Bias, Verbs, and Conclusions

by | Sep 8, 2010 | Update

Image via Wikipedia First period finished up the parts of speech today. We’ll be having a test Friday. (It was scheduled for tomorrow, but we’ll be MAP testing tomorrow.) Second and sixth finished up verbs. Just a little more work and we’ll be done...

Bias, Book Talks, and Conjunctions

by | Sep 7, 2010 | Update

First, second, and sixth periods had book talks about the South Carolina Junior Book Award nominees. First period returned in time to polish off conjunctions before the bell rang. (We’ll be having the final test over the parts of speech on Thursday for first...

Reteaching, Moving Forward, Beginning Bias

by | Aug 31, 2010 | Update

Second and sixth periods had a bit of reteaching. (We looked at some of the ways we can determine a word’s part of speech.) We’re done with nouns, pronouns, and adjectives now, though, and we’ll move on to verbs tomorrow. We’ll finish up the...

Test, More Review, And Linking

by | Aug 30, 2010 | Update

First period began linking verbs. They’re tricky, so we’re taking our time. Second and sixth periods worked on a review of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. It was something of an informal assessment to determine if we need any re-teaching. Fourth period...

Review

by | Aug 27, 2010 | Update

Most periods had some kind of review or other. First and fourth periods worked on parts of speech in general; second and sixth periods had a bit of review and a bit of new information, covering adjectives quickly. Second and sixth also got a little overview of the...