This Week in Language Arts:

 

May 12-16, 2008

 

Week of School: 34

Spelling week: 34

RAH week: 34

Grade RAH week: 33

 

Heritage Middle School

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

In Class this week, this is what we’re doing…

(Please see “Assignments” page for the week’s homework.)

 

Monday:

· Exploring the Titanic—

·        —Test

· Finish movie

· Begin Drama unit

 

Tuesday:                                    

· Drama—vocabulary

· Radio play—”The Perfect Touch”

 

Wednesday:

· Radio play—”The Perfect Touch”

· Reader’s Theater—watch performance; prepare for own

 

Thursday:

· Practice Reader’s Theater with group

· RICH

· Spelling review

· Essay—multiple perspectives

 

Friday:

· Spelling test wk. 34

· Reader’s Theater performances

Heritage Middle School

5300 Heritage Avenue

Colleyville, TX  76034

Phone: 817-305-4790

Fax: 817-267-9929

emily.garetson@gcisd.net

How to spell  POTATO

 

If GH can stand for P as in Hiccough
If OUGH can stand for O as in Dough
If PHTH can stand for T as in Phthisis
If EIGH can stand for A as in Neighbor
If TTE can stand for T as in Gazette
If EAU can stand for O as in Plateau

Then the right way to spell POTATO should be:
GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU

- author unknown

Extra Credit Opportunity

 

What do the following words have in common?

 

(It has to do with moving a letter.)

 

Banana

Grammar

Dresser

Potato

Revive

Uneven

 

Write your answer on a piece of paper with your name and the date, and turn it in.  Don’t tell anyone the answer! 

Summer Reading List

Click here to access information about

GCISD Required Summer Reading. 

Extra Credit opportunity!! 

 

“Fairy Tales Go to Court”

Presented by the HMS Thespiams

Tuesday, May 20th—

7:00pm in the HMS SAC

Admission: $3 if purchased in advance;

$4 at the door

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