Bellwork for December

If you have missed any bell work in the last month, here is what you can do to make it up:

Choose as many prompts from THIS LINK as you need and add them to your RWN.

Remember, your spirals are due the last week before winter break. The semester ends in January, but getting your missing work completed before break is a great idea. For one, you won't have to worry about it on the break. For two, it'll give me some extra time to grade it. :)

And perhaps most importantly... if you are currently failing during the break (after I've entered any missing work turned in this week), I will be notifying parents. 

Reading Project: Making Comparisons across Genres (Independent Reading Short Stories)

Choose one of the following stories and complete the handout (extra copies located in the green crate).

"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury

"Blind Failure" by Karl Taro Greenfield

excerpt from A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

"Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier

"The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst