Monday

Objectives:

• Learn about the library.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 3 (Monday – parts of speech). After we do our Daily Grammar Practice, we will learn how to sign up for Remind101.  You can sign up to receive text or email reminders about important things going on in class.  Then we will go to the library for our first official visit. Miss Bowman will give us an orientation on library procedures and lead us on a scavenger hunt to discover all the library has to offer.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Come visit my classroom during Open House from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm tonight.

Tuesday

Objectives:

• Begin vocabulary study of Greek and Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 3 (Tuesday – sentence parts).  Why is the English language so confusing?  Partly because English borrows words from other languages.  Many of our words are based on Greek and Latin words–prefixes, roots, and suffixes.  We will study these throughout the year.  Click here for a copy of the first group.  We’ll brainstorm words in groups that we know that use these prefixes, roots, and suffixes.  In your group, each person should choose a different word that uses the root your group is assigned.  Then on an index card, write the word, write a sentence that uses the word, and draw a picture that shows what the word means.  As groups share their words, fill out the chart for Group 1.  For each root, you need to write the meaning, draw a picture that illustrates the meaning, list at least two words that use it with their definitions.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Finish index card that is due tomorrow.  Here is my example card.  Finish the Group 1 chart that is due Friday.  If you need help finding example words and definitions, you can use the words we brainstormed as a class.  You can find them by clicking here.

Wednesday

Objectives:

• Understand structures of different nonfiction genres.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 3 (Wednesday – clauses, sentence type and purpose).  Discuss the elements of nonfiction genres:  memoir/autobiography/biography, informational text, poetry.  How does point of view change in each?
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Continue writing in your Writer’s Notebooks.

Thursday

Objectives:

• Understand the structures of different formats of text.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 3 (Thursday – Correct capitalization and punctuation).  Discuss the differences between short stories, novellas, novels, graphic novels, and essays.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.   Continue writing in your Writer’s Notebook.

Friday

Objectives:

• Understand importance of daily reading and set a weekly reading goal.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 3 (Sentence Diagramming).  Discuss the two charts I found in this blog post at a Year of Reading.  What difference could reading just 10 more minutes a day make?  Today in class we will set a weekly reading goal for the coming week.  Read for 10 minutes and count how many pages you read during that time.  Multiply that number of pages by 6 to determine how many pages you could read in 1 hour.  Then double that number to know how many pages you could read in 2 hours.  That is your goal for the week.  If you meet your goal, you will earn an A.  If you exceed your goal, you will earn extra credit.  If you don’t meet your goal, your grade will be determined by how much of your goal you reach.  For example, if your goal is to read 100 pages and you read 100 pages, you earn 100%. If you read 120 pages, you will earn extra credit.  If you read only 75 pages, your grade will be 75%, or a “C.”
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice. Finish Writers Notebook entry:  What is your reading plan?  Think about where and when you could (or already do) make reading a part of your daily habits.  If you already have a reading habit, tell me about it.  If you don’t already make reading a part of your day, what obstacles might you face in creating a reading habit?  What can you do to overcome those obstacles?