Wednesday March 9th, 2016

We are continuing our STAAR test prep. Please be sure your student completes their homework assignments each week to ensure they are prepared for STAARS testing the week of March 28th, 2016.  

Vocabulary

1. scorched 
2. deserted
3. abraded
4. embedding
5. slightly
6. intently
7. humility
8. futility
9. nonexistent
10. haberdasher

Worksheet

"Advertise Your Words" 

Reading

Continued reading "The Alamo - IQ4" by Roland Smith. Chapter "Shopping for Answers" pages 30 - 37. 

Worksheets

• "Setting Comparison"
• "Character Comparison"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Glitches"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

• Writing Prompts
• Expository Essay guide

After completing the guide, write a ten sentence paragraph essay using your outline and guide! Be sure to include

• Correct punctuation, spelling, capitalization, BME format
• 5 Vocabulary words (underline vocabulary words)

Homework

STAAR Test Release Pakets

• "STAAR Reading - Barkitecture" and "Writing - Hedgies" Test Release