ELA 10/7-10/11

As of Monday, all grades have begun their new books!  We have jumped right in after talking about some important themes to come and are busy checking our reading comprehension and characterization to set the stage of the novels. Ask your child about how they like the...

9/30-10/4

Hello October!! This week we are wrapping up on our unit on Literary Devices.  We will review essay writing and have a unit test on all the materials we have been working with these past few weeks.  The students have all the packets. We are looking forward to starting...

ELA 9/23 – 9/27

Happy Last Week of September! This week we will be focusing on Theme (topic, main idea and theme), Conflict and using RACES for our writing.  We will be pairing these literary elements with short stories, graphic organizers and reading response questions.  Once we...

ELA: September 16-20

This week we are continuing our review of Characterization and Summary Writing using short stories written by Gary Soto that we began reading on Friday.  We completed our benchmark exams and are looking forward to finding our steady groove in the classroom. Hope to...

Week of September 9

Welcome to our first full week back to school!  This week, in all classes, we will be finishing up our Get to Know You activities. We will also have our benchmark ELA test Tuesday and Wednesday.  These tests will not count as a grade, but rather will be used as a tool...