Wednesday September 9th, 2015

First week flew by fast! I hope all the students are acclimating to their new school schedules with little to no stress. 

In class, we worked on our vocabulary, reading, and writing. 

Vocabulary

1. spot
2. trouble
3. fly
4. small 
5. patch
6. glove
7. ball
8. ninth
9. thing
10. play

Reading

Continued reading "Dog Days" by David Lubar , Chapter 1

Writing

• Write 6 complete sentences with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your sentences. 
• Use 3 of the daily vocabulary words; please underline your vocabulary words. 
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following items (in complete sentences) in your essay: 
• Who are the main characters of this story? Please describe them in detail. 
• What did Larry think was one of the most wonderful things?
• What did Paul want from Larry? Describe Paul's imagination and some of the misunderstanding he tells Larry. 
• What did Paul show Larry? 
• Describe Larry's relationship with dogs. How many dogs did Larry have? What did Larry do for stray dogs?