October 16-20

This week we are introducing our writing unit for Quarter 2...persuasive writing! Students will be writing a persuasive essay about which bender they would be in Avatar the Last Airbender. We will be researching and reading about Avatar at school, but feel free to watch Avatar on Netflix at home.
 
We will begin our book study groups next week and will be wrapping up "Save Me A Seat". 
 
Spelling words for this week are short -a and short -e words: shelf, ever, when, invent, spend, event, letter, rent, penny, clever
 
Challenge words: empire, pressure