept 10th for their first football game...come out and attend the game if you can! Congratulations to the Soccer Team on their victory!! Go FALCONS!!
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