Today we finished Out of the Dust, the historical fiction novel about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Students will be turning in the first draft of their papers about the book tomorrow. We will edit and likely have 2nd drafts in on Thursday. Thursday we will begin reading The Green Book by Jill Patton Walsh. This book is set in the future, in a very interesting location.
Reminders: Reading Logs are due on Friday! Students should be reading at least 400 minutes per month independently. Also, Science Experiments should be completed by Tuesday, February 5th. Students should bring in their data on that day. They will begin writing their Conclusions in class on Wednesday, February 6th.
Our Spelling Words for the week are:
- ambitious
- appropriate
- dreadful
- elude
- exhaust
- ferocious
- illusion
- impolite
- mechanical
- national
- parsley
- probably
- provide
- scarlet
- spirit
- studio
- sunset
- transparent
- typical
- unruly
-Ms. Vasquez
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