Week of January 23-27

January rain brings creative thoughts...
I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend indoors as the rain provides us with the opportunity to spend time with our families and to read, of course. And on that note, please make sure your wonderful child is reading Hatchet. We are currently reading Chapters 5-8. If you have not yet purchased the book, it is available online through a Google search, audible.com, and youtube.com. It is really important for your child to have access to Hatchet at home as there are homework assignments to complete.

I am excited to announce that the DEEP Writing Program begins this week on Thursday afternoon from 3 - 4:15. We have a lovely group of students who are participating this semester and I look forward to seeing what they accomplish. 
On that note, I am finally starting Writing Workshop on Wednesday - I am so excited to introduce the students to this wonderful teaching method and hope to encourage them to embrace their creative side. The Writing Workshop method also prepares students to write more thoughtfully and academically.

**Girls' and Boys' Basketball games start this week - please check the school website for details.

*Reminder: Friday, 1/27, is a dress-down day for students for $1.00 to go to Dollars for Disaster.
*Please check Google Classroom for any other assignment details/dates.

Here's what is happening in class this week:
Monday, 1/23
ELA: Students will complete Plot Summary Worksheets for Hatchet Chapters 7 & 8 and begin completing a cause and effect worksheet that explains how Brian changes at the end of Chapter 7.
SS: Students will label water, land features, and countries of Latin America.
HW: Study Plot Summary Sheets for Chapters 5-8 - TEST on Tuesday over these chapters.

Tuesday, 1/24
ELA: TEST on Hatchet Chapters 5-8 - short answer
SS: Lesson on location, climate, population, and natural resources of Latin America
HW: Read Chapters 9-11 in Hatchet and begin studying for Latin America Map Test (Thursday)

Wednesday, 1/25
ELA: Writing Workshop Introductory Lesson: Compare and Contrast
SS: Continue lesson from Tuesday
HW: Complete Plot Summary Worksheets for Chapters 9-11; study for Latin America Map Test (Thursday)

Thursday, 1/26
ELA: Review Plot Summary Worksheets for Chapters 9-11; begin writing rough draft of Compare and Contrast work from Writing Workshop
SS: Latin America Map Test
HW: Continue reading Hatchet chapters and complete cause-and-effect graphic organizer for Hatchet; continue work on WW compare/contrast rough draft. SS: Complete current event.

Friday, 1/27
ELA: Complete Cause-and-Effect graphic organizer for Hatchet
SS: Lesson on the impact of slavery on the development of the Americas
HW: Complete any work not finished during the week.

Have a wonderful week :)
Ms. Susan