5th and 6th Grade MUR: This week we began a short unit on narrative essays. Students learned the fundamentals of an essay and how to distinguish a narrative essay from a short story. On Tuesday, we read James Thurber's The night the bed fell and finished the week with George Orwell's Shooting an elephant.
In spelling and vocabulary we continued our theme of "before and after" working with forms of -pri and -post.
In grammar we spent some extra time working with adverbs. Students had the opportunity to play adverb round up, taking a break from our normal grammar routine.
3rd and 4th Grade MUR: We continue our study of A Murder for her Majesty. This week our focus was foreshadowing. Students are working to use these clues to determine the plot and climax of the book.
In spelling and vocabulary we completed Wordly Wise lesson 8. Students are improving rapidly in wordly wise!
In grammar we completed our study of abstract nouns and will move on to adjectives next week.
