On this website you will find some helpful reminders of classroom procedures and hints to help your child be successful in school.
Ms. Jennings'
Classroom Expectations:
- Respect Ourselves
- Respect Others
- Respect Learning
- Respect Property
"Stick To The Rules" Classroom Consequences
- Green Stick = Warning
- Yellow Stick = Silent Lunch
- Blue Stick = Note Home
- Red Stick = Principal's Office/Phone Call Home
Language Arts
This week story: "Passing Poetry/ Nikki Giovanni"
This week's focuses: Predict/Infer & Understanding Poetry
Larry Bell's UNRAAVEL Reading Strategy!
U nderline the title.
N ow predict the passage.
R un through the passage and number the paragraphs.
A re you reading the questions?
A re the important words circled in the questions?
E liminate the wrong answers by marking them out.
L et the questions be answered. Write the paragraph and line number where you found your answer.
Ask your child what are the 12 powerful words?
Reading Groups
Cowboys
Spelling words:
Detention
Wandered
Equation
Calculation
Limerick
Haiku
Image
Poem
Rhyme
Rhythm
Jets
Spelling words:
Segregation
Integrated
Turbulent
Avid
Tackled
Vivid
Image
Imagination
Poem
Rhythm
High Frequency Words
Pair
Power
Course
Social Studies
This week lesson: Unit 2 Lesson 4 The First Colonies
Homework
English:
- Read 30 minutes each night!
- Monday: Spelling Word Ladder
- Tuesday: Acrostic Poem
- Wednesday: Practice Boom pg. 179
- Thursday: Magazine Words
Social Studies:
- Thursday pg. 72 Lesson Review
Writing- Daily: Complete any unfinished class writing assignments.
Reminder: Book Report Due Nov. 23
Social Studies test Nov. 24
Select a fiction book you have read and about which you have strong feelings.
Explore those feelings and why you reacted the way you did during or after
reading the author’s work. Express yourself! A letter is less formal than a essay or research paper.
Write in your own voice, as if you were having a conversation with the author. Those are
the best letters to read and the most fun to write! Do not summarize the book’s plot!
The author wrote the book and knows what happened.
Answer these questions when writing your letter:
- Did the characters, conflict or setting mirror your life in some way? If so, how? If not, why not?
- What strengths or flaws do you share with a character or characters in the book?
- What did the book show you about your world that you never noticed before?
- What surprised you about yourself while you were reading this book? Why was this work meaningful to you
Book Report Rubric
Book report written in friendly letter format _____/__10__
Answer each question completely, with details from the book as your evidence...
*Characters mirror your life _____/__15__
*Strengths/flaws shared _____/__15__
*Noticing world _____/__15__
*Surprised/meaningful to you _____/__15__
Each question above should be answered with at least a paragraph of good
information and quality.
*A paragraph consists of at least 7 sentences ___/10
*Revised and checked for spelling and punctuation ___/10
*Creativity, quality, and presentation ___/10
Reading is a BLAST!
**READ EVERY NIGHT FOR 30 MINUTES **
Catch us if you can!
*Weekly Schedule*
Monday
8:30-9:30 Language Arts
9:30-10:30 Math/Science
10:30-10:53 Writing
10:53-11:23 Lunch
11:30-12:00 Writing
12:00-12:45 PE
12:45-1:30 Media/Guidance
1:30-2:15 Intervention/Acceleration
2:15-3:00 Art
Tuesday
8:30-9:45 Language Arts
9:45-10:45 D.A.R.E
10:45-10:53 Read Aloud
10:53-11:23 Lunch
11:30-12:00 Recess
12:00-12:35 Writing
12:35-1:45 Math/Science
1:45-2:30 Writing (continued)
2:30-3:00 Intervention/Acceleration
Wednesday
8:30-9:45 Language Arts
9:45-10:15 Social Studies
10:15-10:45 Recess
10:45-10:53 Read Aloud
10:53-11:23 Lunch
11:30-12:00 Writing
12:00-12:45 Music
12:45-1:30 Writing (continued)
1:30-3:00 Math/Science
Thursday/Friday
8:30-9:45 Language Arts (Friday 8:30-10:15)
9:45-10:15 Social Studies
10:15-10:45 Recess
10:45-10:53 Read Aloud
10:53-11:23 Lunch
11:30-1:15 Math/Science
1:15-2:30 Writing
2:30-3:00 Intervention/Acceleration
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