MUR 7th and 8th: This month students will be reading James Swason's Chasing Lincoln's Killer. We will dive into persuasive nonfiction while continuing to focus on claim, basis, and elements of nonfiction. In spelling we continue our study in Words Their Way. We will be working to find the literal meanings of words by breaking apart the prefix, root and suffix and then relating the literal meaning to its connotative meaning. In grammar, we will be working on predicate pronouns.
MUR 5th and 6th: This month we will be finishing our study of Earthsea. Students continue to focus on theme, text structure and author's craft. We will be digging into these skills by transferring them to our literature circle books.
