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Daily Classroom Work

 
Monday:
  • Eureka Reader: Simple Machines (pg 61-71), "Know the Simple Machine" worksheet
  • Eureka Inventor's notebook: Activity 5.2
Tuesday:
  • Eureka Reader: Bella Nesmith Graham (inventor biography)
  • Eureka Inventor's notebook: Activity 6.2, Activity 6.3
Wednesday:
  • Group building challenge
  • Eureka Inventor's notebook: Activity 6.4, 6.5
  • Homework: Invention R.A.C.E. response
Thursday:
  • Alexander Fleming biography (Eureka reader)
  • Eureka Inventor's notebook: Activity 7.2
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Friday:
  • Review/Complete work from Eureka unit

ELA: Mrs. Schmitz

11/06-11/09

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Students may be reading a different version of the story, based on their reading level.

  • Monday:  Planning a Narrative Learning Target: I can plan a narrative that describes a knight’s adventures, using descriptive adjectives and vivid verbs.
  • Tuesday: Planning a Narrative  Learning Target: I can plan a narrative that describes a knight’s adventures, using descriptive adjectives and vivid verbs.
  • Wednesday: The End of Merlin/The Beautiful Witch Learning Target: I can describe how Merlin meets his end./I can describe the deception of Morgan, the beautiful witch.
  • Thursday: The End of Merlin/The Beautiful Witch  Learning Target: I can describe how Merlin meets his end./I can describe the deception of Morgan, the beautiful witch.
  • Friday: No school - Veterans Day observation 

Week of Oct. 23rd-27th

ELA: Mrs. Schmitz

We are starting a novel study of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Students may be reading a different version of the story, based on their reading level.

  • Monday:  Arthurian Legends (Activity Page) Learning Target: I can summarize the childhood of King Arthur.
  • Tuesday: Character description  Learning Target: I can describe the characters of Merlin and Arthur, and can explain how Arthur became King of Britain.
  • Wednesday: Order of events Learning Target: I can describe the events of The Sword in the Stone.
  • Thursday: Traits and Values Learning Target: I can describe the traits and values King Arthur wants his knights to possess.
  • Friday: Summarize  Learning Target:  I can summarize an event from the story, using the 5 W’s - Who, What, Where, When, and Why.
 

Writing:  Homeroom Teachers

Monday- Studying Elaboration Techniques  Learning Target: I can study a mentor text and describe the features that authors use to elaborate on an active nonfiction topic.
Tuesday-  Try out Elaboration Techniques Learning Target:  I can practice an elaboration technique when I plan my own active nonfiction writing piece.
Wednesday- Generating Ideas for Active Nonfiction  Learning Target: I can generate ideas about a place in nature.
Thursday- Narrowing Down Ideas Learning Target: I can narrow down, refine, and choose my ideas for writing.
Friday- Spelling Test and Friday Notebook
Writing: Week of Oct. 9th-13th
Monday- Studying a nonfiction mentor text Learning Target: I can identify features of a nonfiction mentor text.
Tuesday-  Studying Our Own Writing Learning Target:  I can reflect on my strengths and growth areas in nonfiction writing.
Wednesday-  Studying a second nonfiction mentor text  Learning Target: I can use a mentor text for inspiration and ideas.
Thursday- Categorizing ideas in shared writing Learning Target: I can create categories that include facts and advice about a nonfiction topic.
Friday- Spelling Test and Friday Notebook
ELA: Week of Oct. 9th-13th
Monday:  Intro to Legends/The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Sleepy Hollow Chronicles activity)  Learning Target: I can define the characteristics of a legend. I can make an inference about The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Tuesday: Saint George and the Dragon (Story Elements activity) Learning Target: I can identify the setting and characters of the story Saint George and the Dragon.
Wednesday: Saint George and the Dragon (Sequencing Activity) Learning Target: I can identify the sequence of events and retell the story of Saint George and the Dragon
Thursday: Arthurian Legends (Arthurian Legends activity) Learning Target: I can describe the childhood of King Arthur and the storyline of The Sword in the Stone.
Friday: Escape the Apple Orchard  Learning Target:  I can use reading and writing strategies to solve clues with a partner.
ELA: Week of 10/02-10/06 (PDF's of activities are in the Homework/Spelling Tab of my webpage)
  • Monday:  Draft a narrative paragraph (Narrative Graphic Organizer) Learning Target: I can draft a narrative paragraph about autumn, that includes similes and metaphors.
  • Tuesday: Textual Details (Activity 12.2) Learning Target: Students can identify textual details and use them to read the text closely.
  • Wednesday: Strong Conclusions (Activity 13.1) Learning Target: I can learn about strong conclusions and analyze the conclusions of Small Steps.
  • Thursday: Escape the Apple Orchard (PDF in Homework Tab)Learning Target: I can work with a partner to solve clues, using parts of speech, vocabulary, point of view and reading comprehension strategies. 
  • Friday: Escape the Apple Orchard  (PDF in Homework Tab) Learning Target:  I can work with a partner to solve clues, using parts of speech, vocabulary, point of view and reading comprehension strategies. 
Week of September 18th-22nd
  • Monday:  Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts (Activity 8.3) Learning Target: Students can compare facts from firsthand and secondhand accounts.
  • Tuesday: Character Traits (Activity 9.1) Learning Target: Students can infer character traits from actions.
  • Wednesday: Similes and Metaphors  Learning Target: Students can identify and explain similes and metaphors.
  • Thursday:  No school - Parent/teacher conferences
  • Friday: No school - Parent/teacher conferences
Week of September 11th-15th

(Vocabulary Study Guide is on Mrs. Schmitz website under Homework/Spelling)

  • Monday:  Writing  Dialogue (Activity 6.3) Learning Target: Students can use the correct punctuation when writing dialogue.
  • Tuesday::*Vocabulary test today* Lesson: Informational Text;Introduction to Polio  Learning Target: Students can refer to a text in explaining what a text says.
  • Wednesday: Nonfiction:Introduction to Polio (Activity 7.1)  Learning Target: Students refer to a text in explaining what a text says.
  • Thursday:  Chronology (Activity 7.2)  Learning Target: Students can describe the chronology of a personal narrative
  • Friday: Character Feelings (Activity 8.2) Learning Target: Students can identify details that demonstrate the narrator’s feelings.
Week of September 5th
 

ELA

Monday:  No School
Tuesday: Writing with Sensory Details (Circle Map and Planning Map) Learning Target: Students will write a paragraph about a favorite food, using sensory details.
Wednesday: Vocabulary (Activity completed in class with Reader) Learning Target: Students can define academic and domain-specific vocabulary.
Thursday:  Character traits (Activity 6.2) Learning Target: Students can describe characters, using quotes from the text as evidence.
Friday: Writing with dialogue (Activity 6.3 - Dialogue Punctuation) Learning Target: Students can use the correct punctuation when writing dialogue.
 
 
Week of August 28th-September 1st

ELA

Monday:  MAP testing - Reading
Tuesday: MAP testing - Reading
Wednesday: Sensory Details (Activity 4.1) Learning Target: Students can identify sensory details in a text.
Thursday:  Summarize (Activity 5.1) Learning Target: Students can summarize a text.
Friday: Sequence of events Learning Target: Students can describe the events of “How to Eat a Guava”.
 

Writing

Monday- Developing a Writing Idea Learning Target: Students can grow their ideas.
Tuesday- Examine a Writer’s Technique Learning Target: Students can examine example Writer’s Notebooks and list the different techniques used (lists, webs, comparing ideas, making a plan)
Wednesday- Expand on a Writing Idea  Learning Target: Students will develop their ideas into a specific writing type: opinion, informational, or narrative.
Thursday- Planning in a Writer’s Notebook  Learning Target: Students can list the different ways to use their Writer’s Notebook, using examples from professional writers.
Friday- Spelling Test and Friday Notebook
Week of August 21st
ELA
Monday: Define Main argument (Activity 2.1)  Learning Target:  Students describe the main argument in the story “ A Good Lie”
Tuesday: Identify Character Traits (Activity 2.2) Learning Target: Students cite evidence from the text when describing character traits.
Wednesday: Cause and Effect (Activity 3.1) Learning Target: Students explain how and why a character in the text changed.
Thursday: Sensory Details (Activity 4.1) Learning Target: Students can identify sensory details in a text.
Friday: No class today
 
Writing
Monday- Categorize writing types/Idea generation (Writer's Notebook) Learning Target: Students will study how and why to categorize writing types for inspiration. Students practice coming up with ideas and using a notebook to explore ideas further
Tuesday- Examine a Writer’s Notebook/Develop a Writing Idea (Writer's Notebook) Learning Target: Students use notebooks to develop ideas. Students develop a topic or idea.
Wednesday- Examine a Writer’s Technique  (Writer's Notebook) Learning Target: Students will examine the different techniques writers use to generate and develop ideas.
Thursday- Expanding on a Writing Idea (Writer's Notebook) Learning Target: Students will organize a developing idea in a way that will help them to write about it further.
Friday- No class today
 
 
Week of August 14th
 
Monday: Homeroom Activities
Tuesday: Homeroom Activities
Wednesday: Genres Activity 
Thursday: Intro to Personal Narratives; Memory Paragraph (Activity 1.1) 
Friday: Six word memories (Activity 1.3 and Activity 1.4)
Week of September 25th-29th
Monday:  Similes and Metaphors (Activity 10.2) Learning Target: Students can interpret and analyze a simile and metaphor from the text.
Tuesday: Text Detail (Activity 10.3) Learning Target: Students can identify different types of detail in the text and how it conveys meaning through cause and effect relationships and use of descriptive words.
Wednesday: Cause and Effect (Activity 11.1) Learning Target: Students can identify how details convey the change in the main character of Small Steps.
Thursday:  Vivid Verbs (Planning Sheet) Learning Target: Students can use a simile, metaphor, and vivid verbs in their writing.
Friday: Textual Details (Activity 12.1) Learning Target: Students can identify textual details and use them to read the text closely.