April 18

Reading: Meet with your groups and complete your Lit. Circle job
Writing: Put finial project together.

April 19

Reading: Read Silently and complete 5 W's paper for today's reading
Writing: Last day to complete projects

April 20

Reading: Read with your groups today and complete jobs
Writing: Share finial book projects today

April 21

Reading: Read silently today and quiz
Writing: Share finial book projects today

April 3

Reading: Review the book with your Literature Circle, Read the next chapter, and download the timeline app
Writing: Finish writing your rough draft of your story today and tomorrow

April 4

Reading: Begin a Timeline of your story using the timeline app and read several pages in your book
Writing: All rough drafts of partner stories are due today

April 5

Reading: Complete the Character Trading card for the main character in your story
Writing: Make a storyboard for your story and decide how you will make your story come alive

April 6

Reading: Read the next chapter of your book and comprehension questions today
Writing: Finish up storyboards, make a supply list and decide who will bring what

April 7

Reading: Library and silent reading a book of your choice
Writing: Start working on bringing your stories to life by making sets, characters, etc.

Feb. 27

Reading: Read pages 142-157 of Rats of Nimh (Boniface Estates and Main Hall) (small groups)
Writing:How to Write a Podcast in notebooks today

Feb. 28

Reading: Read Toy Tinker - work on pictures and the assemble the scroll
Writing: write a podcast today

March 1

Reading; Read page 165-186 as a whole group and discuss today (Thorn Valley and Captured)
Writing: Write your podcast

March 2

Reading: Read Seven Dead Rats pg 187-194 silently and quiz (silently/independently)
Writing: Find your music and record music with partners (Library)

March 3

Reading: Read Escape and At the Meeting as a whole group and discuss
Writing; Record your podcast using the Opinion App today

March 6

Reading: Read the last two chapters of the book as a class, complete scrolls
Writing: Identify Adjectives

March 7

Reading: Test over Rats of Nimh
Writing: ixl II.1

March 8

Reading: Read the Poem Paul Revere's Ride
Writing: Adjectives that compare ixl JJ.1

March 9:

Reading: Make up Day
Writing: Adjective-good, better, best ixl. JJ.2

March 10:

Reading: Read Eldorado
Writing: ixl II.1 and 2 adjectives

March 13 No School

March 14

Reading: Read Eco-Crew
Writing: Review for state assessment

March 15

Reading: Read A Horse Fair
Writing: Review for state assessment

March 16

Reading Are Zoos Bad
Writing: Review for state assessment

March 17

Reading: Think about what you Drink and April Fools poem
Writing: Review for state assessment

March 20 and 21

Reading and Writing: State Reading Assessment



Feb. 20

Reading: Read In the Cage and The Maze from 103-119
Writing: apostrophes in Interactive notebook

Feb. 21
Reading: Read A Lesson In Reading 120-128 Silently Draw Summary Picture for the Scroll
Writing: practice apostrophes using ixl-C.1

Feb 22
Reading: Read The Air Ducts together and discuss 129-141
Writing: Dictionary Definitions ixl-EEE2

Feb.13

Reading Read pages 45-60 of Rats of Nimh and quiz
Writing: Review complete sentences

Feb. 14
Reading: page 61-74 (Summary/Picture)
Writing: correct "I Admire" stories-sentence fluency and conventions

Feb 15
Reading: pages 75-88 (As a group today and discuss)
Writing: Introduce Where I Come From Poem

Feb 16
Reading: pages 89-95 and quiz
Writing:
Identify Simple and Complex sentences ixl. NW

Feb 17
Reading: pages 96-111 and (Summary Picture)
Writing: Work on Where I Come From Poem Presentation

January 30

Reading: Hidden pg 75-96
Writing: Write about a time you felt like Darra or a time you could have stood up to help someone.

January 31

Reading: Hidden pg 97-114 prefixes that mean not
Writing: context clues AAA.2

February 1

Reading: Hidden pg 115-end of book
Writing: Read Where I come from poem and introduce writing your own version

February 2

Reading: Test over Hidden
Writing: Write your where I come from poem

February 3

Reading: Paul Revere's Ride
Writing: Create your explain everything video of your where I come from poem

January 23

Reading: Read Rumplestiltskin Private Eye
Writing: compare and contrast all versions of the fairy tale

January 24

Reading: Read part 1 of Hidden pg 1-35, focus on structure of the text
Writing: connotation ixl xx2

January 25

Reading: Read part 2 of hidden, focus on point of view
Writing: introduce context clues using interactive notebooks

January 26

Reading: Read pages 51-74 of Hidden
Writing: context clues practice ixl AAA1 and AAA2

January 27

Reading: Library and free reading today
Writing: Finish context clues AAA3 and AAA4

January 5

Reading: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, connotation, denotation, review theme and main idea
Writing: Looking Ahead

January 6

Reading: Read and Analyze the Poem Dreams
Writing: Researching for digital story

January 9th and 10 Students will be taking the NWEA reading and language assessment


January 11

Reading: Read the Great Chicago Fire
Writing: Finish Researching if necessary for digital story

January 12

Reading: Read the Primary Source selection of the Great Chicago Fire
Writing: Cover the Elements of your digital story

January 13

Reading: Read and analyze the poem about the Great Chicago Fire
Writing; Write script for their digital stories

January 16-No School


January 17

Reading: Read about the Great Pestigo Fire
Writing: Plan storyboard for digital story

January 18

Reading: Compare/Analyze the text that we have read
Writing: Find picture for your digital story

January 19

Reading: Read Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter from the text book
Writing: Begin creating your digital story

January 20

Reading: Read Rumpelstiltskin Private Eve-Play
Writing: Continue creating your digital story and add audioA