WV Studies:  Today we began Ch. 5 on government.  This unit consist of ch. 5 and 6.  We will spend 2 weeks on each chapter.  We will have a test with chapter 5.  Students will be given a study guide next Tuesday.  All questions will be covered by materials in class that students can study.  No homework except for the Ch. 4 assessment that is due at the beginning of class Friday.  See the previous post for a link to the text for chapter 4 is students need to reference the book for the assessment.

Reading:  We began reading "The Monkey's Paw" aloud in class.  Students have a worksheet to complete as we are reading.  We are stopping frequently to discuss the story and the sentences since it was written in 1902 and the language is a bit different from what they normally hear.  We will finish reading tomorrow and then work on the vocabulary associated with the story.  TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO COMPLETE AR TESTS FOR THIS GRADING PERIOD!!!

Language arts: Discussed dependent and independent clauses. Filled out a chart on what different objects depend on. Individual assignment in which students completed sentences to by adding an indepedent clause to a dependent clause given to them. Some classes had time to watch a video clip of "Rocky" and write compound sentences that described the clip. No homework.

Math:  Substitute today was Mrs. Hyer,  Math 1 did frayer models and recognizing linear equations.
Math 8- Worksheet- p. 43.

Have a great Wednesday Afternoon!!!