Literacy Skills for Jan. 12-16,2009/6-1

Literacy Skills for Jan. 12.-16,2009/ 6-1

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1. Extended responses are due Jan. 12, 20, and 27.
See below for prompt.

2. Biography reports for Black History Month are due Feb. 6-20.

3. Chore Chart due Friday, Jan. 16.
4. Research : coon hound dogs, box elders, dogwood trees, raccoon hunting, life in rural America in the 1920s, the legend of the red fern . ( Share your findings. Include your source.)
5. Students will read Where the Red Fern Grows after teacher read aloud to chapter 6.
6. The extended response to the short story "The Great Chicago Fire" , which was covered in the Practice ISAT test will be completed in class this week.