Week-in-Review

For the week of August 28 to September 1

=English=

Reading
It was not: the smell, the boys getting into trouble, chasing the turkey.
 * __Soup and Me__ read aloud** with student response notebooks. Response example: What is the real message of the chapter "Turkey Trot"?
 * Biography**, or student choice (after one biography is finished), biography strategy sheet using strategies from [|My Read].
 * Informal Reading Assessment** - listening to students read and respond to questions about their reading. Focus on reading fluency, word recognition, and comprehension.

Writing

 * Vocabulary** - "Lesson 5" from the textbook, __Vocabulary for Achievement - First Course.__ Practice exercises and Friday quiz.
 * Biographical "Incident"** - choosing one event in a classmate's life to write a biographical incident. Using the writing process, and The 6 Traits + 1(Focus on: Ideas, Organization, and Voice)

Listening

 * __Soup and Me__ read aloud**

=Social Studies=

Culture (customs and beliefs)
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 * Current Events** - place, key words viewing [|CNN Student News]