The Week of February 14-18th

We are currently working very hard in writing. Moreover, I am reviewing the characteristics of each genre of writing: narrative, informational, and persuasive. These are the genres that will be on the Georgia Writing Assessment Wednesday, March 2nd. The test will be given in homeroom. Students will be given two hours to write on a given prompt. Please stress to your child the importance of performing well on this test.

In language arts, we are continuing to study verbs. This week our focus will be on verb tense and subject-verb agreement. This a very important grammar skill that is essential to good writing.

I am looking forward to another wonderful week!

The Week of January 31-February 4th

We are beginning our study of persuasive writing. We will look at samples of students work on the Georgia Department of Education website. Moreover, we will discuss the characteristics of persuasive writing. In language arts, we will focus on main and helping verbs. The students will need to study their list of the most common helping verbs. All students except 5th period will have a quiz on them on Thursday. I am looking forward to another wonderful week!

****The 5th grade Writing Assessment is March 2nd.

Week of January 5th-7th

Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a wonderful winter break.

We are going to take a break from spelling for awhile so we can focus on writing and grammar. In language arts this week, we are discussing possessive and reflexive case pronouns. In writing, we are continuing to study the informational genre. The students will be composing a report on a given country. This report should be 5 paragraphs. It will be completed in class.

I hope that everyone has a fabulous week!