The homework packet for yesterday was another ISTEP writing prompt practice. The prompt asked students to describe what they felt would make a perfect school day. We did a QW in which we reviewed the ISTEP vocabulary from yesterday and had to come up with 3 statements or questions that we could ask our small group after reading our homework essays. Once we finished the QW, we broke up into small groups to read and score each others homework. Using the yellow sample packets from earlier in the week, everyone scored the essays within their group and picked one essay to be read to the whole class.

Our first Literary Circle forum responses were due yesterday. Mrs. Scales gave us our grade and reviewed for about the 900th time what needed to be included in the written response in order to receive full credit. The list included:

The title of the book (written in italics) and the full name of the author at least once in each original post.
Proper capitalization (no little i’s for I)
Correct spelling
Each question in the prompt being fully answered.

The forums for chunk 2 are now open and we can work ahead at our own pace. We can take the AR quiz over our book if we finish it early but must not turn the book back in until we have completed all three chunk forums.

All in all, who could ask for a more perfect school day!