Week of February 1st 2010.

Don't forget parent teacher conference day is on Monday, so school is closed!

Pre-AP classes will finish reading The Hound of the Baskervilles this week. A test should be expected on Monday February 8th. We will coninue our study of adjectives and will include adverbs this week. We will focus on critical thinking skills in preparation for the upcomming Hound of the Baskervilles test.

In general English this week we will continue our study of Hatchet continuing to focus on conflict and point of view, and problems and solutions.

Don't forget to follow the links below for spelling contracts, fun education games, etc....

CLICK HERE FOR SPELLING CONTRACT 18
http://www.classnotesonline.com/uploadfiles/classfiles/class10705/36925Spelling%20Contract%20Lesson%2019-Suffixes.doc

CLICK HERE FOR SPELLING 18 GAMES
http://www.quia.com/jg/1850953.html

CLICK HERE FOR ADVERBS PRACTICE
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adverb1.htm

http://www.quia.com/cz/307957.html?AP_rand=711336397

http://www.quia.com/rr/571132.html?AP_rand=1674384461

Week of January 25

This upcoming week will be very busy. We had some bad weather, which means we have some catching up to do! We will begin this week by taking our pronouns test.

Pre-AP will continue their study of Hound of the Bakservilles. We will also finish our mystery stories. We will begin a new topic in grammar. We will focus on adjectives this week.

ATTN: Mystery stories will be due on Friday!

General will read and discuss Hatchet. Our focus will be on vocabulary development and the literary element conflict. We will also begin adjectives.

CLICK HERE FOR NEW ADJECTIVES GAMES ON QUIA
http://www.quia.com/ba/357338.html

http://www.quia.com/ba/360772.html

http://www.quia.com/pop/389475.html

CLICK HERE FOR SPELLING 17

http://www.classnotesonline.com/uploadfiles/classfiles/class10705/36554Spelling%20Contract%20Lesson%2017-Compound%20Words.doc

CLICK HERE FOR THIRD NINE WEEKS TIC-TAC-TOE
http://www.classnotesonline.com/uploadfiles/classfiles/class10705/36683Weekly%20Spelling%20Think-Tac-Toe-3rd%20Nine%20Weeks.doc

CLICK HERE FOR SPELLING 17 GAME
http://www.quia.com/jw/368377.html

Week of 1/18/10- This week pre-AP students will continue to read The Hound of the Baskervilles. We will also finish our study of pronouns with a focus on reflexive, intensive, and demonstrative pronouns.

In general English we will also finish our study of pronouns. We will begin a new book by Gary Paulsen called Hatchet. This week our focus will be on cause and effect, setting, and figurative language.

Click here for Spelling 16

Click here for pronoun review