April 3rd through April 7th
Essential Questions:
- How do we use pronouns every day?
- What aspects make up a word?
- Why is spelling important?
- Main Character Monday: If you could be the main character in any book or movie, who would you be an why?
- Spelling: Review Game of all the words so far!: Team Spelling Word Building
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Pronouns Review
- Grammar: Avoiding Vague Pronouns
- Work Time: Homework
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- Why is spelling important?
- How do we use pronouns every day?
- Tasty Tuesday: Describe the ultimate meal (use lots of a details!).
- Spelling: Pretest: Vowel Alternation
- Spelling: Hand Out Spelling Words
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar Kinds of Pronouns: Subject, Object, Reflexive, Reciprocal, Intensive
- Grammar: Interactive Notebooks: Kinds of Pronouns
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How do we use pronouns every day?
- Why is spelling important?
- What aspects make up a word?
- Wonderful Wednesday: What is one thing in spring you can't wait for?
- Spelling: Fill In the Blank Game
- Greek and Latin Root: Packet Project
- Greek and Latin Root Packet Project
- Spelling Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How do we use pronouns every day?
- Why is spelling important?
- Things We Should Say Thursday: What are some things you feel we need to say more often?
- Spelling: Lesson on Vowel Alternation
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Subjective and Objective Pronouns
- Grammar: Interactive Notebooks
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions
- How do we use pronouns every day?
- Why is spelling important?
- Fishy Friday: Pretend you are a goldfish in a bowl. What is your life like?
- Spelling: Hollywood Squares
- Grammar: Proper Use of Pronouns
- Grammar: Proofreading
- Grammar Worksheet
March 27th through March 31st
Inservice: No School for Students
Forward Testing: No English for 6th Hour
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- What aspects go into writing a story?
- How do illustrations add to a story?
- How can we write stories that come full circle
- Tell Me Your Opinion Tuesday: Should sixth graders be allowed to play violent video games?
- Read To Give a Mouse a Cookie (Mrs. Rachu's Favorite!)
- Discuss story and illustrations
- Begin planning your own full circle story
- None
Forward Testing: No English for 1st, 2nd, or 6th Hours
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- What aspects go into writing a story?
- How do illustrations add to a story?
- How can we write stories that come full circle
- Wonderful Wednesday: What is one thing in spring you can't wait for?
- Spelling Game of Choice
- To Give a Mouse a Cookie Project
- None
Forward Testing: No English for 1st and 2nd Hour
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- What aspects go into writing a story?
- How do illustrations add to a story?
- How can we write stories that come full circle?
- Think About it Thursday: Dot Drawing Challenge!
- Quizlet Live!
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Project (intro for 6th hour)
- None
Essential Questions
- What aspects go into writing a story?
- How do illustrations add to a story?
- How can we write stories that come full circle?
- How does figurative language enhance a story?
- Future Friday: What are your top three dream jobs?
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Project
- Figurative Language Practice (If time)
- None
March 20th through March 24th
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use pronouns every day?
- What aspects make up a word?
- Acrostic Poetry Monday: Write an acrostic poem using the word Monday.
- Spelling:Pre-test: Suffix ion
- Greek and Latin Review: Stinky Feet Review Game
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Pronouns Review
- Work Time: Homework, Middle School Letter, Studying
- Greek and Latin Test on Friday
- Middle School Letter due Friday
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use pronouns every day?
- What aspects make up a word?
- Two Thumbs Up Tuesday: What are two activities, games, or projects you did this year that you really enjoyed?
- Spelling: Speed Spelling Game
- Greek and Latin Review: Quizlet Speed Competition
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Antecendents, Antecedent and Pronoun Agreement
- Writing: Work Time for Homework and Middle School Letter
- Spelling Worksheet Worksheet
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Test on Friday
- Middle School Letter due Friday
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- What aspects help us determine the meaning of a word?
- Wordy Wednesday: What words can you make from the Boggle Board?
- Spelling: Practice adding Suffixes
- Greek and Latin Review: Jeopardy
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Grammonster!
- Work Time: Homework, Middle School Letter, Study Time
- Grammar Worksheet
- Greek and Latin Root Test on Friday
- Middle School Letter due Friday
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use pronouns every day?
- What aspects make up a word?
- Finish the Story Thursday: Hundreds of eyes peered at me through the darkness. How many cats were there? Why were they all here together?
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Avoiding Vague References
- Spelling: Whiteboard Practice
- Work Time for Middle School Letter, Homework, and Study Time
- Grammar Worksheet
- Spelling Worksheet
- Study Greek and Latin Roots
- Middle School Letter due Tomorrow
Essential Questions
- How can we communicate with people in other states?
- How do we use pronouns every day?
- What aspects make up a word?
- TGIF: What are your plans for the long weekend?
- Spelling: Spelling Test: Suffix ion
- Brain Break: Sparkle
- Greek and Latin Test
- Silent Reading or Achieve
- None
March 13th through March 17th
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- Mega Brain Monday: What's the smartest thing you ever heard somebody say?
- Spelling:Pre-test: Suffixes ion and tion
- Writing: Bio Poems
- None
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- Terrified Tuesday: What is something you are afraid of? Draw a little picture on the board.
- Spelling: Sparkle
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Irregular Verbs
- Writing: Work Time for Bio Poem and Middle School Letter
- Spelling Worksheet Worksheet
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- What aspects help us determine the meaning of a word?
- We Love Our Class Wednesday: Who in our class makes you smile and why?
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Irregular Verbs Special Spellings
- Greek and Latin: Bingo!
- Writing Projects
- Grammar Worksheet
- Study Greek and Latin Roots
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- Three Wishes Thursday: If a genie granted you three wishes, what would they be?
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Contractions
- Spelling: Adding Suffixes
- Work Time
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions
- How can we communicate with people in other states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- Family Friday: If you could trade places for a day with someone in your family, who would it be?
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Catch-up for anything we missed this week
- Spelling: Spelling Test: Suffixes ion and tion
- Work Time for St. Patrick's Day Melcon
- St. Patrick's Day Melcon
March 6th through March 10th
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- How can we persuade others of our opinions using writing?
- Melcon Monday: Should we have to practice writing Melcons every week?
- Spelling:Million Dollar Word Monday
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Writing: Work Time for Melcon and Million Dollar Words
- Melcon
- Million Dollar Words
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- Picture Perfect Tuesday: Where do you picture yourself 20 years from now?
- Spelling: Whiteboard at the Front of the Room Game (Mrs. Rachu can't remember what it's called)
- Writing: Work Time for Movie Review and Middle School Letter
- Spelling Worksheet Worksheet
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- What aspects help us determine the meaning of a word?
- Welcoming Wednesday: Go on a Chromebook. Find a word that means hello in a language you wish you knew!
- Spelling: Prefixes Lesson and Matching
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Predicate Nouns and Adjectives
- Greek and Latin: Reviewing Roots for Final Test
- Writing Projects
- Grammar Worksheet
Essential Questions:
- How can we communicate with people in different states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- Thrilling Thursday: Tell me about a fair or theme park ride you've been on.
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Predicate Nouns and Adjectives
- Spelling: Building Spelling Words
- Grammar Worksheet
- Spelling Worksheet
Essential Questions
- How can we communicate with people in other states?
- How do we use verbs every day?
- Fun Fact Friday: Find a Fun Fact and write in on the board!
- Grammar: Daily Editing
- Grammar: Proofreading
- Spelling: Spelling Test: Words with Prefixes
- Greek and Latin Roots Review and Games
- None
