ELA News
Week of March 5, 2018
Quickwrites
Create a new Quickwrite document for the week and share it with us in Google Classroom.
Mentor Text
Our mentor text this week is, "You Learn By Living" by J. Patrick Ness. It is from his collection of poems titled Vherses: A Celebration of Outstanding Women.
Quickwrite Prompts
Monday- Borrow a line from the piece and see where it takes you
Tuesday- Write about the same or a similar topic
Wednesday- Write in the same format
Thursday- What is your opinion of this piece?
Friday- Free write!
Word Work
This week's roots are tele (distance) and trans (across).
Monday- Create a diamond chart and choose four words for each root
Tuesday- Define each word
Wednesday- Draw a picture for each word
Thursday- Use each word in a sentence
Friday- Play vocabulary games to practice root words
Mentor Sentence
I was delighted when recess finally ended and we got to return to the classroom.
Mentor Sentence Weekly Activities
Monday- Mark your noticings and practice your reading fluency
Tuesday- Mark the parts of speech
Wednesday- Revise the sentence
Thursday- Imitate the sentence
Friday- Quiz
Reading
We will begin reading The Perfect Score this week. As we read, we will discuss the book and take some notes in a Slides presentation that was shared with you in Google Classroom.
Writing
Don't forget to work on your submissions for the Crooked Tree Writing Contest. You can enter a story of 1,000 words or less and/or a poem of 500 words or less. The deadline is Friday, April 13.
What is Mrs. Garver Reading?
I just started reading Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly, the book that recently won the Newbery Award. I like this book because it is told from several different perspectives, and I'm starting to see how the different characters will come together. It involves a deaf girl, a fortune teller, a guinea pig, and a bully.
Spot the Error
Can you spot the errors in this picture? Click here to answer and be entered into a drawing.
Last Week's Winner
Congratulations to Gabe C., last week's winner, who wins a prize from the treasure chest.
Class Codes and Links
Mrs. Garver
Email: jgarver@rayder.net
Website: classroomcooks.weebly.com
Location: 13513 Division Street, Charlevoix, MI, United States
Phone: 2315478166
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MrsGarversClass/
Twitter: @mrsgarversclass
Mrs. Cowan
Email: scowan@rayder.net