Week of 3/28/16

We will be preparing for the PSSA tests.  On Monday, the students will receive a list of PSSA/Common Core terms and definitions.  They will have a test on these on Tuesday, April 5th.  Please make sure your child studies these terms and definitions.  We will also be working on multiple meaning words, analogies and author's purpose.  They will have a test on author's purpose and analogies next week. 

Have a great week!

Week of 3/21/16

We are working on the poetry unit.  The students will have a test on "Oranges" and "Ode to Family Photographs" on Wednesday, March 23rd. 

No school on Friday, March 25th.

Have a great week!

Week of 3/14/16

The students will have a figurative language terms test on Monday, March 14th.  They will have a figurative language test and a test on personification/onomatopoeia/alliteration on Wednesday, March 16th.  We will start Unit 4 - poetry on Thursday.  The first two poems are "Oranges" and "Ode to Family Photos."

Have a great week!

Update

The Figurative Language terms test will  be on Monday, March 14th.  They received these terms either Monday or Tuesday.

Week of 3/7/16

We are starting a unit on figurative language.  The terms we will be learning are similes, metaphors, personification, hyperboles, alliteration, onomatopoeia and idioms.  They will have a terms test on Friday, March 11th.  Make sure your child studies the terms and definitions.  The test on the application of the skills will be on Tuesday or Wednesday next week.

Have a great week!