Reading: This week we will continue reading one of my favorite novels, Masterpiece! We will be focusing on a variety of skills including characterization, types of conflict, inferencing, summarizing, and using text evidence to support answers. In order to provide a good balance between fiction and nonfiction text, students will begin an "Artist Study" in which they will read an informational passage about a famous artist throughout our time reading Masterpiece. Our focus for this week will be the artist Frida Kahlo.
ELA: On Thursday, students will take their weekly vocabulary quiz (Masterpiece: Round 4). Due to the fact I will be on the 8th grade Washington D.C. trip this year, there will be no vocabulary quiz the week before Spring Break :)
WEEKLY READING HOMEWORK: In preparation for the Reading AIR Test in April, students will be having nightly reading homework to help strengthen comprehension skills. The reading passages and questions closely mirror what appears on the state test. In order for students to get the most out of this practice, it is best that only the assigned passage is completed each night.