LA: We had a great morning! We started our first novel study for the year. We have chosen to read and study the novel, Maniac Magee. We will be completing almost all of the reading in class, due to some high maturity content. The book is filled with issues like race, segregation and peer issues. We have found that we can all handle these topics a lot better when we are able to talk them through as a class. We read through chapter 1 today and had some great discussions. We were able to incorporate skills such as similes, self vs. man conflict, foreshadowing, symbolism and metaphors...all in the first chapter! I'm so anxious to continue with this great learning tool in the next few weeks! There shouldn't have been any homework today unless someone didn't finish what we did in class!
Even though we don't have a story this week...we still have RIT words. They are:
- Plot line-the order in which things happen in a story
- Allusion-A reference to a familiar person, place, thing or event
- Anecdote-The use of a short story to make a point
- End Rhyme-A rhyme that occurs in the last syllable in a line of poetry
- Lyric-A short poem that could be put to music
- Meter-The rhythm of a poem
Today we worked hard on figuring out the total measure of angles in a polygon. We discovered that all triangles add up to 180 degrees and that we can use that knowledge to help us figure out other shapes. Homework: Pages 92-94 in the journal and then studylink 3.9
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Today we continued to look at the changes brought on by adolcencense. We read lessons 5 and 6 in chapter 2. Tomorrow we will do the chapter review and we will have the test on Thursday.
Don't forget to bring in those boxtops.
Also Don't forget that Wednesday is Pajama Day! Bring in a donation to help support cancer research.
