Last week we finished Unit 1 in our reading series, so this week is a big testing week! On Monday students will read a passage and write a constructed response. The students have been working hard on this skill and know they need a topic sentence, at least four pieces of evidence from the text, and a concluding sentence. Tuesday the students will have the unit 1 reading comprehension test. Wednesday will be the second part of the unit 1 test. It is made up of two parts, grammar and another constructed response. Thursday we will complete the unit 1 testing by writing meaningful sentences with the unit vocabulary words. Although they have had 40 words, the students will only be given 12 words. From those 12 words, the students will need to choose 10 to write meaningful sentences.
Literature Groups will also meet on Thursday. The AM group needs to complete Timothy of the Cay. The PM students are either reading The Cay or Al Capone Does My Shirts. The Cay needs to read pages 39 – 92 and Al Capone Does My Shirts needs to read from pages 43 – 108. All students need to bring their completed Thinkmark to literature group.
We will begin unit 2 on Thursday, so the unit 2, week 1 test will be Wednesday, September 30. Weekly testing will continue o Wednesday until Fall Break. After Fall Break, testing will go back to Friday.
Students are collecting money in their second period class to buy groceries for the Food Bank. If you want more details on this community service project, you can read last weeks note. Our class has collected $47 so far. Thank you for your generous donations! You have until October 2 to contribute to this worthwhile cause!
I now have daily assignments listed on my Quia calendar page. If you are interested to know what is coming up, be sure to check out this page. Just click on the left side of this page on Mrs. Wittstruck’s Quia Website and then click on the calendar. Hopefully, you will find this information helpful!