Parent Information for the week of March 28th-April 1st

WOW! I can't believe that the CRCT is so close! Only three more school days stand between us and the test!! We are in major review mode. While we will still be working in our review centers for some of the class period, I really want to give students a chance to ask questions about any content. We will be setting aside some class time to do just that, and review in our CRCT coach books. On Monday,our class visited the media center and played Jeopardy to review research and media skills. I am noticing that many students are not able to check out books because of fines or lost books. This really wastes their class time. Please make sure your child has his or her books on check out days. We go to the media center every other Monday. Grades this week will mainly be based on class participation since we are doing so much review. Grades will also be given for sponges, daily grammar practice, and homework.

Homework 3/28-4/1

Monday: Edit and revise these paragraphs.

Captain john smith of jamestown, virginia once said that pocahontas  did saved her colony from death and famine. Pocahontas was the daughter of a Algonquin indian cheif. She probably was really pretty. As a young girl, she is said to have saved Smiths life know one nose for sure if the story is true, but she help to keep piece between the colonists and indians. Later, Pocahontas married a colonist name John Rolfe she dyed at age 22 on March 21 1617.

During the Month of March in 1950, Peter hodgson introduced a toy that become a surprise sensation. I really like toys. 6 years earlier, Silly Putty was discovered by a engineer at general electric. When know practical use could be found for the product, Hodgson began to cell the bouncing putty as a toy. I think this is a great idea. Silly Putty flu of store shelfs more then 300 million Silly Putty eggs have now ben sold. It was a really great idea. Silly Putty even rocketed to the moon with the apollo 8 Astronauts!

Tuesday: Combine the following sentences. Use dependent clauses, compound subjects, and compound predicates to help combine ideas.

1. Jim brought three pencils. He put new batteries in his calculator.

2. Cats make wonderful pets. Dogs make wonderful pets.

3. The mouse was scared. The cat wanted to eat him.

4. The parade snaked through the town. The parade had many fancy floats.

5. Joey was great at math. Joey had trouble with reading.

Wednesday: Place a word from the word bank in each blank where it fits. 

citation      skim/scan      paraphrase     plagiarism     bibliography    topic

Kaley has been assigned a research project on topic of the Civil War. She has decided

to narrow her _________ to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. She has found several resources to use, and has decided to _____________ them to make sure they include information she needs.  She decides that she will be able to use 2 of the resources and begins to take notes. She ___________ the words of the author to make sure she does not get accused of  ____________, or stealing the author’s work. With this information, she writes her rough and final draft. She must now compile a ______________, or list of the sources she used. Each ______________ in her bibliography must include the appropriate information for each source.

Thursday: Shana  needs help with her outline for her research paper. Use the words from the word bank to fill in her outline.

Bicycle Safety

I. Traffic Rules

            A.

            B. Right-Hand Side

Night riding Maintenance Repairs Hand signals Helmets

II. Common Sense

            A. Earphones

            B. Other passengers

            C.

III.

            A. Inspection

            B.

IV.

            A. Reasons to wear one