Daily Classroom Work
Week of 5/05-5/09
Monday: Treasure Island - Read Chapter 3, Activity 4.2, Character Map for Long John Silver (group work)
Tuesday: Treasure Island - Read Chapter 3, Activity 4.2, Character Map for Long John Silver (group work)
Wednesday: Treasure Island - Read Chapter 4, Activity 6.2, Inferencing (group work)
Thursday: Treasure Island - Read Chapter 4, Activity 6.2
Friday:Treasure Island - Read Chapter 5
Week of 4/28-5/02
Monday: Contemporary Fiction Test
Tuesday: Treasure Island - Chapter 1
Wednesday: Treasure Island - Chapter 2 Activity 3.1
Thursday: Treasure Island - Chapter 2 Activity 3.1
Friday: No School - AAPL Testing
Week of 4/21-4/25 (Reading and activities are all in the Contemporary Fiction Writer's Journal - pdf below)
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Read Vignette 7, Activity 10.1
Wednesday: I-Ready Spring Reading test
Thursday: (Finish I-Ready Spring Reading test) Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Activity 10.2, 10.3
Friday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Read Vignette 8 and 9, Activity 11.1, 11.2
Week of 4/14-4/17 (Reading and activities are all in the Contemporary Fiction Writer's Journal - pdf below)
Monday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook - Read Vignette 4 "Our Good Day", Activity 7.1
Tuesday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Activity 7.2, *Write an opinion about how Esperanza's mood changed by the end of Vignette 4 on a piece of lined paper
Wednesday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Read Vignette 5 "Those Who Don't", Activity 8.1, Activity 8.2 (part 1)
Thursday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Read Vignette 6 "Gil's Furniture Bought and Sold", Activity 9.1, Activity 9.2
Week of 4/07-4/11
Monday: ELA bingo review game
Tuesday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Re-read Vignette 3, Activity 4.3
Wednesday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Activity 5.1 and 5.2
Thursday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Reread Vignette 1-3, Activity 5.3 and 5.4, 5.5
Friday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Activity 6.1
Week of 3/31-4/03
Monday-Friday: CMAS Practice and Review (CMAS Practice link on Google classroom)
Week of 3/24-3/28
Monday: Field trip, Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Read Vignette 1, Activity 1.1
Tuesday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Re-read Vignette 1, Activity 1.2, Activity 1.3
Wednesday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Review vocabulary pg 53, Read Vignette 2, Activity 2.2, 2.3,
Thursday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Reread Vignette 2, Activity 2.4, Vocabulary pg 67
Friday: Contemporary Fiction Notebook: Activity 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
ELA Classwork 03/10-03/14
Monday: Novel Study: Focus on compare and contrasting characters and events in the story
Tuesday: Novel Study: Focus on plot structure of the novel
Wednesday: Novel Study: Focus on character traits and how the characters changed throughout the story
Thursday: Book Report work (Frindle and Because of Winn Dixie)
Friday: Book Report work (Frindle and Because of Winn Dixie)
ELA Classwork 03/03-03/07
Monday: Eureka Reader: biography of Alexander Fleming Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Activity 6.6 and 7.2
Tuesday: Novel Study (Frindle: Ch. 12, Because of Winn-Dixie: Ch. 17-18, Holes: Ch. 27-30)
Wednesday: Eureka Unit test review
Thursday: Novel Study (Frindle: Ch. 13, Because of Winn-Dixie: Ch. 19-20, Holes: Ch. 31-35)
Friday: Eureka Unit test
ELA Classwork 02/24-02/28
Monday: Eureka Reader: biography of Bette Nesmith Graham-Written Response Activity, Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Activity 5.2
Tuesday: Novel Study (Frindle: Ch. 11-13, Because of Winn-Dixie: Ch. 12-14, Holes: Ch. 19-23)
Wednesday: Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Activity 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 (group work)
Thursday: Novel Study (Frindle: 14-16, Because of Winn-Dixie: Ch. 15-17, Holes: Ch. 24-27)
Friday: Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Activity 7.1, 7.2
ELA Classwork 02/17-02/21
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Novel Study (Frindle: Ch. 8-9, Because of Winn-Dixie: Ch. 8-10, Holes: Ch. 13-17)
Wednesday: Eureka Reader: Read about Simple Machines (assigned per group) Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Activity 5.1
Thursday: Novel Study (Frindle: Ch. 10, Because of Winn-Dixie: Ch. 11-13, Holes: Ch. 18-22)
Friday: SNOW DAY Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Activity 5.2. Eureka Reader: Bette Nesmith Graham biography, Vocabulary Review
ELA Classwork 2/10-2/13
Monday: Eureka Inventor's Notebook:Act. 3.3 and Act. 3.4 (Group work for pitching and recording invention information presented)
Tuesday: Novel Study (Frindle: Ch. 6-8, Because of Winn-Dixie: Ch. 6-8, Holes: Ch. 9-12
Wednesday: Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Louis Braille biography, written response, Timeline of Invention (Chronology, Cause and Effect activities)
ELA Classwork 02/03-02/07
Monday: Eureka Reader:Read about lab group's invention Eureka Inventor's Notebook:Act. 2.2
Tuesday: Novel Study (Reading Chapters 1-3 of novel and complete assigned novel study questions)
Wednesday: Eureka Reader: Read Rules of Pitching; Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Activity 4.1 using the Lightbulb as an example
Thursday: Novel Study (Reading Chapters 4-5 of novel and complete assigned novel study questions)
Friday: CommonLit Article about the Invention of the Super Soaker and corresponding questions
ELA Classwork 01/27-01/31
Monday: Eureka Reader:Introduction Eureka Inventor's Notebook:Act. 1.1-1.3
Tuesday: Group work collaborating to create an invention; Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Act. 1.4: Opinion writing
Wednesday: Eureka Reader: Read biographies of Thomas Edison, Jacques Cousteau, George Washington Carver, Hedy Lamar, Ruth Wakefield; Complete comprehension questions
Thursday: Eureka Reader: Read about assigned invention (group work) Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Act. 3.1, 3.3
Friday: Eureka Inventor's Notebook: Act. 3.2
ELA: Week 01/20-01/24
Tuesday: Read Casey at the Bat, Activity 12.1, Review stanzas, lines, poetic devices observed
Wednesday: Reread Casey at the Bat stanza by stanza, Activity 12.2 and 12.3
Thursday: Test Review
Friday: Poetry Unit Test and Poetry Cafe
ELA: Week 01/13-01/17
* Most activities are in the students' Poet's Journal *
Monday: Poetry Objectives Quiz #2, Anaphora poem (With Time)/song (Wonderful World) worksheet to identify anaphora (not in Poet's Journal)
Tuesday: Write your own poem, using anaphora
Wednesday: Read Words Free As Confetti, Activity 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Thursday: Write a poem using 5 senses and alliteration
Friday: Read Fog, identify extended metaphor, write a poem with extended metaphor, Activity 11.1, 11.2
ELA: Week 01/07-01/10
* All activities are in the students' Poet's Journal *
Tuesday: Read poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes, review vocabulary, Activity 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Wednesday: Read Langston Hughes's biography, Activity 5.1, 5.2
Thursday: Prefix worksheet (dis, un, non), Read "Why We Play Basketball" , review vocabulary, identify tone, Act 6.2
Friday: Read "I Hear America Singing" poem by Walt Whitman, Activity, review vocabulary, Act. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
ELA Classwork 12/16-12/20
Monday: Poet's Journal Activity 3.1, Activity 3.2
Tuesday: Poet's Journal Activity 3.3, 3.4
Wednesday: Poet's Journal Activity 3.5
Thursday: Poet's Journal Activity 4.1, 4.3
ELA 12/09-12/13
Monday: King Arthur Unit Test (Vocabulary study guide below)
Tuesday: Poet's Journal - Read the poem"Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf", Activity 1.1
Wednesday:Poet's Journal - Read the poem"Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf"
Thursday: Poet's Journal - Read "Ask Aden", Activity 2.1 , practice vocabulary
Friday: Poet's Journal - Read "Wishes", Activity 2.2
12/02-12/05 ELA classwork:
Monday: Read The Civil War and The Departure of Sir Lancelot (green/blue groups) Activity 12.2 Review Vocabulary Words and put them in a sentence (white group)
Tuesday: Read The Last Battle and Death of Arthur , (green/blue groups) Write rough draft of Adventure Narrative (white group) root graph (all groups) Activity 12.5
Wednesday: Write Adventure Narrative (all groups)
Thursday: i-Ready, Spelling Test, Review for King Arthur Test (all groups)
11/18-11/22 ELA classwork
Monday: Read The Kitchen Knight, comprehension questions (white group), Read The Queen and the Poisoned Apple, Class discussion (Green and Blue group) Homework: Activity 7.1 Create a Character (due Thursday)
Tuesday: Read The Kitchen Knight, comprehension questions (white group), Read The Queen and the Poisoned Apple, Class discussion (Green and Blue group), Activity 6.3 (Root word arch)
Wednesday: Read The Last Battle (white group)
Read Sir Meliagraunce (Green/Blue group)
Thursday: Read The Last Battle (white group) , Read The Civil War (Green/Blue group) comprehension questions - work with partners,
Friday: Vocabulary practice
* We are not able to finish this unit this week, so we will finish King Arthur unit and test after Thanksgiving break.
11/11-11/15 ELA classwork
Tuesday: Read The Beautiful Witch (white group), Read The End of Merlin (Green and Blue group), Activity 4.2 (character traits of Sir Lancelot), Comprehension Questions, Activity 4.4 (Prefix en)
Wednesday: Read Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnell (white group)
Read How the Quest Began (Green/Blue group) Activity 7.1 Create a Character (Homework)
Thursday: Read Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnell (white group) , Read How the Quest Began (Green/Blue group) comprehension questions - work with partners, Activity 6.2 (Correct Sentence Fragments)
Friday: Read Sir Gawain on the Quest (green/blue groups), Vocabulary practice (white group), i-Ready Reading
* We are a bit behind on this unit due to the snow days, so there will be work sent home to help us catch up.
* Students will also start creating a character for their own adventure story, which
* My goal is to wrap up the King Arthur unit next week and students will have a unit test on Thursday, before the Thanksgiving break.
Week of 11/04-11/08
ELA Classwork
Blue/Green group:
Monday: Read Sir Lancelot, Activity 4.2, Activity 4.5
Tuesday: Vocabulary quiz, Write a Narrative paragraph about one of Sir Lancelot's adventures
Wednesday: Read The End of Merlin, Activity 5.2 (comprehension questions), Activity 4.4 (Prefix en practice)
Thursday: Read How the Quest Began, Create a character for an adventure story
Friday: Spelling Test, Vocabulary practice (shortened class period for 1/2 day)
White group:
Monday: Read Lancelot and the Round Table, Activity 4.5
Tuesday: Vocabulary quiz, Write a Narrative paragraph about one of Sir Lancelot's adventures
Wednesday: Read The Beautiful Witch, Respond to text using R.A.C.E., Activity 4.4 (Prefix en practice)
Thursday: Read The Beautiful Witch, Respond to text using R.A.C.E.
Friday: Spelling Test, Vocabulary practice (shortened class period for 1/2 day)
ELA Week of 10/28-10/31
Monday: Read Lancelot and the Round Table (white group)
Read Sword in the Lake (Green and Blue group). Activity 2.2 (character traits) and Activity 2.3 (prefixes)
Tuesday: Read Lancelot and the Round Table (white group) comprehension questions -work with partners
Read The Marriage of Arthur and the Founding of the Round Table (Green/Blue group) Activity 3.2
Wednesday:Read Lancelot and the Round Table (white group) comprehension questions -work with partners
Read The Marriage of Arthur and the Founding of the Round Table (Green/Blue group) Activity 3.2
*Vocabulary word work
Thursday: Reading passage about Dia de los Muertos, compare and contrast activity, and sugar skull craft
Saint George and the Dragon read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IDIAYEhYOI
ELA Week of 10/21-10/25
Monday: Read Saint George and the Dragon Activity: Characters/Setting worksheet.
Tuesday: Read Saint George and the Dragon Activity: Sequence Order worksheet
Wednesday: Read about the childhood of Arthur Activity: Childhood of Arthur reading and worksheet
Thursday: Read about the Sword in the Stone Activity: Sword in the Stone reading and worksheet
Friday: King Arthur Activity: Read chapter 1 and worksheet about character traits of a knight
ELA Week of 10/07-10/11
Monday: Type the rough draft of your personal narrative in Google Classroom, using the graphic organizer we completed last week.
Tuesday: Make revisions and edits to your rough draft, using the resources provided to you in the classroom, to check for correct capitalization, punctuation, vivid verbs, and sensory details.
Wednesday: Finish and turn in the final draft of your personal narrative in Google Classroom.
Thursday: Read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and answer comprehension questions in class.
Friday: Reread The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, make inferences about what happened to Ichabod Crane and complete the 'Sleepy Hollow Chronicles' worksheet.
ELA: Week 9/30-10/04
Monday: Read "Back to School" and determine the plot on a plot diagram.
Tuesday: Use circle maps to brainstorm a food experience that you can describe with sensory details and dialogue.
Wednesday: Use a graphic organizer to plan the Introduction paragraph by hooking the reader, introducing the characters and setting.
Thursday: Use a graphic organizer to plan the middle paragraphs, detailing action, sensory details, and dialogue.
Friday: Use the graphic organizer to plan the conclusion, concluding how you felt about the food experience.
Week 9/23-9/27
Monday: Reread "Star Patient Surprises Everyone-Part 1", Complete Activity 10.2 (similes and metaphors) and 10.3 (character reactions to the main event of the story)
Tuesday: Read "Star Patient Surprises Everyone-Part 2" in pairs, reading dialogue, reading with expression,
Review Cause and Effect, Activity 11.1 (Cause and Effect)
Wednesday: Vital Verbs: Students will practice replacing nondescript verbs with vital verbs (in class activity)
Thursday: Read "The Great Accordion Concert", Activity 12.1 (Identifying detailed descriptions of accordions and using the accordion)
Friday: Reread "The Great Accordion Concert", Activity 12.2 (sensory details, action, dialogue)
Week 9/16-20
Monday: Read "An Oxygen Tent and a Chocolate Milkshake", complete Activity 9.1
Tuesday: Read "Star Patient Surprises Everyone Part 1, Activity 10.2 (Identify similes and metaphors in the text)
Wednesday: Reread "Star Patient Surprises Everyone Part 1, Complete Activity 10.3 (main idea and support)
Week of 9/09-9/13
Monday: Activity 7.1 Introduction to Polio
Tuesday: Read The Diagnosis Part 1 and Part 2; Activity 7.2 Chronology of Events (use PDF of Personal Narratives book to help you)
Wednesday: Writing the rough draft of the informational paragraph about the mountain you researched
Thursday: Activity 8.1 Vocabulary Practice, Activity 8.2 Feelings and Emotions (Re-read The Diagnosis part 1 and part 2)
Friday: Activity 8.3 Firsthand and Secondhand accounts
Week 9/03-9/06
Monday: No School
Tuesday:"It Means What?" Vocabulary activity page
Wednesday: Read "A Girl From Yamhill", Activity 6.2 Character Traits, Assessment of learning objectives from 8/26-9/04
Thursday: Activity 6.3 Punctuating Dialogue, Write a paragraph, describing a food experience, using sensory details and dialogue.
Friday: Activity 7.1 "Introduction to Polio" read and answer comprehension questions
Week 8/26-8/30
Monday: Reread "Ordinary, Extraordinary People: A Memoir of Family", Assessment of learning objectives from the week of 8/16-8/22
Tuesday: Read "How to Eat a Guava", Activity 4.1, Activity 4.2
Wednesday: iReady testing
Thursday: Read "How to Eat a Guava", Activity 5.1
Friday: Vocabulary Activity 6.1, Read "A Girl From Yamhill"
Week of 8/19-8/22
Monday: "A Good Lie" (read pages 2-6 in the Personal Narratives reader - PDF attached), Activity 2.1
Tuesday: Activity 2.2 - Identify character traits of Lily in "A Good Lie"
Wednesday: Activity 2.4 - Write an opinion paragraph
Thursday: "Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family" Read pages 7-10 in Personal Narratives reader
Week 8/12-8/16
Monday: Story of my name activity , All Are Welcome activities, community building activities
Tuesday: The Day You Begin activity, Social Contract development
Wednesday: ELA: Book Tasting Activity , Writing: Story of my name presentations
Thursday: ELA: Activity 1.1 & 1.2 (School Memory narrative writing), Writing: Story of my name presentations
Friday: ELA: Activity 1.3 (six word memories), Writing: Friday notebook