Week of April 8th

The Good News....Your kids will be excited to know that they will not have a Word of the Week due this week, nor will they have a vocabulary quiz on Friday.

Other News... I have strongly suggested to students that they try and complete one reading response before April vacation to keep with the timeline of due dates.  Two total responses are due by May 1st, but that will come up very quickly after April vacation.  Please encourage them to do so as a practice in time management.

As a reminder ELA RICAS testing is this week.  Students will take session one on Wednesday, April  10th and session two will take place on Thursday, April 11th. 

On a final note, we still could use some tissues as season allergy is beginning to strike!

Thank you and enjoy today's sunshine.

WE NEED TISSUES!!!!

We are heading into allergy season and we have NO tissues left in class.  If you have an extra box at home, we could really use them.  Thank you in advance for your generosity!  Our noses appreciate it :)

Reading Responses

Welcome to the final trimester of your school career here at Washington Oak.  Again, you will have FOUR reading assignments due for this trimester.

Two will be due by May 1st

 The final two will be due by Friday, June7th 
**This is a slight change from what was previously stated; however, it needed to change because the final day of school is Friday, June 14th and I need time to correct them and complete report cards.**

Homework for week of February 25th

• "Meander" WOW is due Thursday, February 28th.
• Vocabulary quiz on Friday, March 1st
• Biography Projects are due Friday, March 8th

Each student will receive  an updated homework sheet in their agenda, on Monday, to be reviewed and signed by a parent.  It gives individualized information about what is due in regards to reading assignments for the trimester. ALL reading assignments for Trimester Two MUST be turned in on OR before March 14th.

Progress Report Slips

Progress Reports went home last Thursday, February 7th.  Please sign and return the bottom portion of the slip only by Wednesday, February 13th.  Thank you :)

Trimester Two Reading Responses

Students will have four total reading responses for trimester two.

By January 23rd, two responses will be due.  Students may choose from:

-Fiction (template available)
-Journal Prompts (no template available as student choice is involved)
-Non-Fiction (template available)

The Biography Project(the 3rd response for T2) will be due  March 8th and the final response will be due by Friday, March 14th. Please plan accordingly.

The Biography Project is Here!!!!

The Biography Book/Interview Project is due Friday, March 8th!

Additional things about the project that came up in our conversation today about this project:

-All books must be pre-approved before students begin their project.

-Only ONE student per class can choose be a certain person.  For example, my homeroom already has a Tom Brady, so no other person in my homeroom can choose Tom Brady. Thus, students should have a back up plan just in case. The sooner the book choice comes in, the greater chance the student has to guarantee their top choice.

-In your written reports, please refer to the person chosen by last name or first and last name.  Please do not refer to the person by their first name only. (There were a few errors on the sample that should have been hand corrected by students.  There is a corrected/updated version online.)

-Please do not be bamboozled by your children.  Although costumes and props are required, they can be creatively made.  Meaning....I DID NOT say they need a hundred dollar jersey or a diamond tiara to support their project :)

Please turn in the final project in this order:

1. Cover Page
2. Written Report
3. Interview Questions (one for the packet/one NOT in the packet...keep out for your interviewer.)
4. Biography Interview Rubric
5. Biography Book Report Rubric