How did you describe your weekend?
We are still working on our oral communication skills both sending and receiving. Did your body language let us all know that you were involved in the conversation?




We also revisited our goals that we set last week.
How are you doing on those?

Remember! Picture day is tomorrow!
Book orders are due Friday.

Math
Practice questions: (pictures, numbers and words)
1) 2/5 + 3/4
2) 5/24 + 9/16
3) 7/9 - 1/2

Reminders of today's clothesline lesson:

Literacy
Today we looked at some samples of persuasive writing and we discussed what made them effective.
We will be writing  our own persuasive piece.
Topic: Which of the seven grandfather teachings is the most important?
Rough draft will be due this Friday (Sept 29th) for feedback and final draft is due the following Friday (Oct 6th).
Here is the rubric that was handed out:

Assessment Of Learning	Level 4 Went Past Expectations	Level 3 Met Expectations	Level 2 Almost Met Expectations	Level 1 Did not Meet Expectations
Thinking: What you say Including ideas, logic, persuasive idea. Provides persuasive reasons for argument Use word choice that is interesting and sophisticated Use sentences that are varied in length and style
Communication: The way you say it Including sentence fluency, voice, conventions, Makes no errors in SPG (Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar). Organizes ideas logically.
Application: The way you connect it Including reasoning, connections, ect. Makes connections to other ideas that help your audience relate to the argument Uses tools such as quotes, statistics etc. Is highly persuasive
Knowledge: What you write Including text form, elements Includes 5 paragraphs as outlined States thesis statement in the introduction Repeats statement and reasons in conclusion Provides 3 reasons which support persuasive argument