"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help
you discover who you are."
-- Bernice Johnson Reagon
Ms. Ryan’s News
Week of February 1-5
Fish Focus: HAVE FUN
Social Skill this week: Anger Management( calming techniques)
Reading Unit Description
This unit focuses on reading to comprehend and interpret classic and
contemporary poetry. Characteristics of poetry are defined, and a study of
forms and elements will reflect a concentration on lyric and narrative poems.
Utilization of the writing process and recitation of selected poems offers an
opportunity for development of poems and explanation of the use of figurative
language, including similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, and
idioms. In an ongoing study of vocabulary, terms will be defined within the
context of literature.
WE ARE WORKING ON THE IN CLASS PROJECT OF "MY OWN POETRY" BOOKLET THIS WEEK.
THIS COUNTS FOR TWO GRADES.
Enduring Understandings
· Poetry can relate to my personal experiences.
· Poems can express my feelings.
Essential Questions
· How do poets express their lives and feeling in words?
· How is poetry relevant to me?
IMPORTANT NOTES:
~Graded papers will go home Tuesday. I am STILL waiting on forms verifying
you have seen your child's grades from some students.
~ PLEASE REPLENISH PENCILS FOR YOUR CHILD! This is for BOTH my homeroom and
Ms. Oberkirch!!!
~OUR CLASSROOM needs paper towels and tissue! Also, if you would like to
donate pencils and hand held pencil sharpeners that would be great!
~Progress reports go home THURSDAY. SIGN AND RETURN!
~Homework AGENDAS ARE TWO DOLLARS!
~CHECK FOR MY INTIALS ON ALL HOMEWORK AGENDAS EACH MONDAY!
Test Schedule:
Language test THURSDAY ON UNIT 7 LESSON 2 AND 3 (ADJECTIVES)
Spelling test THursday (Unit 16 FROM TEXTBOOK)
SOCIAL STUDIES TEST FRIDAY (CHAPTER 5 LESSONS 1-4)
~HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! WHO DAT!!!
Schedule:
8:20-8:30 Morning Meeting
8:30-10:00 ELA
10:00-10:30 Activity
10:30-10:45 Recess
10:45-11:30- ELA
11:30-11:50 Lunch
11:50-12:20 Arts Block
12:20-2:35 Math and Science (switch to Ms. Oberkirch)
2:35-3:10 Social Studies (switch back to Ms. Ryan)