Reading & L/Arts Syllabus- Week of October 11, 2010

Mrs. Alexander
Reading/LA Syllabus
Week of October 11, 2010
Email: jalexander@op97.org
Website: http://d97jalexander.blogspot.com

Important Information:
• Our second Reading Log is due on Thursday, 10/28. Students must read 2 or more books each month, log the book, and obtain parent signatures for each book read.
• Due to conferences next week, and the adjusted schedule, we will take our Vocabra List #4 Tests a few days earlier next week. Tests will be given on Wednesday 10/20, instead of on Friday, l0/22.
• Portfolio conferences will be Thursday 10/21. Conference schedules went home on Friday,
Oct 8th. It is also available on my blog
• If you have not scheduled a conference with me please complete the purple conference forms sent home on Friday.
• Students who did not purchase pictures on Picture Day may still purchase them online. Go to mylifetouch.com and use Julian’s picture day ID: RN600479YO. Retakes are scheduled for Nov 11th.
• When class work is not completed in class students may be expected to complete it at home. Students will be told to add these assignments to add their planner.
• My student teacher, Ms. Gran, will begin teaching Reading & L/Arts this week.

Monday, October 11 - NO SCHOOL: Columbus Day

Tuesday, October 12
Introduce Vocabra List #4
Greek Myths Pre-Assessment
Introduce Greek Myths and Elements Charts
Read Olden Times and Gaea (Chart Gaea Together- no chart required for Olden Times)

Homework: Newspaper Captions List #4

Wednesday, October 13
Greek Myth Guided Vocabulary Notes: Titans, Cronus, Zeus & His Family
Grammar Chapter 27 Diagnostic (Text Pages 601)
Vocabra Dialogue or Comic Strip - Topic is Buried Treasure: write a short 2 or 3 person dialogue using all the words on the Vocabra list or design a short comic strip using all the Vocabra words. Comic strip must have dialogue bubbles, completed neatly, and written clearly.

Homework: Finish Vocabra Dialogue or Comic Strip (see above instructions)

Thursday: October 14
Read and Correct Vocabra Conversations with Partners
Grammar Text: Pgs 602 to 604 (Exercise 2 and 3)
Read and Chart Titans and Cronus

Homework: None

Friday, October 15
Read and Chart Zeus & His Family (Highlight and Notes in Margins)
Grammar Text: Page 605 to 606 (Exercise 5)
Vocabra: Word Drawing
9th per. -Media Center Front Tables
Homework: Have a wonderful weekend!!!