Monday, September 11, 2017

Announcements and Reminders: for Monday, September 11, 2017                           Today we remember the lives lost, the heroism shown, and the way our nation became united in the face of adversity. The check-out/check-in book for our class library is now available.   Fill in the whole line for the book you check out.  When you bring it back, mark the date and have Ms. Dorsey or a class librarian initial that you have brought it back.  Scholastic Book Orders:  If you'd like to order Scholastic Books online, and benefit our classroom, go to http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp, register, and enter code GKLJW. To order through me without going online, bring me the filled out order form and a check written to Scholastic Book Orders.  I'll be sending in orders on September 15, or sooner if I receive orders totalling $25 or more. Order forms are available on the back counter near the door.

Targets for Today: I can read for enjoyment, and participate in discussions about literature.

Today’s  Agenda: Find a book or pull out one that you brought. First -- Read from your own choice of books, then. . . Visit with your 4 o'clock appointment about what you were just reading. More Rithmatist beginning with  page 130 -- "How would I even start something like that?"    Listen to the chapter.   Then  --  Quiet, Individual Reading Time Read chapters 11 and 12   on your own, then, if you have time, read your choice of books.  Questions to consider as you read:  ?  How suspicious is Nalizar?  Do you think he is the bad guy?  ?  Do you think Joel and Melody will become friends or not?  Why?  Write, then Pair-Share In your composition book, under Reading Responses,  . . . . write and draw to answer this question:  Melody draws unicorns.  What would your best chalklings animals or other creatures be?    (or)  What is your "Spirit Animal" -- the animal you most closely identify with. When directed to, join your _____ o'clock appointment to share what you wrote.   We read in The Rithmatist to

If You Were Absent: See above.  You could come into Cavetime to catch up with reading in The Rithmatist. Write a brief response to something you read, answering the questions: When you come back, tape it into your composition book under Reader Response.

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