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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Language Arts 2-5-14

Language Arts
Today in class:
   We took notes on grammatical principles that were covered in lessons 45-48 as a review for our test tomorrow.  We practiced identifying parts of speech and parts of a sentence.
   We reviewed what we knew about Mark Twain (Princeton read together the author study beginning on page 790).  We took additional notes in our Red reading notebook on famous works of Mark Twain.
We examined words in context and "thought out loud" the process we would use to determine the meaning.
We went over our homework sentences from "Roughing It."
   We continued giving genealogy reports.
    We received back papers for our portfolio.

Homework:
    Vocabulary on page 804 include definitions and parts of speech.
    Study for Simple Solutions Test and prepare packet (lessons 45-48)
    Continue reading your novel
     Get portfolio signed.

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