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February 11
February 13-17

Monday:  Preposition lesson; mini-lesson - Bedtime Story; Write Student Choice 1 for Country Project; HW - front of spelling WS; Spelling 16 Test Corrections due; spelling 17 pretest

Tuesday:  Preposition lesson; mini-lesson - calendar; Photo collage for Country Project; revision of Student Choice 1 (peer edit for content); HW-back of spelling WS

Wednesday:  Spelling 17 review; Mini-lesson - Postcards; revision of Student Choice 1 (word choice and fluency)

Thursday:  Spelling Test 17; preposition lesson;  mini-lesson - Children's book; revision of Student Choice 1 (interest and detail)

Friday:  editing of Student Choice 1; complete Top 10 list for Country Project

February 11
February 6-10

Monday:  Adverbs-comparative and superlative; Mini-lesson - ABC report; Economy notes for country project; HW-front of spelling WS

Tuesday:  Adverb review; mini-lesson - TV commercial; HW - back of spelling WS

Wednesday:  Mini-lesson - Adverb Ad;  Spelling 16 review; Finish economy notes for Country Project; HW - study for spelling test

Thursday:  Spelling Test 16; Adverb Test

Friday:  Mini-lesson - shape poem; Complete economy pieces for Country Project

February 11
January 30-February 3

Monday:  Mini-lesson - Five Sense Report; Graphic organizer lesson and examples; Spelling 15 Pretest; Rought Draft - Customs and Courtesies;  HW-front of spelling WS

Tuesday:  Adverb lesson - "when"; peer edit for content; HW-back of spelling WS

Wednesday:  Spelling 15 review; revise Customs and Courtesies section for word choice and fluency; HW-study for spelling test

Thursday:  Spelling Test 15; Adverb lesson - "what extent"; Mini-lesson-Good News/Bad News; revise Customs and Courtesies section for interest and detail

Friday:  Mini-lesson - Grocery List; edit Customs and Courtesies section

December 06
December 5-9

Monday:  word parts - co, dis, port; begin passenger summary; Map Quiz retake

Tuesday:  word parts - vert, scrib/script, mono; finish passenger summary; read MTH Fact Finder Ch. 7 and 8

Wednesday:  word parts - chron, poly, hydro, sym/syn; "Iceberg Right Ahead" non fiction packet

Thursday:  "Titanic's Final Moments:  Missing Pieces" video clip; cause and effect worksheets; fact and opinion sheet

Friday:  Survivor's log; victims vs survivors chart; MTH Fact Finder Ch. 9 and 10; Reading logs due; Word Parts 3 Quiz

November 05
November 21-25

Monday: Review parts of nonfiction; students will complete a fiction vs nonfiction inquiry; Read MTH Titanic Ch. 9; word parts #2 Quiz

Tuesday: continue fiction vs nonfiction inquiry; find answers to the questions discovered through the inquiry; Read MTH Ch. 10; Read MTH Fact Finder Ch. 7

Wednesday:  Nonfiction quiz; Students will compile their "Fact, Question, Answer" work into a book to be added to the resource set for the classroom

Thursday and Friday: NO SCHOOL - Happy Thanksgiving

November 05
November 14 - 18

Monday:  Nonfiction tools - review; Read MTH Titanic Ch. 4 and 5; vocabulary; word parts #2 (inter-, geo-, de-)

Tuesday:  "Iceberg Right Ahead" packet and assessment

Wednesday:  Buoyancy activity; Read "A Night to Remember" excerpt; word parts #2 (auto-, micro-, sub-)

Thursday: Read MTH Titanic Ch. 6-8; vocabulary;  Introduce Summary; word parts #2 (thermo-, trans-)

Friday:  Read MTH Fact Finder Ch. 6; Discuss fact vs opinion; summarize newspaper article; word parts #2 (bio-, re-)

November 05
November 7 - 11

Monday:  Nonfiction tool - Illustrations; Read Ch. 2 MTH Fact Finder; Word parts #1 (ex-, pre-)

Tuesday: Nonfiction tool - Captions; Boarding the ship activity - Health station and Math station; Read Ch. 3 MTH Fact Finder and complete "Why We Write" WS; Word part #1 (post-, non-)

Wednesday:  "Lost Liners" video and discussion; Word part #1 (-ist, -er)

Thursday:  Nonfiction tool - maps, charts, diagrams; Diagram of Titanic - discuss and color by class; Read Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 MTH Titanic with vocabulary exercise; Word parts #1 (-logy, -able, -ous)

Friday:  Read Ch. 3 MTH Titanic; Read Ch. 4 MTH Fact Finder; "I Survived the Titanic" Clip; vocabulary


November 05
October 31 - November 4

Monday:  Introduction to Titanic unit; fiction vs nonfiction discussion; introduction to word parts

Tuesday:  KWL - Titanic; Introduce books for the unit; Read Ch. 1 Magic Tree House Fact Finder; word parts #1

Wednesday:  Read "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic" Play; Nonfiction pretest; Introduce superword of prefixes and suffixes

Thursday:  Nonfiction tool - headings and subheadings; New York Times articles looking for headings, subheadings and author's purpose

Friday:  Library Day; Build the Titanic discussion with Webquest to find facts and figures

November 05
October 24 - 28

Monday - Adjective review; Brochure presentations

Tuesday - Adjective review; Brochure presentations

Wednesday - Cold prompt (Descriptive Writing)

Thursday - Spelling Test; Illustrate Haunted adjective story

Friday - Brochure presentations and reflection on the 9 weeks

November 05
October 17-21

Monday - Continue adjectives (finding examples of what kind, which one, how many); Brochre work day

Tuesday - Comparative adjectives; Brochure work day (revisit incomplete sections)

Wednesday - Superlative adjectives; Spelling Bee review; Brochure work day (revisit incomplete sections)

Thursday - Predicate adjectives; Spelling Test; Brochure work day

Friday - Demonstrative adjectives; Brochure work day

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