HOMEROOM: We did spelling; had a class meeting; read from our Christmas novel.
READING: Maniac Magee: Classwork: Personification. Homework: Figurative Language focus: Look for examples of similes, metaphors, and personifications from pages 14-30.
Tangerine: Continue to gather information on the relationship you chose in your reading groups today. Remember to include the emotional response to those involved. Also, include two new vocabulary words.
Number the Stars: Friendship recipe mini-project. The gathering of ideas are due Wednesday. Be thinking how you would like to pull the ideas together . . . in a paragraph, poem or poster.