This Week in Summary

Parents and Students,

We are well into the third quarter here at Landon and, as an update, I would like to remind everyone of assignments that will appear on OnCourse soon. I have just about finished all of the essay grading so students will have a chance to see and learn from their results! This is what our classroom schedule looks like for this week:

Monday and Tuesday
Students will be reading Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed by Ray Bradbury. (Parents, this is a fun one, please read with your children!) Students will practice taking active notes while reading this selection. They will be finishing an in-class chart for homework (GIFTED ONLY) as well as working on vocabulary questions on page 464 (1 - 8) and (1 - 5). A quiz will be given on Wednesday and Thursday covering Vocabulary and Roots.

Wednesday and Thursday
Students will discuss the story and take a quiz on the vocabulary content. After, we will work on writing strengths and weaknesses, preparing for Friday and Monday's District Timed Writing. Homework is TBA.

Friday and Monday
Students will be bringing multiple assignments home. Grades will be made available on OnCourse. The focus of today is writing. How to write the 'perfect' essay. Gifted classes will have a very challenging writing assignment over the weekend. They will be required to have one person revise and edit who is NOT a peer. Please allow them to ask these very important questions of you. If you need assistance I will be watching my email all weekend!