Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Parts of Speech Unit Update

Hey class!
I've gotten a couple of e-mails with questions about the Parts of Speech unit, so I thought I'd send out a group-wide e-mail.
Even though we talked about this in class last week, I feel that there may still be some confusion about the guidelines for the project and the specifics of the assignment.  So, here's what I'd like to do --- let's push the presentations out a week so that we have extra time to plan and to work in groups.  This week we will talk through any questions that students might have.
Adjusted schedule:
Week 3 -- Review Parts of Speech/Discuss assignment
Week 4 -- Parts of Speech Pre-Test
Week 5 -- Nouns (Tadashi)
Week 6 -- Pronouns (Jonathan G.)
Week 7 -- Adjectives (Brady & Daniel)
Week 8 -- Adverbs (Jack & Jeremiah)
Week 9 -- Verbs (Jonathan S. & Eden)
Week 10 -- Prepositions (William & Samuel)
Week 11 -- Conjunctions (Greta & Ella)
Week 12 -- Interjections (Cassie & Isabelle)
Week 13 -- Review
Week 14 -- Parts of Speech Post-Test
I've taught this lesson using this process at the other school where I teach, and I was excited about how students learned.  We all know that if you have to teach something, you learn it a little better.  Also, students enjoyed being taught by their classmates.

On the down side, we only see one another once a week, so we need to fit a lot in to our weekly class.  Students may not realize that they have questions about an assignment until AFTER they've left class.  Always feel free to send an e-mail to clarify anything.
See y'all on Thursday,
Mrs. Prichard

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