Wednesday July 8th, 2015

Wednesday July 8th, 2015

Last day of class for the first summer session! Hope to see all of you back for Reading and Writing Summer Session part 2!!

Review

• Discuss and review reading from Monday.
• Discuss and review writing from Monday.

Vocabulary

1. letter
2. trudged
3. mayor
4. bridge
5. gloomy
6. magic 
7. topmost
8. flannel 
9. drawing
10. yelled

Reading

Continue reading "Alexander and the Magic Mouse" by Martha Sanders

Writing

• Write a 6 sentence essay with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your essay.
• Use 4 of the daily vocabulary words in your essay; please underline your vocabulary words.
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following answers(in complete sentences) in your essay:
• Why did Alexander cross the river and not the Yak?
• What happened to Alexander when he got into town and who helped him?
• What did the townspeople do to protect them from the storm?
• What happened to Alexander after he got home? How did the Magical Mouse help?
• Who was awarded a medal from the mayor?