Thursday, October 5th, 2017

Half Day - Back to School Night

Do Now
Read your SSR book
Complete log 
*Don't forget to write your two sentences, especially one with a sentence starter!
*FIVE days to finish your SSR book for September!

Grammar
Review Nouns on SmartBoard
Introduce Kinds of Nouns

Literature
Finish Prologue
Begin Act 1, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet

Homework
Complete Grammar Worksheet: Kinds of Nouns
Read and log SSR book

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