Friday, September 24, 2010

Day Fourteen, 9/24

Today's Homework: Please read your book! A new book is coming by Monday! And here is the new essay prompt!

Today's Song: "Looking Glass", by Little Dragon

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Ask your child about the first essay they wrote--and its final score--and about the impact of the Internet on language.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Day Twelve, 9/22

Today's Homework: Grammar Page and Grammar Page.

Today's Song: "Maps", by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Here's to you, World Geo Student!)

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Ask your child about the comic strip summary they are making and about how to decide which verbs go with None, Some, Many, and All.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Day Eleven, 9/21

Today's Homework: Grammar page and grammar page

Today's Song: "1979", by the Smashing Pumpkins

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Ask your child about today's word puzzle and about our trip to the library.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Day Ten, 9/20

Today's Homework: vocabulary

Today's Song: "Golden Age", TV on the Radio

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Ask your child about our vocabulary words, about simple summaries of stories, and about the disgusting meal essay they turned in last week.