Week of August 10th

Dear Parent/Guardian's and Students,

Our Reading Standards for this week are:
"I can determine and summarize the theme without stating my own opinion."
"I can describe how the plot unfolds as a series of events and characters."
Our Writing Standards for this week are:

"I can use commas, parentheses, and dashes to show additional information in a sentence."

" I can use pronouns correctly. I can identify and correct use of pronouns."

  This week we will begin our first Spelling Unit of the year. Students will be expected to keep a Writing Notebook with the first half of the notebook dedicated to spelling and the second half dedicated to notes. On Monday, students will copy down the word list and write each word three times, By Thursday, students will write a sentence for each word, and define all words or incorporate 5 or more into a paragraph.  All work will be kept in Writing Notebooks (which I will look over and grade during formative assessments on Fridays). Most Spelling work will be done during afterschool or at home.

  This week, other homework that is due is a worksheet on roots and affixes (due Tuesday), and a printout on commas (due Wednesday).
  
  Friday, students will have two Reading Formative Assessments and a quick Spelling test. 

 Parents/Guardians, if you have not yet signed up for the "Remind 101" application, please download it onto your smartphone or computer. You can get all reminders about homework, special events, etc. in my class sent to your phone. You can then text to 81010 with the message: @gvasqu 

Thank you!
-Ms. Vasquez