Date: 1/24 - 3/7

Teachers: Callahan/Hurd

This month our homeroom studied the following:
Social Studies: Westward movement;  War of 1812; Age of Jackson; Industrial Revolution. Current Events: Discussion.  Language Arts:  Reading: The Little Prince; Journal writing; simile and metaphor; humorous fiction; symbolism review; understatement. Writing: Introduction to creative writing prompts; paragraph unity; verbs; tense review; writing with verbs.  Spelling: Life long words; difficult pairs (pears) Vocabulary: Cognates (synonyms).  
Study Skills: Note taking: abbreviating; summarizing; outlining; reviewing for weekly tests (using science and history samples).

NEXT MONTH WE WILL STUDY: 
Social Studies: Reformers; Compromises (Missouri,etc.); Sectionalism

Reading: Little Prince; ongoing review and practice with satire, symbolism, allegory, point of view; figurative language (idioms, puns, personification).
Language Arts: More paragraph components; review for sentence variety; practice with paragraph transitions; adjectives and adverbs
Study Skills: ERB review; Summarizing; paraphrasing; skimming and scanning; research writing steps

Ask Your Child About: Research topic; understatement movie; knee hockey status;

An Important Note… While the conferences following the distribution of the report cards are optional, we would love to see all of you so we can discuss our or your thoughts about next year. Please call or e-mail us if you wish to meet.

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