April 23-27

Week 3: homophones

1. oar/ore
2. reign/rein
3. arc/ark
4. fir/fur
5. some/sum
6. course/coarse
7. boar/bore
8. forth/fourth
9. missed/mist
10. soar/sore
11. suite/sweet
12. cite/sight

MONDAY:  SSR (new reading log format)

Week 3: homophones (see above)
Assignment:  Illustrations relating to the homophones due tomorrow.
Quiz: Friday, April 27

• "The Diary of Anne Frank"  Scene 3
• Please make sure your child is reading the assigned book talk book. Book talk is on Friday, April 27. Book report essays are due at this time as well. Essays need to be typed using MLA format.

TUESDAY:  SSR (10 minutes)

• Check illustrations for vocabulary words

Assignment:  Finish scene 3 from the play and continue with scene 4/5.
WEDNESDAY:  SSR (10 minutes)

• Review game of vocabulary words

Assignment:  "The Diary of Anne Frank" :  Finish scene 5
Answer comprehension questions over the play.

THURSDAY:  SSR ( 10 minutes)
Assignment:  Introduce Act 2, Scene 1 of  "The Diary of Anne Frank"

• reading logs due

FRIDAY:  NO SSR

• Week 3 vocabulary quiz
• Book report essays due!

Assignment:  "The Diary of Anne Frank": continue reading through scene 2

Agenda: April 16-20

Week 2 Spelling: homophones

1. manner/manor


2. core/corps


3. feet/feat


4. passed/past


5. pause/paws


6. straight/strait


7. ring/wring


8. bail/bale


9. earn/urn


10. throne/thrown


11. its/it's


12. lie/lye

Test will be on Thursday, April 19, since there will be no school on Friday.

MONDAY: SSR I have given a different format of reading logs this week. I am trying something new. The reading logs still need to be filled out similar to the other one.

Assignment: "The Diary of Anne Frank" Act 1 Scene 2 (pgs 490-496) Play will be read much like a reader's theater. Students will dress as characters and role play.

Spelling Week 2: Draw illustrations of homophones. Due tomorrow.

TUESDAY: SSR (complete reading log)

Assignment: "The Diary of Anne Frank" Students will meet in discussion groups to answer questions over the play. The themes of compassion and diversity will be explored. Students will discussion their assigned question and record a response. The responses will be shared with the class.

Week 2 spelling illustrations due.

WEDNESDAY: NO SSR

The school counselor will be here.

THURSDAY: SSR

Week 2 spelling/vocabulary quiz

Assignment: "The Diary of Anne Frank" Begin reading Act 1 Scene 3.

FRIDAY: NO SCHOOL

Reminders:

Book talk: Friday, April 27

Book talk essay: Due Friday, April 27

Agenda: April 9-13

Spelling:

1. cent/sent


2. dew/due


3. ewe/yew


4. their/they're


5. cellar/seller


6. hoarse/horse


7. groan/grown


8. cymbal/symbol


9. naval/navel


10. berry/bury

• The spelling test will be on Friday, April 13. Students will be responsible for knowing which homophone to place into each sentence and spell it correctly.

MONDAY: SSR/PREDICT

Assignment: Students will present their onomatopoeia pieces of work to the class. They will be grades on a 16 point rubric.

• Week 1 spelling list: Students need to draw an illustration that would best describe each word. Due tomorrow.


• Returned graded Tom Sawyer essays.

TUESDAY: SSR/CONNECT

Assignment: Students will present their onomatopoeia pieces of work to the class.

• Spelling illustrations due.

WEDNESDAY: SSR/VISUALIZE

Assignment: Introduce the play, "Diary of Anne Frank"

Students will examine a map of Europe and discuss how Adolf Hitler came to power and what events were occurring.

Each student will role play the characters as the play is read. There will be props used for the readers.

THURSDAY: SSR/QUESTION

Assignment: "The Diary of Anne Frank": Act 1 Scene 1 and Scene 2

• Discuss the two types of conflict: external and internal conflict

FRIDAY: SSR/FREE CHOICE

Assignment; Week 1 Spelling Test

Dates to Remember:

Book Talk: Friday, April 27

Book Talk essay: Due Friday, April 27

Agenda: April 2-6

No spelling or vocabulary this week due to MAP testing.

MONDAY: SSR/QUESTION
Students will share alliteration poems to the class.
Assignment: The skill of onomatopoeia will be introduced today with notetaking. Students will be given an assignment in which they have three writing choices based upon this skill. This assignment will be due on Thursday.

TUESDAY: MAP TESTING: 8:00-10:45
SSR/ PREDICT
Assignment: Students will work on their writing assignment in class.

WEDNESDAY: MAP TESTING 8:00-10:45
SSR/ VISUALIZE Reading logs will be collected today.
Assignment: Students will work on their writing assignment in class. Due tomorrow before we go on the field trip!

THURSDAY: MAP TESTING: 8:00-10:30
NO SSR
FIELD TRIP: "The Hunger Games"

FRIDAY: Field trip to Fantastic Caverns


Please have your child eat a healthy breakfast as we are going to be testing this week! If your child would like to bring a snack to school to eat during MAP testing, that would be fine.
Thanks for all you do for your child!!!!