Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Literature Projects are upon us

If your child has not selected a book for his/her literature project, you may want to take an active part in helping them make a selection. The genre for the project (due Sept. 19) is realistic fiction. What is realistic fiction? Click here for a very good explanation. In short, realistic fiction is a made up story that could really happen.

Authors who have written very good realistic fiction are Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, Barbara Park, Robert Kimmel Smith, and Cynthia Rylant.

For other ideas and suggestions of realistic fiction, check out these online book lists.

Homework:

S.S.-State Dailies

Math-Spiral Review 1.5

Spelling-3x each

Keep reading and studying multiplication facts each night!