March 20th-24th

Welcome back from Spring Break! Hopefully you found time to relax and enjoy the time off. We have a little over 9 weeks left in this awesome school year-let's make the most of the time we have.

Our main focus for the next few weeks is SAGE prep. SAGE testing is tentatively the 2nd and 4th weeks in April. When the dates are definite, I will let you know. Testing can be stressful, and I will do what I can to minimize this. My main concern is that the students are learning every day, and the things we prepare for on the SAGE test are important academic components of Language Arts.

Students need to learn to be able to complete an essay in 2 class periods-this will be a skill they need to help them think critically and become better writers. As always, if students require more than 2 class periods, they can request to come in for FLEX and finish up.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns! Here is what I have planned for this week:

March 20th-21st

Monday, March 20th

Writing Pair-Share

Monroe Reading Benchmark

Writing Benchmark

Free Reading when finished
Book #3 DUE

Tuesday, March 21st

Bell Work
Explanatory Essay: Black Sunday
about the Oklahoma Dust Bowl
Listen to and read article/poem
Organize essay
Free Reading when finished

Wednesday, March 22nd
Bell Work

Types of Text Structures
Write Explanatory Essay
Free Reading when finished

Thursday, March 23rd
Bell Work
Reading Comprehension Practice
Free Reading when finished

Friday, March 24th
Bell Work
Finish Reading Comprehension Practice
Free Reading when finished