Tuesday, October 1,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook, your Verb Drills, and a pen
2. Update your pages on Goodreads (we do not have a prompt today)
3. Verb Drill 3
4. Vocabulary Unit 1- annotate the passage for main ideas.

Homework-

Vocabulary Unit 1-annotate passage for main ideas- due Monday

Print out your Goodreads comments from the month of September due Thursday (there are three of them). You can screen shot the comments from the site or print directly from the site.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Friday,  September 27,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in one Poster Project Rubric with all of your group member’s names. Turn in your Family Writer’s Workshop attendance slip.
2. Take out a pen and your writer’s notebook.
3. Present your Posters. We will be presenting to small groups.
4. Writing Response in your writer’s notebook and discussion. Click here for the slideshow: Empathy Vs. Sympathy writing response

Homework-

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Thursday,  September 26,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your non-fiction poster project, your writer’s notebook, and any colored pencils or markers needed
2. Today is the last day to work on poster projects. You will have to prepare for you presentation. We will present on Friday.

Homework-

Return Family Writer’s Workshop attendance slip by tomorrow.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Wednesday,  September 25,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in your Spelling Unit 1
2. Take out your non-fiction poster project, your writer’s notebook, and any colored pencils or markers needed
3. Continue to work on poster projects. You will have tomorrow to finish the poster and prepare your presentations for Friday.

Homework-

Return Family Writer’s Workshop attendance slip by Friday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Tuesday,  September 24,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook, your writer’s notebook, your Verbs drill 1, your non-fiction poster project, and a pen
2. Grammar Tuesday- Verbs drill 2
3. Continue to work on poster projects. You will have tomorrow and Thursday to finish the poster and prepare your presentations for Friday.

**Side Note- Remember, the ONLY make up day for those that missed the Vocabulary Quiz on Friday is Wednesday during lunch.

Homework-

Spelling Unit 1 worksheet due tomorrow.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Monday,  September 23,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your iPad/Chromebook and a pen
2. Goodreads Comment- Click here for prompt: Goodreads Prompts 2019-2020
3. Work on Spelling Unit 1 worksheet

**we will continue working on your non-fiction poster project tomorrow.

Homework-

Spelling Unit 1 worksheet due Wednesday

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Friday,  September 20,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in your Vocabulary Unit to the basket up front
2. Take out a pen/pencil for the Quiz
3. Take the Vocabulary Quiz
4. When you are finished, you may read for independent reading.

Homework-

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Thursday,  September 19,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your writer’s notebook, your non-fiction poster project instructions, and a pen
2. We will keep working on our last Summer Reading Project- Non-fiction Poster Project. You should finish your draft today and begin your poster.
3. If you want some extra Vocabulary practice to help for the quiz, click here for some optional practice sheets: homograph homonymn Analogies Context Clues connotation, prefix, suffix study mat’l

Homework-

Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Wednesday,  September 18,  2019

Agenda-

1. Take out your writer’s notebook, your non-fiction poster project instructions, and a pen
2. We will work on our last Summer Reading Project- Non-fiction Poster Project. You will plan a draft in your writer’s notebook first. Once you and your group are finished, I will check you off before I give your group the poster paper.
3. If you want some extra Vocabulary practice to help for the quiz, click here for some optional practice sheets: homograph homonymn Analogies Context Clues connotation, prefix, suffix study mat’l

Homework-

Vocabulary Quiz Friday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.

Tuesday,  September 17,  2019

Agenda-

1. Turn in your Email to the Character Assignment- make sure your rubric is stapled to the top.
2. Take out your writer’s notebook and a pen
3. Grammar Tuesday- Verbs
4. Begin our last Summer Reading Project- Non-fiction Poster Project. Today you will receive your partner/group and plan a draft in your writer’s notebook.

Homework-

Vocabulary Quiz Friday.

Read 40+ pages, due every Monday, of your Independent Reading.