This week we will begin our first story in the textbook, "Cliff Hanger" by Jean Craighead George. It is the story of a boy named Axel who must save his dog Grits who is trapped on a mountain ledge.
This story starts off Unit One: Off to Adventure, where we will read three adventure stories. One realistic fiction (Cliff Hanger), one legend (The Ballad of Mulan) and one fantasy story (The Lost and Found).
Our spelling words this week are as follows:
1. mix
2. milk
3. smell
4. last
5. head
6. friend
7. class
8. left
9. thick
10. send
11. thin
12. stick
13. test
14. dish
15. empty
16. stick
Spelling Packets go home Monday, August 29, 2011 and are due on Friday, September 2, 2011.
