April 25th through April 29th
Essential Questions:
- What steps can a person take to promote a healthier environment?
- 20 minutes Silent Reading
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 6
- Greek and Latin Roots: Finish Packet
- Notecards for Greek and Latin Roots (mand-loc)
- Intro to Book Review
- Look at Expert Example
- Select a Book to Review
- Reading Log
- Study Greek and Latin Roots
Essential Questions:
- What steps can a person take to promote a healthier environment?
- Extra Recess: Complete Missing Work
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 6
- Greek and Latin Roots Study Time
- Plan out Book Review
- Type up Rough Draft of Book Review
- Intro to Classroom Book Project
- Write Acrostic Poem and Draw Self Portrait
- Reading Log
- Study Greek and Latin Roots
Essential Questions:
- What steps can a person take to promote a healthier environment?
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 7
- Greek and Latin Root Quiz
- Revise and Edit Book Reviews
- Continue on Acrostic Poems and Self Portraits
- Silent Reading
- Achieve
- Reading Log
- Book Review Final Draft due Thursday
Essential Questions:
- How can one person affect the opinions of others?
- Extra Recess: Makeup Homework Time
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 7
- Publish Book Review on Scholastic.com
- Unit 3 Final Assessment
- Silent Reading
- Achieve
- Reading Log
Essential Questions:
- How do people meet environment challenges?
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 8
- Daily Grammar: Pronouns and Antecedents
- Daily Spelling: Pretest: Suffix -ion
- Introduction to the Concept
- Watch Video
- View Photos
- Read Responding to Disaster
- Fill out Graphic Organizer
- New Vocabulary
- 20 Minutes Silent Reading
- Reading Log
- Grammar Worksheet
- Vocab Worksheet
April 18th through April 22nd
Essential Questions:
- What steps can a person take to promote a healthier environment?
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 5
- Daily Grammar: Introduction to Irregular Verbs
- Daily Spelling: Pretest: Suffixes -ion and -tion
- Building Background: Introducing the Concept
- Watch Video
- Read Green Means Clean
- Fill out Graphic Organizer
- Intro to New Vocab
- Predictions/Questions
- Read Is Your City Green?
- Daily 3/Guided Reading: Pre-read
- Spelling Worksheet
- Vocab Worksheet Approaching
- Reading Log
- Study Spelling Words
Essential Questions:
- What steps can a person take to promote a healthier environment?
- Extra Recess: Complete Missing Work
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 5
- Daily Grammar: Reviewing Irregular Verbs and Special Spelling
- Daily Spelling: Sparkle
- Daily Vocabulary: Connecting to the Words
- Re-Read Is Your City Green?
- Main Idea and Key Details
- Writing Prompt: Does the author successfully support her argument for building energy efficient houses?
- Daily 5/Guided Reading
- Reading Log
- Grammar Worksheet
- Melcon Writing Prompt
Essential Questions:
- What steps can a person take to promote a healthier environment?
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 6
- Daily Grammar: Contractions with Helping and Irregular Verbs
- Daily Spelling: Word Meanings
- Daily Vocab: Kahoot!
- Expository Text
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Make Synonym Rolls
- Read Stewards of the Environment
- Reading Log
- Practice Spelling Words
Essential Questions:
- How can one person affect the opinions of others?
- Extra Recess: Makeup Homework Time
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 6
- Daily Grammar: Proofread
- Daily Spelling: Proofread
- Finish Reading Stewards of the Environment
- Respond to Text
- Question and Answers
- Read Modern Transit for an Ancient City
- Daily 3/Guided Reading
- Reading Log
- Spelling Worksheet
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What can people accomplish by working together?
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 6
- Daily Spelling: Spelling Test: Suffixes-ion and -tion
- Weekly Assessment
- Achieve
- Silent Reading
- Reading Log
April 11th through April 15th
Essential Questions:
- How can one person affect the opinions of other?
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 4
- Daily Grammar: Introduction to Linking Verbs
- Daily Spelling: Pretest: Words with Prefixes
- Building Background: Introducing the Concept
- Watch Videos
- View Photos
- Read Being the First
- Fill out Graphic Organizer
- Intro to New Vocab
- Daily 3/Guided Reading: Editing Forward Practice Melcons in Small Groups
- Spelling Worksheet
- Vocab Worksheet Approaching
- Reading Log
- Study Spelling Words
Essential Questions:
- How can one person affect the opinions of others?
- Extra Recess: Complete Missing Work
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 4
- Daily Grammar: Review Linking Verbs; Predicate Nouns and Adjectives
- Daily Spelling: Sparkle
- Daily Vocabulary: Connecting to the Words
- Read Marian Anderson Struggles and Triumphs
- Summarize the story
- Writing Prompt: What effect did racism have on Anderson's career choices?
- Daily 5/Guided Reading
- Reading Log
- Grammar Worksheet
- Melcon Writing Prompt
Essential Questions:
- How can one person affect the opinions of others?
- Forward Testing End Celebration with the Entire Homeroom!
- Movie
- Snacks
- Veg Out
- Reading Log
- Practice Spelling Words
Essential Questions:
- How can one person affect the opinions of others?
- Extra Recess: Makeup Homework Time
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 5
- Daily Grammar: Mechanics and Usage: Titles
- Daily Spelling: Word Meanings
- Re-read Marian Anderson Stuggles and Triumphs
- Cause and Effect
- Biography
- Paragraph Clues
- Daily 3/Guided Reading
- Reading Log
- Spelling Worksheet
- Grammar Worksheet
- Context Clues Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- What can people accomplish by working together?
- Read The Graveyard Book Chapter 6
- Daily Spelling: Spelling Test: Words with Prefixes
- Weekly Assessment
- Achieve
- Silent Reading
- Special Surprise at 2:00
- Reading Log