Welcome to ASTRA 5/6

Achieving Success through Reading and Analysis

Welcome to the ASTRA 5/6 wiki page! Here, you will find information that is pertinent to our class.

PS: What do you think "pertinent" means? Use your context clues to determine the meaning.

Below you will find important forms and documents


Important Forms/Documents

Homework

Friday, September 29:

Read independently for 20 minutes.


Thursday, August 28:

Read independently for 20 minutes.


Wednesday, August 27:

Read independently for 20 minutes.


Tuesday, August 26:

Read independently for 20 minutes.


Monday, August 25:

Read independently for 20 minutes.


These are three of my favorite authors. They all have passed away, but their words are immortal. That is the power of words and writing. Your message lives forever and influences generations for years to come.

Zora Neale Hurston

Octavia Butler

Toni Morrison

Check out my favorite Middle Grade and YA authors!

Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way Down and When I was the Greatest

Elizabeth Acevedo, author of The Poet X

Jacqueline Woodson, author of Another Brooklyn and Miracle Boys

Renée Watson, author of Piecing Me Together and Betty X

Grace Lin, author of When the Mountain Meets the Moon and Year of the Rat

G.Neri, author of Ghetto Cowboy and Yummy

Nidhi Chanani, author of Pashmina

Kwame Alexander, author of Rebound and Solo