December 19th through December 23rd
Essential Questions
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Melcon Monday!: Christmas Would You Rather
- Business Letter: Guided Writing
- Would You Rather Melcon
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- TV Tuesday: If you could only watch one TV show for the rest of your life, what would it be?
- Business Letter Guided Writing
- Candy Cane Compare and Contrast: Begin Tasting Candy Canes
- None
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Wordy Wednesday: What words can you make from the boggle board?
- Candy Cane Compare and Contrast
- Christmas Trivia Attack!
- None
No English: Christmas Parties!
No School: Happy Holidays!
December 12th through December 16th
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Magical Monday!: If you could have one magical power, what would it be and why?
- Spelling: Pretest: Open Syllables
- Hand out New Spelling Words
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Possessive Nouns
- Begin Planning Business Letter
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Topping Tuesday: If you could have any topping on your ice cream what would you choose?
- Spelling: Heads Up Spell Up
- Daily Grammar: Editing
- Grammar: Review Possessive Nouns
- Interactive Notebook: Possessive Nouns
- Guided Time to Begin Typing Business Letter
- Grammar Worksheet
- Spelling Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Wordy Wednesday: What words can you make from the boggle board?
- Greek and Latin Roots Review: The Unfair Game
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Possessive Vs. Plural Nouns
- Grammar: Interactive Notebook: Possessive Nouns
- Guided Work Time for Business Letter
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Root Quiz Friday
- Spelling Test Friday
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Finish the Story: On Christmas Eve, you hear a strange noise on the roof...
- Grammar: Proofreading Plural Nouns
- Grammar: Practicing Possessive Nouns on the Whiteboard
- Spelling: Phonics: Open Syllables
- Stuctured Time to Work on Business Letters
- Structured Time to Work on Project
- Spelling Worksheet
- Spelling Test Friday
- Greek and Latin Roots Quiz Friday
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Make a Friday Friday: What are three characterisitcs that make a good friend?
- Spelling Test: Open Syllables
- Greek and Latin Root Quiz
- Structured Time to Work on Project/Business Letter
- None
December 5th through December 9th
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- In what ways do plural nouns differ?
- Make it Snow Monday!: What's your favorite thing to do in the snow?
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: More Plural and Collective Nouns.
- Melcon Mini-Lesson: Writing Conclusions
- Melcon Monday!: If you could end one problem in the world, what would it be and why?
- Work Time for Melcon
- Melcon
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- In what ways do plural nouns differ?
- Spelling Test Tuesday: Do some last minute practicing for your spelling test.
- Spelling Test
- Daily Grammar: Editing
- Grammar: Review Plural Forms
- Irregular Plural Forms
- Work Time for Business Letter
- Work Time for Homework
- Grammar Worksheets
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- In what ways do plural nouns differ?
- Wordy Wednesday: What words can you make from the boggle board?
- Greek and Latin Roots and Pictures
- Intro to New Project!
- Work time for Project
- Greek and Latin Root Pictures due Friday
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- How do plural nouns differ?
- Theme Song Thursday: What sound be the theme song of your life?
- Grammar: Proofreading Plural Nouns
- Stuctured Time to Work on Business Letters
- Structured Time to Work on Project
- None
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- How do plural nouns differ?
- Favorite Friday: What's your favorite Christmas movie? Write it in your notebook and then on the board.
- Structured Time to Work on Business Letter
- Structured Time to Work on Project
- None
November 28th through December 2nd
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Make a Word Monday!: Add a new word to the scrabble board. Make sure your letters line up.
- View slideshow of Mrs. Rachu's baby and appreciate the cuteness
- Review of citations, how to fill one out, and why you would get one
- Review how to write a Melcon as a compete paragraph
- Melcon Monday!: Should people be allowed to keep exotic animals (like monkeys or tigers) as pets?
- Work Time for Melcon
- Melcon
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Timehop Tuesday: What is one prediction you have for the future fifty years from now?
- Spelling Pre-Test
- Hand out new spelling words
- Daily Grammar: Editing
- Intro to the noun chant
- Daily Grammar: Kinds of Nouns and Practice
- Work Time for Homework
- Spelling Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- What's the Question Wednesday: The answer is watermelon. What's the question?
- Daily Grammar: Editing
- Daily Grammar: Review common and proper nouns
- Introduction to concrete and abstract nouns
- Greek and Latin Roots
- Work time for homework
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Root Pictures due Friday
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Thoughtful Thursday: What are three qualities that make a good friend?
- Sparkle with spelling words
- Discuss closed syllables
- Common, proper, concrete, and abstract noun review
- Introduction to business letters
- Punctuating a business letter
- Choosing a person to write to
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How can we use nouns in writing and for every day usage?
- How can you use comparing and contrasting to persuade someone?
- Why write a business letter?
- Favorite Friday: What's your favorite Christmas movie? Write it in your notebook and then on the board.
- Daily Grammar: Noun Chant
- Daily Grammar: Proofreading
- Business letter packets
- Read an example of a good business letter
- Begin planning business letter
- Grammar Worksheet
- Study Spelling Words: Test on Monday