Sept. 28 - Oct. 2

Mrs. Ellison's homeroom is at 75% for parents having joined the PTA.  Please take the time to join if at all possible.  If we reach 90% by the end of next week (Oct. 2) then we get a $50 gift card for classroom supplies.  Here is the PTA membership form in case you need another form.  The cost is $6.

Mon - Pictures (orders need to be paid for in advance)
Tues - Reading Logs due
Wed -
Thurs -
Fri - Figurative Language Quiz (see notes below), Science Quiz (study guide in the Science section on Ms. Curry's website), recite the Divisibility poem

The week of Oct. 5-9:
tentatively scheduled:
SS ch. 3 test on Oct. 6 - study guide
Unit 1 Investigations 2 Quiz - early in the week
Boosterthon Kickoff on Oct. 7

Students should be working on their novel activities.  At this point, they should have the first 2-3 summarizers done (1 for every 5 chapters).  They should also be making a list of 10 vocabulary words as they find unusual words in the text and making a note of what page it was found on.  They can do their Vocabulary Stars once they have all 10 words or work on them as they go.  Then tentative due date for all activities is Oct. 16.  Students are given time in class to read and work on this but some are not using their time wisely and are way behind the other students in their groups.

Figurative Language Notes for the Quiz:
Students will need to be able to identify the type of figurative language to match it to the definition.
Students will need to be able to identify the type of figurative language to match examples given.
Students will need to be able to choose the correct meaning for examples of figurative language.
(The quiz will be online.  All questions will be multiple choice.)

Alliteration - repeating the same beginning sound in 2 or more words
     ex:  Alligators always eat apples.

Hyperbole - extreme exaggeration
     ex:  I have a mountain of papers to grade.

Idiom -  the actual meaning of the expression is not able to be predicted from the usual meaning of the words
     ex:  You are in hot water.

Metaphor -  comparing unrelated items by saying one IS the other
     ex:  My brother is a monster.

Onomatopoeia - putting sounds into words
     ex:  The ghost went Whooooo! Boo!

Personification - giving human characteristics to non-human items or animals
    ex:  The tree reached out and tried to grab my shirt.

Simile - comparing 2 unrelated things using "like" or "as"
    ex:  The pumpkin is as round as a bowling ball.