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Writing assessments this year for 5th and 8th grades in February. 2 more school days!!!

PARENTS, PLEASE BE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS PENCILS, ERASERS, PAPER, ETC.

 

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For our Learning Community...from Larry Bell

The  12  POWERFUL  WORDS

Trace
List in Steps
Analyze
Break apart
Infer
Read between the lines
Evaluate
Judge
Formulate
Create
Describe
Tell all about
Support
Back up with details
Explain
Tell how
Summarize
Give me the short version
Compare
All the ways they are alike
Contrast
All the ways they are different
Predict
What will happen next

12 Powerful Words that increase test scores and help close the achievement gap
A Resource for Educators and Parents

 Writing- using more precise words to give extended detail (elaboration) including vivid words to make readers visualize our stories.

6-8- Foreign words (2 per week)

5-8-Analogies (1 per day)

5-8 Idioms (2 per week)

5-8 WOW word (word of the week) Lenient

8th-  The Diary of Anne Frank

No stories 5-8

This first link below is a website containing all stories in the 5th grade textbook:

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/fifthgrade.html
5th Dinosaurs.ppt 5th Dinosaurs.ppt
Size : 1858.5 Kb
Type : ppt
The Diary of Anne Frank.ppt The Diary of Anne Frank.ppt
Size : 1209 Kb
Type : ppt
 

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