This week brings a variety of activities, but not without some pauses, literally and figuratively! First, we will kick off the week with a new list of vocabulary words. Students will also learn, over the next few days, seven rules for using commas. They will view each rule in a sentence, then practice it in sentences of their own. In addition to using commas, they will take a pause of another sort by experiencing some "nonfiction moments" in their individual reading: wow!, ah-hah!, hmmm...interesting..., I wonder, and I can relate!
After drafting this while gazing at steely grey skies, I've decided to take another pause at the start of each class today to read a beautiful little poem, "Snow Toward Evening" by Melville Cane. Seems apropos given the forecast!
Homework:
Tuesday: Reading chunk #4 w/log due Friday. RENEW library bk by Thursday!
Wednesday: Chunk #4/log due Friday; work on nonfiction moments; RENEW bk.
Thursday: Chunk #4/log due tomorrow; work on nonfiction moments.
Friday: Reading Chunk #5 w/log due Monday.
Comma Rules
Comma Practice
Nonfiction Moments
"Snow Toward Evening"
