FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER

6TH GRADE
Writing - 6.6.6, 6.5.7, 6.3.4

*We are starting to work on poetry. We will be writing various types of poems.

*Some students may wish to enter a poetry contest for Creative Communications.

Grammar- 6.6.2

*We are working on subject/verb agreement.

*We are also continuing to practice with the nine verb tenses (basic, perfect, and progressive)

*We will have quests for both.

Diagramming

*We will be learning appositives.

7TH and 8TH GRADE - PENTATHLON

*We are working through the parts of the Pentathlon test. Since there are 13 tests, we have been taking them in small parts. 7.6.2, 7.6.3, 7.6.4, 7.6.5, 7.6.6, 7.6.7, 7.6.8,7.6.9 and 8.6.8, 8.6.5, 8.6.6, and 8.6.7

*Each student has picked two poems to memorize for the middle of March. They should be practicing at home. 7.7.5 and 8.7.2

*We are continuing to diagram and must learn predicate nouns, direct objects, and indirect objects. 7.6.4