CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Natalie and Isaac, our classroom spelling bee winners!!!!! They will compete in the school-wide bee in January and I am sure they will represent our classes well!

The geography bee will be held after school tomorrow (Thursday, December 10th) for any students who are interested.

We are still reading "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck, but plan to be finished reading it by the end of class on Friday, December 11th. All discussion questions are due this day as well. On the 11th, students will be given the project assignment for "The Pearl". This project will be due on the 18th. We will spend at least 1/2 of our class periods Monday - Thursday of next week working on this project. Additional time may be spent at home to complete the assignment if necessary.

We have one more editorial due before the break, it is due on Monday, December 14th. Don't forget :)

Next week we will be working on our Week 4 SAT words. The note card sheet is due on Monday the 14th and the test will be Thursday the 17th. The words for week 4 are:

condone
elated
illusory
nurture
adversary
conflagration
eloquence
immutable
objective (A)
advocate
confound
elusive

We will return from our Holiday break on the 4th of January and Week 5 words are due on this day. The week 5 words are:
impair
obliterate
aesthetic
consensus
embellish
impede
oblivion
constraint
emulate
implausible
obscure (v)
affirmation

The note card sheet for week 5 is due on Monday, January 4th and the test will be on Thursday, January 7th.

When we return from our break we will begin discussing the 1930's in preparation for our next class novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird". This is such an amazing story, and I cannot wait to share it with your children!

Don't forget to check with your child about their interim reports that were sent home today. The ELA interim is due back signed tomorrow (Thursday the 10th) along with the extra credit assignment.

I hope everyone has a great Wednesday!

Mrs. Myers