Yearbooks $40 Cash - Limited Quantities Available!!! A LIMITED number of Yearbooks are still available for $40 CASH until Wednesday May 13th. The price of the yearbook will increase to $45 after this day. We are also selling an insert for the yearbook containing world events like the presidency, olympics, super bowl, and movies from this year in the supplement of the World Yearbook. These are available for $5.
Money should be placed in a school envelope and labeled yearbook and/or world yearbook supplement.
May 2009
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May 08, 2009
April 29, 2009
Suitcase Activity
Today in class students began a suitcase activity. Each student was to list a minimum of ten items he or she would pack in a suitcase for a trip. However, the students were not told when they would be leaving, where they were going, how long they would stay, or anything about the accommodations. Then the students were to write at least one well-developed paragraph explaining why each item was important to pack. After about ten minutes, the students were then told they could actually only keep one of those items. Another paragraph was written explaining why the one item was chosen.
The pre-writing and first draft is due at the beginning of class tomorrow. Students will compose the final draft in class tomorrow.
April 21, 2009
Awtrey Family Night!
We hope you can join us for Awtrey’s Family Night this Friday, April 24, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Enjoy a silent auction, craft fair, Awtrey student dance, family movie and food with other members of our school community!
April 15, 2009
Regular Adjectives and Adverbs
Today in class we discussed the positive, comparative, and superlative of adjectives and adverbs. Students are to complete workbook page 154.
April 14, 2009
CRCT REVIEW AND PRACTICE
We are practicing and reviewing for CRCT. Today we discussed subject and verb agreement. Students are to complete all of workbook page 144 and all of workbook page 148.
March 26, 2009
"Who Shot Sherlock?"
Today in class, students composed a business letter to a parent or guardian asking permission to view a video on Friday, March 27 and Monday, March 30. The video, "Who Shot Sherlock?", is a concluding activity to our CSI unit.
**The letter must be signed by a parent or guardian and returned tomorrow in order for the student to watch the video!**
DGP QUIZ tomorrow!
March 25, 2009
DGP Sentence for the Week
We read the novel The Giver, which was written by Lois Lowry, and then we wrote an essay about it.
There will be a DGP quiz on Friday covering the material from the above sentence.
Today we reviewed pronouns used as adjectives. In class, students completed exercises on workbook pages 29-32.
March 23, 2009
CRCT Information...
Reading and Math CRCT Prep Opportunities...
Awtrey will be conducting a special Saturday School April 18th. This session will be for READING OR MATH CRCT PREP. The students will be reviewing test taking strategies, completing a mock CRCT reading or math assessment, reviewing the results of these assessments, and practicing skills that were demonstrated to be a relative weakness with the grade level group.
The hours will be 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M..
Business Letter Writing
We are working on composing proper business letters. The students are writing the Atlanta Journal Constitution asking to be hired as a journalist.
Also, we are wrapping up the CSI unit. One group has solved the crime and correctly requested an arrest warrant. All the other groups will be finishing up the next day or two.
Please be on the look out for a business letter written by your child requesting permission to watch a video in language arts class. This must be signed by a parent or guardian in order for your student to participate.
March 18, 2009
DGP Week of 3-16-09
The students are working on the following sentence...
In October, Michael got a new puppy that will be good at hunting.
There will be a DGP quiz on Friday. Students that choose to staple the week's worth of DGP practice to his/her quiz on Friday will receive 5 extra credit points on the quiz.
