Friday 12/18 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Thursday's Reading homework (Past Tense Verb Sequence) for the Homework Checker:  ATTACH AND TURN-IN ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
2. Have your Reading materials ready.
3. Free read silently
4. Schedule for Today:
• 8:00 - 9:05 Literacy Block
• 9:05 - 9:50 Art
• 9:50 - 12:00 Holiday Math Block
• 12:05 - 12:55 Lunch & Recess
• 1:00 - 2:00 Read-In
• 2:00 - 2:45 Winter Party

Thursday 12/17 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Wednesday's Reading homework (Dilemma) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Read Social Studies Textbook pages 108 - 111 to learn how slaves kept hope alive.
4. Free read silently

*** We will take our Behavior Log AND a free reading book to Music.***

Wednesday 12/16 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Tuesday's Reading Homework (Cause & Effect) for the Homework Checker.
2. Record your favorite Westwood memory on the slip of paper and then turn it in to the envelope on the front table.
3. Record your free reading in your Reading Log.
4. Write, in your best and neatest handwriting, December's words in your Spelling Notebook:
• continuous
• conversation
• forgotten
• nonliving
• swimming
• unpleasant
• valuable
5. Free read silently

Tuesday 12/15 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Monday's Reading homework (Character Similes and Metaphors) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Study the Glossary Cards for "Lesson 8 - Facing Slavery" at TCI Online: the password is wwroom24
4. Free read silently

Monday 12/14 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Display Friday's Reading homework (Sequence) for the Homework Checker.
3. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
4. Review each colony on pages 40 - 41 of your Interactive Student Notebook.  Then rank your preference for which colonies you'd like to live in from 1 (MOST) to 6 (LEAST).
5. Free read silently

Friday 12/11 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Thursday's Reading Homework (Character Dialogue/Conversation) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Complete your 5th Grade Class T-Shirt order and create a design if you wish.
4. Free read quietly
5. Schedule Change:
• 8:00 - 8:45 Social Studies
• 8:45 - 9:05 Dodgeball w/Miller
• 9:05 - 9:50 Specials: Art
• 9:50 - 11:35 Literacy Block
• 11:35 - 12:25 Lunch & Recess
• 12:25 - 1:00 Free Reading
• 1:00 - 2:20 Math
• 2:20 - 2:55 Planner & Read-Aloud

Character, Plot, and Setting Lesson

Character, Plot, and Setting Organizer

Dialogue Quick-Write Activity

Thursday 12/10 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Wednesday's Reading Homework (Character Writing) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. FINISH your American Colony Billboard.
4. Link your billboard on the Community Document.

Wednesday 12/09 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Tuesday's Math Homework (Hidden Treasure Gameboard) for the Homework Checker.
2. Record your free reading in your Reading Log.
3. Write, in your best and neatest handwriting, December's words in your Spelling Notebook:
• continuous
• conversation
• forgotten
• nonliving
• swimming
• unpleasant
• valuable
4. Free read silently

American Colonies Organizer

American Colonies Organizer

Tuesday 12/08 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Monday's Reading Homework (Setting) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Complete the Interactive Student Notebook page 39, be ready to share your drawing and description.
4. Free read silently

Early European Colonies Assessment

Early European Colonies Assessment

Monday 12/07 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Display Friday's Math Homework (HomeLink 4.5) for the Homework Checker.
3. Review your Social Studies materials: WE WILL HAVE OUR ASSESSMENT FOR THE EARLY EUROPEAN COLONIES AFTER SPECIALS.
4. Free read silently
5. Vocal Music Program Practice at 8:00

Friday 12/04 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Thursday's Math Homework (HomeLink 4.4) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. FINISH working on your American Colonies vocabulary chart.
4. Free read silently

Thursday 12/03 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Wednesday's Reading Homework (Reading Calendar) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Continue working on your American Colonies vocabulary chart.
4. Free read silently

Random Decimal Number Generator

Random Decimal Number Generator

Wednesday 12/02 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Tuesday's Math Homework (HomeLink 4.2) for the Homework Checker.
2. Turn-in your signed November Reading Calendar and/or November Behavior Log.
3. Record your free reading in your Reading Log.
4. Set your new reading goal for December.
5. Free read silently

Early American Colonies Organizer

Early American Colonies Organizer:

Please wait to make a copy for yourself until we have identified information about Roanoke.

Tuesday 12/01 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Monday's Math Homework (HomeLink 4.1) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "The Monster" (page 146) in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently

Questions, Answers, and Strategies

"The Eagle Has Landed" Text

"The Eagle Has Landed" Questions, Answers, and Strategies Chart

Questions, Answers, and Strategies Chart

Monday 11/30 Morning Warm-Up

1. Review the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Begin working on your American Colonies vocabulary chart: FOCUS ON THE DEFINITIONS.
4. Free read silently

Age of Exploration Website

Age of Exploration: Information and Activities

Tuesday 11/24 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Monday's Math Homework (Subtracting Decimals Worksheet) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "It's All Downhill" (page 145) in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently

Inferring Themes

Inferring Themes Document

Early European Exploration Assessment

Early European Exploration Assessment

Finalizing Early European Exploration

1. Follow the directions for signing-in at TCI, our Social Studies supporting site: the password is wwroom24
2. Complete the Reading Challenge for Lessons 4 and 5.
3. We will complete our assessment for Early European Explorers at the end of today's lesson.

Monday 11/23 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Display Friday's Math Homework (HomeLink 3.13) for the Homework Checker.
3. Finish AND review your vocabulary document as part of our work today with finalizing our learning about Early European Exploration.
4. Free read silently

Friday 11/20 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Thursday's Math Homework (Multiplying Decimals Worksheet) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "The Race" (page 144) in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently

Tackle the Meaning of Language

Moon by Myra Cohn

Secrets by Myra Cohn

Thursday 11/19 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Wednesday's Math Homework (Math Journal pg. 106) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "The Big Buck" (page 143) in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently

Wednesday 11/18 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Tuesday's Math Homework (HomeLink 3.12) for the Homework Checker.
2. Log your free reading in your Reading Log.
3. REWRITE your November Reading Goal on a Sticky-Note WITH YOUR NAME ON IT and place it on the chart paper on the front table.
4. Complete the reading warm-up "The Dog Ate It" (page 142) in the green fiction texts packet.
5. Free read silently

Vocabulary - Inferring Meaning

Kids Discover - Titanic

Vocabulary: Inferred Meaning Chart

Tuesday 11/17 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display Monday's Math Homework (HomeLink 3.11) for the Homework Checker.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Complete Social Studies Interactive Student Notebook page 25:  Imagine yourself as your early European explorer.
4. Free read silently

Monday 11/16 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Display Friday's Math Homework (Adding Fractions Worksheet) for the Homework Checker.
3. Make a copy of the Early European Explorer Project Recording Document to use during the presentations.
4. Free read silently

Friday 11/13 Morning Warm-Up

1. Complete the reading warm-up "My Shadow" (page 141) in the green fiction texts packet.
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Free read silently

Thursday 11/12 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Social Studies materials AND documents ready.
2. Read the Britannica article about your Early European Explorer.
3. Continue working on your European Exploration vocabulary DEFINITIONS:
• conquistador
• Northwest Passage
• contagious disease
• East Indies
• colony
4. Free read silently

Wednesday 11/11 Morning Warm-Up

1. Log your free reading.
2. In your best and neatest handwriting, record our November spelling words in your Spelling Notebook:
• beautiful
• classify
• community
• communities
• electricity
• happiness
• prettier
3. Be ready for a spelling "quiz" before Specials.
4. Free read silently

Tuesday 11/10 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Social Studies materials AND documents ready.
2. Continue working on your European Exploration vocabulary DEFINITIONS:
• conquistador
• Northwest Passage
• contagious disease
• East Indies
• colony
3. Free read silently

Early European Explorer Project

European Exploration Folder

Early European Explorer Project Outline

Early European Explorer Project Rubric

Monday 11/09 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Dinner By Firelight" (page 140) in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
4. Add these words to your European Exploration vocabulary document:
• conquistadors
• Northwest Passage
• contagious diseases
• East Indies
• colonies
5. Free read silently

Friday 11/06 Morning Warm-Up

1. Turn-in your signed October Behavior Log
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Lost Owner" (page 139) in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Social Studies textbook and Interactive Student Notebook ready.
4. Have your Ch. 4 Vocabulary document ready to use.
5. Free read silently

Thursday 11/05 Morning Warm-Up

1. Turn-in your signed October Behavior Log
2. Enter your Math Summary Statement Data in your binder.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "Neighborly Ghosts" (page 138) in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Have your Social Studies textbook and Interactive Student Notebook ready.
5. Free read silently

Wednesday 11/04 Morning Warm-Up

1. Turn in your signed October Behavior Log
2. Brainstorm what you think our class expectations should be for Literacy Block.
3. Record your October/November free reading in your Reading Log
4. Free Read

Tuesday 11/03 Morning Warm-Up

1. Complete the reading warm-up "The Encounter" (page 137) in the green fiction texts packet.
2. Have your Social Studies textbook and Interactive Student Notebook ready.
3. Free read silently

Monday 11/02 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Washed Ashore" (page 136) in the green fiction texts packet.
3. We will have a schedule change starting today:  SOCIAL STUDIES WILL BE FROM 8:10 - 9:00.
4. Take a Social Studies Textbook and return your Earth Science Textbook.
5. Make a copy of the vocabulary document for How and Why Europeans Came to the New World
6. Free read silently

Rocks and Minerals Inquiry Project

1. Make a copy of our Rocks & Minerals Community Document.
2. View the assigned On-the-Spot Partner's emaze presentation.
3. Determine the most important information you learned and explain why you think it is important.
4. Ask a question based off of what you learned.
5. Free read quietly until you learn which other presentation to view.

Friday 10/30 Morning Warm-Up

1. Complete the reading warm-up "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" in the green fiction texts packet.
2. Free read silently
3. BE RESPECTFUL WHILE MR. ERICKSON IS ANNOUNCING THE JAGUAR JUNGLE.

Rocks & Minerals Presentations

Rocks & Minerals Presentations

Tuesday 10/27 Morning Warm-Up

1. Complete the reading warm-up "Daily News" in the green fiction texts packet.
2. Brainstorm interesting events from your life to use with Personal Narratives in Writing.
3. Free read silently

Monday 10/26 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Math Whiz" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently

Friday 10/23 Morning Warm-Up

1. Complete the reading warm-up "Achoo!" in the green fiction texts packet.
2. Log your completed books in your Free Reading Log.
3. Free read silently

Emaze Online Presentation

Introduction to Emaze

emaze.com

Thursday 10/22 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your published draft ready for Author's Chair this morning.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Snow Bunny" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently

Tuesday 10/20 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your published draft ready for Author's Chair this morning.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Not Invited" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently

Fall Conference ThingLink

1. FINISH your Fall Conference ThingLink:
• Use the rubric to check your work, be sure to include all the "must haves."
• Check that your buttons are arranged responsibly.
• You may also link other documents or projects we have created.
• We will take time to practice sharing these as a class at 10:10
• Paste your ThingLink link here.
2. Free read quietly.

Monday 10/19 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Have your published draft ready for Author's Chair this morning.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "Sky High" in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently

Fall Conference ThingLink - Multiplication Problem

Fall Conference ThingLink - Multiplication Problem

Thursday 10/15 Morning Warm-Up

1. Continue working on your Fall Conference ThingLink:
• Use the rubric to check your work.
• You should at least have your Mission Statement, Goals, and Small Group Book & Summary buttons created.
• You may also link your Weather Project and Writing Draft.
2. Free read quietly.

Wednesday 10/14 Morning Warm-Up

1. Continue working on your Fall Conference ThingLink, using the Rubric to make sure you have all expected elements presents.
2. There will be a schedule change today, we will be flipping our Literacy Block and Math times!

Fall Conference ThingLink

5E Fall Conference ThingLink Rubric

Fall Conference Student-Set Goals

Tuesday 10/13 Morning Warm-Up

1. Find your new seat.
2. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
3. Have your Writing Notebook and Chromebook ready to use this morning.
4. Complete the reading warm-up "Blissful Gratitude" in the green fiction texts packet.
5. Free read silently

Friday 10/09 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Grammar Skills Packet ready to use this morning.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "I Am Japanese" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently
4. Be respectful for Ms. Miller while Mr. Erickson does the Jaguar Jungle!

Wednesday 10/07 Morning Warm-Up

1. Log your October Free Reading in your Reading Log.
2. Return all Weather Project Materials to the Book Cart.
3. Find the Small Group Reading Schedule in our Literacy Block Folder
4. Free read silently

Tuesday 10/06 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Writing Notebook ready to use this morning.
2. Preview our Word Wall Words
3. Complete the reading warm-up "The Bull Ride" in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently
5. Fix Mr. Erickson's Boring Sentences

10/05 Literacy Block

Timer App

QR Code Reader App

DOGO News: "Join Code" is dodewizy

Identifying Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary Word Chart

Monday 10/05 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Have your Writing Notebook ready to use this morning.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "Opening Up" in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently
5. Lockdown Drill @ 8:15 AM

Friday 10/02 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Writing Notebook ready to use this morning.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Myreel's Moment" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently
4. Sign the card thanking our Westwood Custodians, Randy, Juso, and Sam, for all their effort at our school--please try to be specific in what you thank them for.

5E Weather Project Presentations

Information from Multiple Sources: Weather Presentations

Natural Disasters Presentation

Air Presentation and Air Assessment

Storms Presentation

Earth and Weather Presentation

Universe Weather Presentation

Water Presentation

Weather Instruments Presentation Glossary and Weather Instruments Assessment

5M and 5S Weather Presentation Links

09/29 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Collaborate with your group to FINISH creating your Weather Project Presentation.
2. Use the Weather Project Rubric to meet expectations for your work.
3. Try to create a way to assess how well your audience understood your presentation.
4. Practice and polish your presentation, you may practice by sharing with another group:
• WE WILL SHARE WITH OUR WHOLE CLASS STARTING TOMORROW.
• WE WILL SHARE WITH OTHER 5TH GRADE GROUPS ON FRIDAY.

Tuesday 09/29 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have a free reading book ready for after you complete the test.
2. Clear your desktop so you have an uncluttered workspace during the MAP Test:  ALL YOU NEED OUT ARE YOUR OFFICE FOLDERS, CHROMEBOOK, AND FREE READING BOOK.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "The Substitute" in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently

09/28 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Collaborate with your group to FINISH creating your Weather Project Presentation.
2. Use the Weather Project Rubric to meet expectations for your work.
3. Try to create a way to assess how well your audience understood your presentation.
4. Practice and polish your presentation:
• WE WILL SHARE WITH OUR CLASS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
• WE WILL SHARE WITH OTHER 5TH GRADE GROUPS ON FRIDAY.

Monday 09/28 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Have your Writing Notebook ready to use this morning.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "The Christmas Gift" in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently

09/25 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Collaborate with your group to continue creating your Weather Project Presentation.
2. Use the Weather Project Rubric to meet expectations for your work.
3. Practice and polish your presentation:
• WE WILL SHARE WITH OUR CLASS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NEXT WEEK
• WE WILL SHARE WITH OTHER 5TH GRADE GROUPS ON FRIDAY.

Friday 09/25 Morning Warm-Up

1. Be respectful and responsible for Ms. Miller while Mr. Erickson is reading the Jaguar Jungle.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "A Safe Landing" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently

09/24 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Collaborate with your group to continue creating your Weather Project.
2. Use the Weather Project Rubric to meet expectations for your work.

Thursday 09/24 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Writing Folder, Writing Notebook, and Being a Writer Handbook ready to use this morning.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "A Good Book" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently

09/23 Literacy Block Agenda: FINAL WEATHER RESEARCH DAY

1. FINISH your group's weather project research, recording all information/learning on the recording sheet.  TODAY will be the LAST research day!
2. Be sure to complete your Experiment Documentation to show what you learned from your weather experiment(s).
3. Decide upon a way to share your group's learning, make sure everyone in your group agrees.
4. Use the Weather Project Rubric to meet expectations for your work.

FrontRowEd.com

Front Row

Class Code:  mbs2ow

09/22 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Continue your group's weather project research, recording all information/learning on the recording sheet.  Wednesday will be the LAST research day!
2. Be sure to complete your Weather Experiment Documentation.
3. Continue to ask and answer questions related to your weather topic.

Tuesday 09/22 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Writing Folder, Writing Notebook, and Being a Writer Handbook ready to use this morning.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Firm in the Faith" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently

Weather Experiments

Weather Project Resources

Experiment Documentation

Monday 09/21 Morning Warm-Up

1. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Have your Writing Folder, Writing Notebook, and Being a Writer Handbook ready to use this morning.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "Fire on the Prairie" in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Free read silently

Climate Change Project Links

1. Introduction to Thinglink Video
2. Thinglink Log In
3. Climate Change Project Rubric

Friday 09/18 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Writing Folder, Writing Notebook, and Being a Writer Handbook ready to use this morning.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "True Love" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently

Thursday 09/17 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Writing Folder, Writing Notebook, and Being a Writer Handbook ready to use this morning.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Plan B" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently

Wednesday 09/16 Morning Warm-Up

1. Complete the reading warm-up "Good Fortune" in the green fiction texts packet.
2. Log your books read on your Reading Log
3. Free read silently

Climate Change Multiple Resources

Climate Change Multiple Resources

Tuesday 09/15 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Writing Folder, Writing Notebook, and Being a Writer Handbook ready to use this morning.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Climbing High" in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Free read silently