Due on Thursday, 9/22/16
1) Complete Copywork #2 according to the instructions on the page. Pay attention to detail, and be very careful to copy it exactly as it is in the sample I gave you. It must be absolutely perfect to receive a ✓+.
2) Be sure that your homework from last Thursday (the four pages your created about noun, verb, adjective, and adverb) are safely filed into your notebook and ready to turn it in during class on Thursday.
3) Select (or make*) the notebook you will use for your Gratitude Journal. (We discussed the spiritual, physical, and emotional value of daily thankfulness during today's opening devotional. You can read more about that here.)
Each day, I would like you to record at least one thing that you are grateful for. (Research shows that writing three things is more effective at turning us into thankful people, but you are only required to write one. If you can write three, that's better!) These can be "big things" or "small things"—just jot them down as you think of them throughout the day. If you get to the end of the day and you have not written anything yet, take the time to think of at least one thing and write it down before bed.
4) Visit this page from our class website. (Our class website looks like a page from a yellow legal pad.) Be sure you know how to get there in the future so that you can check it frequently and make sure you're keeping up with all the things we are learning. It is located in the left column under "Topics of Study, Quarter 1." Please visit there and read the seven ways that are listed under "Enhancing Description." If you text or email me the seventh way—the last one listed, which we have not studied yet in class—I will give you an extra credit + in my grade book, as long as the text or email is sent before 9 p.m. tonight (Tuesday).
Also, daily:
+ When you have written your thing(s) in your thankfulness journal for the day, put a check mark (✓) in the right corner of the square for the day on your Reading Log calendar. I would like for you to keep track of this just like you're keeping track of your reading. If you did it, put a check in the corner—starting today (Tuesday, 9/20/16). NOTE: Put a check in the corner of your Reading Log calendar (for writing in your Gratitude Journal) even if you didn't read on that particular day. Try to read every day, and try to write in your Gratitude Journal every day as well!
+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log (in multiples of five, rounded down) as you go along. The September Reading log is due, signed by a parent, on Thursday, September 29.
* You may certainly buy a small notebook for this purpose, but you can make a simple gratitude journal by taking a few sheets of computer paper, folding them together ("hamburger-bun style," not "hot dog-bun style"), and treating them like a notebook. Feel free to decorate the notebook in any way you would like. When it is time to write in your gratitude journal, just write the day and date and write at least one thing—three is better!—that you are thankful for that day.
1) Complete Copywork #2 according to the instructions on the page. Pay attention to detail, and be very careful to copy it exactly as it is in the sample I gave you. It must be absolutely perfect to receive a ✓+.
2) Be sure that your homework from last Thursday (the four pages your created about noun, verb, adjective, and adverb) are safely filed into your notebook and ready to turn it in during class on Thursday.
3) Select (or make*) the notebook you will use for your Gratitude Journal. (We discussed the spiritual, physical, and emotional value of daily thankfulness during today's opening devotional. You can read more about that here.)
Each day, I would like you to record at least one thing that you are grateful for. (Research shows that writing three things is more effective at turning us into thankful people, but you are only required to write one. If you can write three, that's better!) These can be "big things" or "small things"—just jot them down as you think of them throughout the day. If you get to the end of the day and you have not written anything yet, take the time to think of at least one thing and write it down before bed.
4) Visit this page from our class website. (Our class website looks like a page from a yellow legal pad.) Be sure you know how to get there in the future so that you can check it frequently and make sure you're keeping up with all the things we are learning. It is located in the left column under "Topics of Study, Quarter 1." Please visit there and read the seven ways that are listed under "Enhancing Description." If you text or email me the seventh way—the last one listed, which we have not studied yet in class—I will give you an extra credit + in my grade book, as long as the text or email is sent before 9 p.m. tonight (Tuesday).
Also, daily:
+ When you have written your thing(s) in your thankfulness journal for the day, put a check mark (✓) in the right corner of the square for the day on your Reading Log calendar. I would like for you to keep track of this just like you're keeping track of your reading. If you did it, put a check in the corner—starting today (Tuesday, 9/20/16). NOTE: Put a check in the corner of your Reading Log calendar (for writing in your Gratitude Journal) even if you didn't read on that particular day. Try to read every day, and try to write in your Gratitude Journal every day as well!
+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log (in multiples of five, rounded down) as you go along. The September Reading log is due, signed by a parent, on Thursday, September 29.
* You may certainly buy a small notebook for this purpose, but you can make a simple gratitude journal by taking a few sheets of computer paper, folding them together ("hamburger-bun style," not "hot dog-bun style"), and treating them like a notebook. Feel free to decorate the notebook in any way you would like. When it is time to write in your gratitude journal, just write the day and date and write at least one thing—three is better!—that you are thankful for that day.
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