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Just a reminder…
On Monday we will be having our tournament. Each student has already declared who their person is.
They will each get up and introduce their person and have 3 minutes to tell us why their person should be declared the winner at having the most American Spirit!
Students should be prepared with enough facts and information to talk…[Read more]

-Read Amistad
-Order The Stout-Hearted Seven if you haven’t already
-Have a FUN spring break and be ready to experience THE GOLD RUSH when we return to class! 😉

Extra credit options:

-Make a trail plant guide. Pretend you need to create a booklet to teach others about local plant life and it’s potential benefits or dangers. Include hand…[Read more]

-Read Amistad
-Order The Stout-Hearted Seven if you haven’t already
-Have a FUN spring break and be ready to experience THE GOLD RUSH when we return to class! 😉

Extra credit options:

-Make a trail plant guide. Pretend you need to create a booklet to teach others about local plant life and it’s potential benefits or dangers. Include hand…[Read more]

Next week is spring break. The following week we will be having our tournament to pick the person with the most American spirit. Homework between now and then is to write at least 12 minutes worth of information On the person chosen. Students need to be prepared to convince the class why they should be chosen!

If parents have not seen the grade…[Read more]

Homework due 3/16

1. Students should finish their “I Was Called To The Scene of a Crime” Roll-a-Story that they began in class. It is important that the children start proofreading their work BEFORE they turn it in. Sometimes this will require them to recopy it, correcting the errors. These stories are supposed to be a little silly. 🙂

2. The…[Read more]

March 18th homework:
Complete three paragraph “writing from pictures” story. Each paragraph must have all dress ups and sentence openers included.
Fix it week 25: rewrite sentences and write out vocabulary definitions
Important: Please bring a children’s picture book to class

March 18th homework:
Complete three paragraph “writing from pictures” story. Include all dress ups and sentence openers in each paragraph.
Fix it week 25 rewrite
Important: Please bring a children’s picture book to class

-Lesson 30 & 31
-Start reading “Amistad”

Optional extra credit:
Choose either Frederick Douglass OR Harriet Beecher Stowe and write a short biography on them (several paragraphs). Then discuss the impact they had on the anti-slavery movement.

-Lesson 30 & 31
-Start reading “Amistad”

Optional extra credit:
Choose either Frederick Douglass OR Harriet Beecher Stowe and write a short biography on them (several paragraphs). Then discuss the impact they had on the anti-slavery movement.

Mr. Brumby has emailed everyone a study guide for this next week’s test. Check your email. If you don’t see it, email or text Mr. Brumby

Homework Due 3/2/2015

1. Students were given the beginning of a story written by another student. They are to take the story they were given in class and finish it. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CREATIVE FICTION. Since they are finishing a story another student wrote it is REALLY important that they do this assignment.

2. The students were given a “Snow…[Read more]

Homework due 2/23/2015

The students worked on brainstorming what they know and learning how to develop characters using a question checklist. The homework is as follows:

1. Based on the two topics you chose in class, you will be writing a creative fiction story. To do this, first complete the character questions for AT LEAST two characters.…[Read more]

American history and lit: we are on unit 20 this week. They need to do all reading, student review and scripture note card. They can chose any project they want to do from the selections in the book. They also need to study for the history exam. They were all given a study guide. If you get a chance to go on a field trip to the Edison Ford museum…[Read more]