• JUNE 17, 2019

    ELA HOMEWORK

    ***WE HAVE BEGUN i-READY AND FLOCABULARY WITH CHROMEBOOKS IN SCHOOL.  THEY WORK ON INDIVIDUALIZED SKILLS ON i-READY BASED ON THEIR NEEDS. (If you have access to technology at home and are successful with logging in, please feel free to use these resources to continue to aid in their growth.)***
     
     
    * Read for 40 minutes and record on book log
     
    * READER'S NOTEBOOK:  Read and Jot for Book Clubs
     
    * WRITER'S NOTEBOOK:  
     
     
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    JUNE CHECKLIST

    Reader’s Notebook:

    • Book Club Entry- (5/21, 5/22, 5/29)
    • Book Club Entry- (6/4, 6/5, 6/6)

    Writer’s Notebook

    • Hero’s Journey Compliment Page
    • "Animal Interview" drafting

    Other:

    • Word Work Packet #26- (6/3)
    • Word Work Packet #27- (6/13)
    • Boggle #27- (6/3)
    • Boggle #28- (6/13)
    • Edpuzzle- “The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen”- (5/22)

    MAY CHECKLIST

    Reader’s Notebook:

    • BOOK CLUB Long and Strong- (4/25, 4/26, 4/29)
    • “Fox” Debate Flash Draft- (4/29)
    • BOOK CLUB Long and Strong- (5/3,5/6, 5/7)
    • "Stray" Debate Flash Draft- 5/7

    Writer’s Notebook

    • Compliment Page- (5/1, 5/2)  
    • T-Chart for Debate Letter of Your Choice- (5/8)
    • Boxes-and-Bullets for Debate Letter- (5/8)
    • Begin Drafting Debate Letter- (5/9)

    Other:

      • Word Work Packet #23- (5/2)
      • Boggle #22- (5/2)
      • Word Work Packet #24- (5/10)
      • Boggle #23- (5/10)
      • Word Wrok #25- (5/20)
      • Boggle #26- (5/20)
      • Scholastic News “The Perfect Pet” worksheet- (4/25)
      • Scholastic News “Attack of the Screens” worksheets- (4/30)
      • Edpuzzle- "The Empty Pot"- 5/6
      • Flocabulary- "Opinion Writing"
    • CHOCOLATE MILK DEBATE LETTER FINAL DRAFT
    • ARGUMENTATIVE LETTER FINAL DRAFT- (5/16)

    APRIL CHECKLIST

     

    • Reader’s Notebook:

      • Book Club entry- 4/9, 4/10, 4/11 (*ONE ENTRY ONLY...DATES REFLECT THE DAY THEIR GROUP MET)
      • Snake “Friend or Foe” Debate Flash Draft- 4/12

      Writer’s Notebook:

      • Compliment Page for “Hero’s Journey”- 3/26
      • Chocolate Milk Debate T-chart- 4/4
      • Create Boxes & Bullets (*Reasons and Evidence) for Chocolate Milk Debate.  (***Refer to anchor chart notebook for models***)- 4/5
      • Flash Drafting Argumentative Letters- (***Refer to model letter and argumentative checklist in anchor chart notebook)- 4/5
      • Edit and Elaborate Argument Letters using evidence- 4/8

      Other:

      • Word Work #20- (3/29)
      • Word Work #21- (4/8)
      • Word Work #22- (4/24)
      • Boggle #19- (3/29)
      • Boggle #20- (4/8)
      • Boggle #21- (4/24)
      • BrainPop- "Simile/Metaphors" and "Idioms/Cliches"- 3/25
      • Scholastic News- "Robot Revolution" worksheet- 3/28
      • Flocabulary- "Persuasive Language" video and assignments (4/10)
      • Watch videos and read articles in googleclassroom.com to help research for “Chocolate Milk Debate”- (4/10)
      • Scholastic News- “Solving the Plastic Problem” worksheet- 4/11
      • FINAL DRAFT “CHOCOLATE MILK DEBATE” LETTER- 4/2
      • ***ANY EXTRA I-READY LESSONS WILL HELP FOR FINAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN MAY***

     

    MARCH CHECKLIST

    Reader’s Notebook:

    Writer’s Notebook:

    • Create a story mountain of your “Hero’s Journey” (*use the model story mountain)- 2/27
    • 2-3 Leads for "Hero's Journey"- 3/7

    Other:

    • Word Work Packet #17- (3/4)
    • Word Work Packet #18- (3/13)
    • Boggle #16- (3/4)
    • Boggle #17- (3/13)
    • Edpuzzle- “My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother”- 2/26
    • Flocabulary- “Adverbs”- 2/26 
    • Flocabulary- "Similes & Metaphors"- 3/6
    • Flocabulary- "Personification"- 3/6
    • Flocabulary- "Onomatopoeia"- 3/6
    • Scholastic News "Nothing Can Stop Her" worksheet- 3/4
    • "Expert Topic" Rubric Signed- 3/11
    • HERO'S JOURNEY FINAL DRAFT- 3/22

     

    FEBRUARY CHECKLIST

    Reader’s Notebook:

    • Summarize a NONFICTION text thinking about main ideas, details, and how they fit together- 1/23 & 1/24
    • Strong Image Think Note (*refer to anchor chart notebook for help)- 2/6
    • Fiction Think Note of Your Choice- 2/11
    • BOOK CLUB Think Note of Your Choice- 2/19

    Writer’s Notebook:

    • Elaborate "expert" topic essay using sentence starters giving sources credit (*see anchor chart notebook)- 1/24
    • Revise writing with "Shades of Meaning" (*see anchor chart notebook)- 1/31

    Other:

    • "EXPERT" TOPIC REPORT- 2/8
    • Scholastic Magazine "Women in the House" worksheet- 1/28
    • Scholastic News "This Place Rocks!" worksheet- 2/13
    • Edpuzzle video and questions- "Here Comes the Garbage Barge"- 2/4
    • Flocabulary- "Prefixes", "Suffixes", and "Text Features"
    • Word Work #14- (2/1)
    • Boggle worksheet #13- (2/1)
    • Word Work #15- (2/12)
    • Boggle #14- (2/12)
     

    JANUARY CHECKLIST

     

    Reader’s Notebook:

    • Nonfiction New Word Think Note (*see anchor chart notebook for help)- 1/3
    • Nonfiction "Text Structure" Think Note- 1/7
    • Nonfiction Think Note of Your Choice (*use "Nonfiction Reading" packet to help you)- 1/15

    Writer’s Notebook

    • Bubble-map of “Westward Expansion” subtopics/chapters (*see anchor chart notebook for a model)- 12/18
    • Begin revising subtopics/chapters with the lens of a historian (*see anchor chart notebook for map to help)- 12/19
    • 2-3 Leads with different hooks (*use anchor chart notebook and "Informational Writing Action Plan" packet to help)- 1/2
    • 2-3 Conclusions (*refer to informational writing checklist and "English Bulldog" model for help)- 1/4 
    • Bubble-map and Table of Contents on "expert" topic (*Please refer to anchor chart notebook for assistance)- 1/18

    Other:

    • FINAL DRAFT WESTWARD EXPANSION REPORT- 1/11
    • Word Work Packet #11- 1/7
    • Boggle worksheet #10- 1/7
    • Word Work Packet #12- 1/15
    • Boggle worksheet #11- 1/15
    • Word Work #13- 1/24
    • Boggle worksheet #12- 1/24

     

    DECEMBER CHECKLIST

    Reader’s Notebook:

    • Nonfiction Think Note of Your Choice- 11/28
    • Nonfiction Think Note of Your Choice- 12/6
    • Main Idea Boxes and Bullets Graphic Organizer- 12/7
    • Gather and Organize information about Westward Expansion (* Go to my website for links to help you research)- 12/10
    • Text Structure Graphic Organizers (pizza worksheet)- 12/11
    • Nonfiction New Word Think Note- 12/13

    Writer’s Notebook:

          * Begin drafting...

    Other:

    • Word Work Packet #8- 12/3
    • Word Work Packet #9- 12/11
    • Word Work Packet #10- 12/19
    • Boggle #7- 12/3
    • Boggle #8- 12/11
    • Boggle #9- 12/19
    • Flocabulary- Text Structure- 11/27
    • Scholastic News “Comparing Texts/Word Wizard” worksheet- 12/4
    • BrainPop- “Westward Expansion” video and quiz- 12/4
    • BrainPop- “Lewis and Clark” video and quiz- 12/5
    • BrainPop- “Gold Rush” video and quiz- 12/5
     
     
     NOVEMBER CHECKLIST
     
    Reader's Notebook:
    * Long and Strong entry (Reading Like a Writer)- 10/30
    * Entry using "Higher Level Thinking Prompts" sentence starters (*use anchor chart notebook)- 11/1
    * Think Note of Your Choice- 11/7
    * Text Structure Graphic Organizers- 11/15
    * READ, COVER, JOT entries- 11/19
     
    Writer's Notebook:
    * Revise Conclusions (Use anchor chart notebook to find some sentence starters)
    * Collect your post-it note compliments from the author's party and create/decorate a 'Compliment Page' in your notebook to save them- 11/2
    * Create an ending for the cliffhanger, "I Dare You" worksheet- 11/2
    * Adding Transitional Phrases to Show Passages of Time (*See example in anchor chart notebook)-  Edit an old entry -OR- Begin a new entry- 11/5
     
    Other:
    * FINAL DRAFT OF "SMALL MOMENT" STORY- 10/30
    * Word Work Packet #5- 10/30
    * Boogle worksheet #4- 10/30
    * Word Work Packet #6- 11/8
    * Boggle worksheet #5- 11/8
    * Flocabulary.com Lesson- Commas- 10/31
    * Flocabulary.com Lesson- Quotations- 10/31
    * Genre worksheet- 11/8
    * Scholastic News "A Hero's Best Friend" worksheet- 11/9
    * Edpuzzle video and activities- "A Bad Case of the Stripes"- 11/13

    OCTOBER CHECKLIST

    Reader’s Notebook:

    • “Character Action” Think Note (Refer to your Anchor Chart notebook for models to follow!!!)- 9/26
    • “Character Desire” Think Note- 10/1
    • Think Note of Your Choice (Character, Word, or Setting)- 10/8
    • Summarizing Story Mountain (See anchor chart notebook for example)- 10/10

    Writer’s Notebook

    • Decorate notebook with personal items to spark memories & write and LONG AND STRONG entry- 9/28
    • Turning Points Lists (First times…, Last times…, Times I realized something…) & draft an entry- 10/2
    • Sensory Detail Bubble-Map and Small Moment entry- 10/5
    • Continue drafting your "Small Moment" story putting yourself in the skin of the character- 10/11

    Other:

    • Word Work Packet #2- 10/3
    • Boggle worksheet #1- 10/3
    • Word Work Packet #3- 10/12
    • Boggle worksheet- 10/12
    • Scholastic News "Dive into Data" worksheet- 10/2
    • Edpuzzle Video- "Catching the Moon"- 10/3
    • Edpuzzle Video- "Stellaluna"- 10/16
    • Scholastic News "Bugs for Dinner" worksheet- 10/16

    SEPTEMBER CHECKLIST

    Reader’s Notebook:

    • Reading Goals!!!- 9/11
    • Story Mountain- 9/18

    Writer’s Notebook

    • Writing Territories- 9/12
    • Multi-Genre Bubble Map- 9/12
    • First entry- 
    • Heart Map- 9/17
    • Entry- 9/17
    • Long and Strong Entry- (Aim for at least a page)- 9/20
    • "Words I'm Dying to Use" List- 9/24
    • 2-3 original lists- 9/24

    Other:

    • Word Work Packet #1- 9/17
    • Book Log
    • Scholastic News "Be a Quiz Whiz" worksheet- 9/21