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Welcome back to normal schedules. Jekyll was a wonderful learning opportunity and now we are adjusting our focus back to the classroom. Students are in the editing process of their research paragraphs; today's focus was on adding transition words.

The current 9 weeks will end the middle of this week - Report cards go home next week.

SKILLS:
Using multiple sources to research a topic.
Writing source citations and bibliography cards
Researching facts
Writing note cards
Writing informational text from note cards
Paraphrasing to avoid plagiarism
Writing topic and clincher sentences
Writing Works Cited page

HOMEWORK:
Add transition words to your research paragraphs.
Read for 20-30 minutes 5 days each week/Book report-You should be working on your book reports as you read, adding information as you go along.

Posted by Mrs. Beals