Dead Verbs and Strong-Verb Paragraphs

This week, students will lay to rest the "dead verbs" that have dulled their writing. Students discovered how often they rely on these "dead verbs" when they highlighted them in their Fall Writing Samples. We will create epitaphs for the verbs and bury them. We will then create a Strong-Verb Paragraph Rubric as class and begin writing the four types of paragraphs: descriptive, persuasive, expository, and narrative. You can find a list of these dead verbs in the inside cover of your child's writing journal.

Division-Partial Quotients Algorithm

In math, we are reviewing the partial-quotients algorithm to divide both whole numbers and decimals. There is a web link under Helpful Websites on this page to help you better understand

what your child is doing in math. Remember also that the first several pages on the study link packet define important terms and concepts for each unit. For graded math boxes, have your child use the practice math boxes to check for understanding.