Week of February 6-10

***Writing Test: March 1.

***Welcome to our student teacher, Miss Plunkett. She will be teaching and learning with us until Spring Break.

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 Due Feb 6

***Academic Vocabulary: Freerice.com to review Vocabulary 

Morning Work: Scholastic Story Starter

Copy Agenda -all classwork as well as any HW goes into Agenda daily!

Reading Story of the week: Stone Fox (Chpt book)

Benchmarks:     1d (Synonyms, Antonyms) DOK 2; 2a3 (Sequence) DOK 2; 2a4 (Genre) DOK 2; 2b2 (Sequence) DOK 2; 2b4 (Making Inferences) DOK 2; 2b5 (Making Predictions) DOK 2; 2c (Summarize) DOK 2; 2d (genre, connect to real life) DOK 3; 2d1 (Story Elements) DOK 3; 2d4 (author's purpose) DOK 3; 2e2 (Persuasive Techinques) DOK 2;Writing/Research DOK 4.

Monday: (Set) Introduce story and have students predict what it will be about. Discuss author and illustrator and other background information. Ask students about their prior knowledge. Discuss the following subjects before, during and/or after reading the story: siblings, family rules and consequences, pets.  Read story as a group, looking for Vocabulary words:   .  Ask questions to help clarify word meanings. Have students look up the words in their glossary. (Closing) Tell me about the story we read today. What did you learn that you did not know?

*** All Week Activity: Choose one of the leveled books that go with our story. Read, answer questions in back, review with partner and AR test on book.

HW:  Read Story and Study Vocab words! 

Writing: Narrative: Write about a favorite relative other than your parent. Finish Paragraph #5 today.

Social Studies:  Economics Lesson

 Tuesday:

 Reading: Miss Plunkett is teaching Reading. (Set) (Closing) 

 HW:  Read story and Study Vocab words!

 Writing: Favorite Relative

Social studies:  Economics Lesson

Wednesday:

Reading:  (Set) (Closing)

 Writing: Golden Lines with Favorite Relative

Social Studies:  Economics Lesson

Thursday:

Reading: (Set)   (Closing)

 HW: Read story and Study Vocab words!


Writing: Begin Final Copy

Social Studies:  Economics Review

Friday: 

Reading: Test                 

 All classwork for week due by today  

***In addition to our regular test each week, there will be a MCT2 cold prompt reading story and questions attached to the Reading Test. This is to prepare us for our tests in May.

Writing: Finish narrative. Publish and Share with Classmates!

Social Studies:  Economics Quiz

Ink cartridges needed: HP 15,78 Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!