Ms. Humphreys

April 18

Today we reviewed punctuation rules and corrected the packet the students worked on yesterday.  We then worked on  "easily confused" words.  This work is in preparation for testing next week.

HW:  None

April 17

Today we continued to review and practice punctuation rules. 

HW:  None

April 16

Today students practiced punctuation skills by working with run-on sentences and the correct use of semi-colons. We also corrected the work students did on their capitalization homework.

HW:  None

April 15

Today we reviewed the rules of capitalization.  Students worked on the packet of this material.

HW:  Finish capitalization packet.

April 14

Welcome back to school; it was great to see all of you.  Today we corrected the subject-verb agreement test  and practiced more with subject verb-agreements.  Those students who made an 80 or less will take another test tomorrow over this topic. Study you notes and the worksheet we had in class today to study.  Cut and paste this link into your browser to further practice this skill:

http://grammar.uoregon.edu/agreement/agreequiz1/Iquizagree.html

HW:  Review you notes on subject-verb agreement, use the above link to help. Most students will have a test on this tomorrow.

March 31

I am going to try something new this week; I will post all of the week's homework today.  We  will be busy this week!

Monday:  Study notes on subject/verb agreement and review all workbooks pages--we will have a quiz on that material tomorrow, Tuesday, April 1.                                           

Tuesday:  The projects for Freak the Mighty are due tomorrow, Wed. April 2.  Continue to review subject verb-agreement for a test on Thursday.

Wed.  Review notes and all work for a test on subject-verb agreement Thursday, April 3.  Remember to bring your Freak the Mighty book to class tomorrow.

Thursday and Friday :  No hw.

March 27

The first thing the students did today was take a quiz.  Then we discussed the way that the Freak the Mighty work should be organized. Students also began to take notes on subject verb agreement.

The Freaky contract work goes in this order:

Cover, Contract, the three projects, Theme Chart.  Please have everything together before you enter the class room to turn it in on Wed., April 2.  You may staple, hole punch, or paper clip the project together, or you may place it in a report cover folder. 

HW:  None; good luck to the band students performing at Palmer Middle tonight!

March 26

Today, Wed., March 26, students first worked on 5 questions of CRCT review material.  Students then checked their homework, The Four Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs.  We then discussed the simple and perfect tenses and learned/practiced conjugating the verbs.  Finally, students reviewed a bit about using web sites for research.

HW:  Review principal parts of verbs and tenses of verbs ( pages 493 to 503 in WAG book) for a quiz tomorrow; complete page 503, ex, 16 and 115 and 116 in workbook.

March 25

Students reviewed the principal parts of verbs by explaining how to form these parts.  Students also reviewed irregular verbs and began to work on these pages in their workbooks:  111, 113 and 114.

HW:  Finish workbook pages.  Quiz Thursday--review notes on verbs.  Freak the Mighty work is due on Wed. April 2.

March 24

Students were given a copy of the theme chart that is the required piece of the Freak the Mighty packet.  The whole packet is due on Wed., April 2.  Students also took notes on the principal parts of verbs.

HW.  Worksheet on verbs, theme chart, quiz on the research process on Thursday