BELL WORK FOR THURSDAY:  [5 min] Quick Write Sentence Fluency  Look at your list of verbs.  Are they action verbs? Rewrite the sentences that do not have an action verb.  **Have your vocabulary definitions and sentences on your desk.

SSR  [10 min] Silent Sustained Reading  Review the norms on the window.  Remember the expectation that you are reading 2 hours at home every week.  Expect to conference with the teacher about your reading habits.  [2 min] SSR Log  Record today’s date, # of pages read, and use a sentence stem from the metacognitive log on the window.

AGENDA  [5 min] Revisit “There Will Come Soft Rains”  Pages in the blue textbook.  [20 min] Answering Questions  Choose 10 questions from the half sheet to answer on a separate piece of paper.  Read the directions carefully.

REMINDER  [5 min] Vocabulary Words  Definitions and sentences due Thursday—20 formative points  Quiz on Friday on meaning and spelling—10 summative points