Week of October 28th
Our Fall Food Drive is underway, and we need your help! Please click on the following links to sign up for the items we need. Thank you for your support; your donations will go to children in our school community.
Please send in your Box Tops; we’re having a school-wide competition. This is an easy fundraiser for our school. We appreciate your help.
A look at the week ahead (week of 11/4/19): Tuesday, November 5th is Election Day. There will be no school for students this day. If you do go vote, take your kids with you to see how it works!
Class news:
In reading this week, we will look at strategies to help us determine the meaning of the increasingly complex vocabulary words in our nonfiction texts. We will specifically look at how to use the context clues around the word as well as the morphology of the word itself to help us determine the meaning. We will also continue working on main idea in small groups.
In writing, students will begin researching for their information writing. Then they will be revising their body paragraphs, making sure they include elaboration and vocabulary.
In grammar, we will continue our study of correlative conjunctions. Students will be assessed on this topic on Friday. They should study using the study guide below, as well as their notes.
Study Guide: Correlative Conjunctions
correlative conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions that are paired with other words to show the relationships between ideas in a sentence.
either/or: you have a choice between two alternatives
Example: I will either read a book or watch t.v. after school.
neither/nor: when you are talk about two things that you can’t have or are not true. Hint: ‘n’ stands for ‘no’!
Example: You can neither use your cell phone nor play on your X-Box because you’re grounded!
whether/or means (1) ‘if on one hand’…’on the other hand’; (2) that you are unsure or doubtful about a choice between two alternatives.
Example: I don’t know whether I’ll buy a backpack or a messenger bag for middle school.
not only/but also is used when you are talking about two related things and you want to place emphasis on the second thing.
Example: He not only plays the guitar, but he also writes his own songs.
both/and is used to emphasize that something is true not just of one person, thing, or situation but also of another.
Example: She can both speak and write Japanese.
Mentor Sentence of the week: Not only had he not grown one inch, but he also missed playing basketball with Larry and Ronnie. -Salt in His Shoes
In social studies, we will look at the cultural developments and individual contributions in America after World War I. The Jazz Age with Louis Armostrong, The Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes, baseball with Babe Ruth, the automobile with Henry Ford and his assembly line, and transatlantic flight with Charles Lindbergh will be our areas of focus.
It’s going to be a great week!
-Mrs. Hinson & Mrs. Walstead