Monday, October 12, 2015

Monday, October 12, 2015




Announcements and Reminders:



There is  a late bus available after school on Tuesday 
    through Thursday for students who wish to stay after to work
    on their grades.  It leaves at 4 pm and drops off students 
     at the elementary schools nearest their homes.


If you wish to order books from Scholastic, the book orders will be due  by Wednesday, 
October 14th.


                                   




Targets for Today:
I will spend time reading for enjoyment!
        Utah State Core Reading: Literature Standard 10 
   I will understand the difference between topic and theme.
        Utah State Core Reading: Literature Standard 2 

   I will tie in art with literature.
   I will listen and read along as our class reads a shared book.
       I will watch the development of possible themes 
       over the course of the text 
        Utah State Core Reading: Literature Standard 2 
        Utah State Core Reading: Literature Standard 10 






Today’s  Agenda: 

 1.  Individual Reading --

         Write a brief response in your composition book (Reader Response)

Appointment clock --  We have already used 1:00 and 3:00 and 5:00 and 7:00,  11:00, 9:00, 12:00, 10:00,  2:00, 6:00,  and today  4:00
Next time -- 8:00.

You should have at least twelve entries in the Response section of your composition book.


The Graveyard Book -- winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, and the Hugo Award.


Chapter 1 
Today:  from   chapter 4, page 105, minute 5:44 to Chapter 4, page 123, minute 38:11.



If You Were Absent:

Read on your own in The Graveyard Book to catch up with the class.

You can  listen to Neil Gaiman read from his novel The Graveyard Book 

Read your own book, and write a brief response to it. 

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