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3rd quarter ends on Friday and I just wanted to update you with where we are at in the ELA classroom. Mrs. Renfro and myself were hoping to read all the way through Percy Jackson and finish our research paper before spring break. Half way through the semester we chatted and realized we could not get through both by the end of the quarter. We decided to put a hold on our research paper and to just focus on Percy Jackson. As of today we finished reading the book and we were able to start the movie. We will be able to finish the movie tomorrow. After spring break we will pick up with our research papers and continue to work on those. I hope you all have a great spring break!
This quarter we are focusing on research. By March the students will have written a 5 paragraph research paper that includes a thesis statement. Along with research we will be focusing on Greek gods and goddesses. We will be reading Percy Jackson and learning all about Greek mythology. The students will be picking a Greek god, goddess, or creature to write their research paper about.
We will also be working on main idea, pronoun shifts, spelling, dashes, commas, and parentheses. In ELA we have been studying vocabulary words and taking weekly quizzes so far this year. We are now going to switch gears and work on spelling words instead of vocabulary words. Each week the students will have a list of spelling words. We will do different activities throughout the week in order to study the words. Every Friday we will have a quiz over the words.
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