Assignments for Grade 4 and Grade 8/9 Classes

Grade 4:  Open the linked document and follow the instructions.

Grade 8/9:  Open the linked document and follow the instructions.

December 7-11, 2009

Thanks to the parents/guardians who have already responded to my email about pandemic preparedness.  If you have not done so already, please respond by the end of this week.  

In all of the classes this week, we will be spending some time on the computers using this class website to prepare the students for the possibility of a pandemic situation.  Here are the additional topics of study for the ELL classes this week:

Kindergarten:  We will be learning more about "asking sentences" (questions) and will be paying particular attention to the correct word order in questions.  For example, we should say "May we play a game?" instead of "We may play a game?"

Grade 1:  Since we have been learning about and practicing the correct word order in "asking sentences" (questions), this week we are putting our knowledge to use.  We will be writing "Question Poems" as a class and individually.

Grade 2:  We have been writing fables (stories with a moral or lesson).  We will continue work on these stories by doing peer and personal revising and editing and by typing the final copies of our stories.

Grade 4:  We have been writing personal narrative stories with a focus on using vivid and descriptive language.  We will continue the process of writing, revising, and typing this week.

Grade 8/9:  Last week we began doing research on a "hot topic" for our persuasive speeches.  We have been paying careful attention to evaluating our sources for accuracy and credibility.  We will continue this research and begin the writing process this week.