Welcome to Ms. Penrod's class!

Language Arts

 

 

  SAT words are BACK! Didn't get them copied in class? Want to study for the upcoming quiz?

Check out the Flashcard tabs on the right!

 

 

 Forget what the homework is or when a project is due?

Click on the team calendar or class calendar.

 Check out www.freerice.com

 

 Reading Passport Program-- earn frequent flyer miles for every book you read independently! 

 

  We will be reading Blood Red Horse after spring break!

   Check out the practice OAA tests!

Remember... READ LIKE DETECTIVES ~ WRITE LIKE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS!

  Check out these helpful resources:

 

dictionary.reference.com

easybib.com

grammar.quickanddirtytips.com

readkiddoread.com

translation.langenberg.com

 

Holt Elements of Literature Online Textbook:

 

go online to my.hrw.com

username:  asoka1

password:  v9n6

 

Bonus Books worth triple frequent flyer miles:

Math: The Number Devil Kiss My Math, and Math Doesn't Suck

Science: Flush, Ghost Map

Social Studies: Ties That Bind, Ties That Break & The Bronze Bow

Bound by Donna Jo Napoli 
The Revolution is not a Dinner Party  by
Ying Chang Compestine

 

Language Arts: Please see the trip itineraries found in your Passport packet!

 Don't forget... newspaper articles are worth 20 frequent flyer miles.

 Books that might be covered throughout the school year: 

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
 
Animal Farm by George Orwell
 
Deathwatch by Robb White
 
The Watson's Go To Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis 
 
Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli
 
The Blood Red Horse by K M Grant
 
Life As We knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
 
All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall


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