"More homework?" groaned the class.
"More homework!" cheered the teacher.
I couldn't help myself - I enjoyed last week's 'Said it Dead' assignment.
Today we handed more work back for students to organize in their binders, then we had a pop-quiz sentence dictation. Two sentences with a focus on homophones and apostrophe usage:
1) Despereaux's brother threw him through the door into the dungeon.
2) The king declared all rats outlaws.
One of the common mistakes I see these days (in any classroom I go into) is the misuse of homophones and apostrophes. These are one of the grammatical themes we have been working on in class. I remind students that an apostrophe is not added to make something plural (his shoe's =/= his shoes), but is used to show either a contraction or ownership of an object:
Once we marked the two sentences, students had time to do their corrections then silently read while I checked on progress.
The remaining time before recess was given to finish up with the homophone booklet that was started yesterday.
After recess, I read chapters 29-33 of Despereaux and students had the rest of the day to work on the questions and vocabulary that goes with it.
Homework:
- Homophone booklet
- Despereaux chapters 29-33 questions and vocabulary
"More homework!" cheered the teacher.
I couldn't help myself - I enjoyed last week's 'Said it Dead' assignment.
Today we handed more work back for students to organize in their binders, then we had a pop-quiz sentence dictation. Two sentences with a focus on homophones and apostrophe usage:
1) Despereaux's brother threw him through the door into the dungeon.
2) The king declared all rats outlaws.
One of the common mistakes I see these days (in any classroom I go into) is the misuse of homophones and apostrophes. These are one of the grammatical themes we have been working on in class. I remind students that an apostrophe is not added to make something plural (his shoe's =/= his shoes), but is used to show either a contraction or ownership of an object:
- Dave's baseball cards. = The cards belonging to Dave.
- He can't come out to play. = He cannot come out to play.
Once we marked the two sentences, students had time to do their corrections then silently read while I checked on progress.
The remaining time before recess was given to finish up with the homophone booklet that was started yesterday.
After recess, I read chapters 29-33 of Despereaux and students had the rest of the day to work on the questions and vocabulary that goes with it.
Homework:
- Homophone booklet
- Despereaux chapters 29-33 questions and vocabulary
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