Day Forty- Five, 11/12

Today, we finished reading four stories in anticipation of the play.

They are:
"The Tell Tale Heart", by Poe
"The Necklace", by Maupassant
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", by Twain
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", by Irving (version two)

Slides: click here.

Today's Homework: You have chosen your third book, please read it!

Today's Song: "Clarinet Concerto in A Major", Mozart

PARENTS: The field trip to the play is coming soon (November19!).

Click here for lab instructions, 11/10

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Day Forty-Three, 11/9

Today, we began reading four stories in anticipation of the play.

They are:
"The Tell Tale Heart", by Poe
"The Necklace", by Maupassant
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", by Twain
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", by Irving (version two)

Slides: click here.

Today's Homework: Grammar Workbook page 56. We are in the lab tomorrow for the Secret Service Essay

Today's Song: "Undertow", Warpaint
PARENTS: The field trip to the play is coming soon (November19!).

Today, we visited the book fair, and split up the four stories in anticipation of the play.

They are:
"The Tell Tale Heart", by Poe
"The Necklace", by Maupassant
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", by Twain
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", by Irving (version two)

Slides: click here.

Today's Homework: Some A vocabulary paper, and selecting book three.

Today's Song: "Big Wave", Jenny and Johnny
PARENTS: The field trip to the play is coming soon (November19!).

Day Forty, 11/4

Today, we read a short story, "Mrs. Flowers", and wrote a few questions for our guest speaker. Slides: click here.

Today's Homework: Some parent questions, and selecting book three.

Today's Song: "Revival", Deerhunter
PARENTS: The field trip to the play is coming soon (November19!).

Day Thierty-Nine, 11/3

Today's Homework: A short news article, some parent questions, and selecting book three.

Today's Song: "Autumn Leaves", Cannonball and Miles

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about the schedule of the second quarter.

Day Thirty-Seven, 10/29

Today's Homework: Don't forget your second book paper, and your mini-drama!

Today's Song: "Everyday is Halloween", Ministry

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about the mini-drama performances.

Click here for lab intstructions, 10/28

Days Thirty-Four and Thirty-Five, 10/26-27

Today's Homework: Don't forget to plan your essay, complete your science fair introductions, and please keep reading!

Today's Song: "Spooky", Classics IV

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about the essay they wrote in class.

Day Thirty-Three, 10/25

Today's Homework: A bit of vocabulary construction. Don't forget to plan your essay, your science fair introductions, and please keep reading!

Today's Song: "The Monster Mash", Boris Pickett

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about the new essay topic (should be planned by Thursday).

CHALLENGES ! CONTESTS ! BE A BETTER YOU !

First of all , if you are entering the PTA Reflections Contest, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME? I would have let you skip today's essay and given mad hot extra credit.

Secondly, we are just one short week away from NaNoWriMo ! If any of you are strong enough, brave enough, psychotic enough to go there, I'll go, too.


Finally, the Scholastic Writing Awards deadline is January 7th, and there's an open house in DC on Tuesday:

October 26th, Mindful Hands Gallery (3rd floor)
211 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Tuesday, October 26th
6:00 - 8:00 p.m

Click here for lab instructions, 10/21

Tonight's Homework: a news article

The link for the extra credit comic strip (dark and stormy night, mysterious stranger, the number three): click here.

Day Thirty, TEN-TWENTY-TWENTY-TEN

Today's Homework: A small grammar paper (click here AND here) concerning pronouns. Don't forget your science fair introductions, and please keep reading!

Today's Song: "PDA", Interpol

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about the science fair introduction and about the snake that killed the Airedale.

Day Twenty-NIne, 10/19

Today's Homework: A small grammar paper (click here AND here) concerning pronouns. Don't forget your science fair introductions, and please keep reading!

Today's Song: "Sunlight", Tune-Yards

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about today's peer editing and pronouns!

Click here for lab instructions, 10/18

Xtranormal

Day Twenty-Six, 10-15

Today's Homework: Gingerbread and Exploding Moment due Monday!

Today's Song: No Song, unless you count "Giga Pudding".

Today's Slides: None, as it was a quiet test day.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about today's novel test!

Day Twenty-Six, 10/14

Today's Homework: Novel Test tomorrow; Gingerbread and Exploding Moment due Monday!

Today's Song: "Blazing Arrow", Blackalicious

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about today's work on the vocabulary!

Day Twenty-Five, 10/13

EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY!

We won't be going to the computer lab until Monday! So, tomorrow, in class, you will have time to a) Read, b) Plan your essay, or c) Finish Gingerbread.

Yipes!


Today's Homework: Exploding Moment Draft!

Today's Song: "Johnny Come Home", Fine Young Cannibals

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about today's novel discussion and the Exploding Moment Essay!

Day Twenty-Four, 10-12

Today's Homework: Finish the Gingerbread Project!

Today's Song: "Tell Me What Will It Be?", Javelin

Today's Slides: click here.

PARENTS: Please ask your child about today's work on the Gingerbread Project and the new Exploding Moment Essay!