Week at a Glance: March 10 – 14

Monday

Objectives:

  • Use vocabulary words in creative presentations.

Daily Grammar Practice Week  13 (Monday – parts of speech).  Second period will be taking the math portion of ISTEP today.  After the test is finished, I will read from Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen to 2nd and 6th periods.  I will read from Moonbird by Phillip Hoose to 1st, 3rd, 4th periods.  I will read from Endangered by Eliot Shafer to 7th period.  We are going to review our roots vocabulary with some creative activities.  Each student will choose a root to perform in front of the class.  You will need to create a visual aid and a skit to share your root.  On your visual aid, you should write the root in letters at least 3 inches high.  You should also write at least two vocabulary words formed with the root (at least 2 inches high).
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.

Tuesday

Objectives:

  • Create poems from book titles.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 13 (Tuesday – sentence parts).   We are going to use book titles to create poems.  Stack books so that when you read the titles, it makes a poem.  Click on the link for examples here and here.
Homework: Read a book of your choice for 15-30 minutes.

Wednesday

Objectives:

  • Present vocabulary skits.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 14 (Wednesday – clauses, sentence type and purpose).  Each person will act out the definition of the vocabulary root they chose.  The class will have a chance to guess.  If the class cannot guess it, show them your mini-poster you created on Monday. Make sure your turn in your poster today.
Homework: Read a book of your choice for 15 -30 minutes.

Thursday

Objectives:

  • Discover new books in the library.
  • Choose a book to read.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 14 (Thursday – Correct capitalization and punctuation).  Miss Bowman has a lots of books waiting for you to explore in the library.  Use this musical chairs activity to find more books that you want to read.  Record those titles and authors on the Some Day Books list in your Reading Journal.  Due to ISTEP testing, 2nd period will not be able to go to the library.  Never fear, I will bring the books to you, and we will do the activity in our room.
Homework: Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.

Friday

Objectives:

  • Set reading goals for the week.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 14 (Friday – Sentence diagramming).    Fill out the reading goal slip with the title and author of your book and write down what page you begin on.  Read for 10 minutes and write down what page you end on.  Subtract the beginning page from the ending page to find out how many pages you read in 10 minutes.  Multiply that number by 6 to discover how many pages you should be able to read in 1 hour.  Double that answer to find out how many pages you should be able to read in 2 hours.  That is your reading goal for the week.  If you finish or switch to a book that has a very different reading rate, you will need to redo your goal and let me know the new one. After you finish your reading, tell your partner what you read today.  If you can’t remember anything you read, you are reading too fast.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.

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