Monday 10/31 Science Activity - Rocks & Minerals Flash Draft

Purpose:  I can publish my flash draft to show what I know and have learned about Rocks and Minerals.

1. Whole Group: Four-Point Sentence Writing Review
2. FINISH publishing your Rocks and Minerals Flash Draft
3. Post your document on our community document.
4. Practice your Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary at SpellingCity.

Monday 10/31 Morning Warm-Up

1. Review your Leadership Job to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Check your Band Lesson day/time for this week.
3. Display your Character Conversation Book Club Response  for the Homework Checker.
4. Complete the reading warm-up "Sky High" on page 120 in the green fiction texts packet.
5. Have your Rocks & Minerals booklet ready.
6. Free read or write silently

Friday 10/28 Book Club - Character Conversation

Purpose:  I can discuss the setting with my book club to deepen my understanding of what I read.

1. Realistic Fiction Genre Book Club Meeting
1. Review the Response Assignment 
2. Each member shares their Response
3. Have a conversation about the book.
4. Review new Reading and Responding Assignments
2. Free Read Quietly
3. "Character Conversation" Response is due Monday:
• Write a conversation between you and the main character of your Book Club story.
• Be sure your dialogue helps us to understand your main character and is "not boring."
• Ask questions of your character and infer what their answers would be.
• State your opinions about their actions, words, choices, and behavior.
• Be creative!

Friday 10/28 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your Setting Response for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Curious Joe" on page 119 in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your NaNoWriMo, Writing, and drawing materials ready.
4. Free read or write silently

Thursday 10/27 Book Club - Describe the Setting

Purpose:  I can describe and map the setting of my story to deepen my understanding of what I read.

1. Free Read Quietly
2. "Describe the Setting" Response is due TOMORROW:
• Describe the time, place, and environment of your book in a paragraph.
• Draw a map of the main setting.
• Include FIVE captions that help explain your setting.

Thursday 10/27 Rocks and Minerals Flash Draft - Publish

Purpose:  I can publish my flash draft to show what I know and have learned about Rocks and Minerals.

1. Whole Group: Closing Sentences of Paragraphs
2. Publish your Rocks and Minerals Flash Draft
3. Post your document on our community document
4. Free read quietly

NaNoWriMo Sign-Up

1. Go to https://ywp.nanowrimo.org
2. Click "Sign Up"
3. Select "Young Writer"
4. Step 2: Enter your birthdate
5. Step 3: 
1. Username = First Name + First TWO letters of last name (ex. nathaner)
2. Email = nathan.erickson@ankenyschools.org
3. First Name = First Name
4. Time Zone = Central Time (US & Canada)
5. Check Box "Accept Terms & Conditions"
6. Click "Next"
6. Password: Erickson + Favorite Number (ex. Erickson99)
7. First Security Question: Favorite Color
8. Second Security Question: City you were born in? ANSWER: Des Moines
9. Click "Create Account"
10. Choose "Join Your Classroom"
11. Enter the Class Code: EIORNAVY

Thursday 10/27 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your Drawing a Table homework for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Blissful Gratitude" on page 118 in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your NaNoWriMo, Writing, and drawing materials ready.
4. Free read or write silently

Wednesday 10/26 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can describe and map the setting of my story to deepen my understanding of what I read.

1. Free Read Quietly
2. Post your Quoting Accurately Response on Seesaw (Reading folder).
3. "Describe the Setting" Response is due Friday:
• Describe the time, place, and environment of your book in a paragraph.
• Draw a map of the main setting.
• Include FIVE captions that help explain your setting.

Wednesday 10/26 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your FINISHED NaNoWriMo Setting Activity for the Homework Checker.
2. Record your reading in your Free Reading Log.
3. Have your Spelling materials ready.
4. Practice your vocabulary skills at FreeRice.

Tuesday 10/25 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can discuss my accurate quotes with my book club to deepen my understanding of what I read.

1. Realistic Fiction Genre Book Club Meeting
1. Review the Response Assignment 
2. Each member shares their Response
3. Have a conversation about the book.
4. Review new Reading and Responding Assignments
2. Free Read Quietly
3. Post your Quoting Accurately Response on Seesaw (Reading folder) then be ready to share your work in a small group meeting with Mr. Erickson.
4. "Describe the Setting" Response is due Friday:
• Describe the time, place, and environment of your book in a paragraph.
• Draw a map of the main setting.
• Include FIVE captions that help explain your setting.

Tuesday 10/25 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your Quoting Accurately Book Club Response for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "I am Japanese" on page 117 in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Book Club and Reading materials ready.
4. Free read or write silently

***Indoor recess TODAY: our playground will be getting new mulch and there will be a couple of trucks on the playground to do the work.  In order to keep students safe, we will keep the students indoors.***

Monday 10/24 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can quote accurately from my book to show I understand important parts of the story.

1. Free Read Quietly
2. "Quoting Accurately" Response is due TOMORROW:
• Complete either on the document or in your Reading Notebook.
• Identify FIVE quotes that you think areimportant to your book.
• Explain your thinking for each quote.
• You may reuse sentence frames.

Monday 10/24 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can determine the meaning of words related to the study of rocks and minerals.

1. Review:  How are the different types of rocks formed?
2. Whole Group: Decoding Strategies for Unknown Words
3. Independent Practice:
1. Read “Geology” to deepen your understanding of rocks and minerals.
2. Infer the meaning of the identified words using our decoding strategies.
4. Free read quietly
5. Be ready to share your definitions in a small group meeting with Mr. Erickson.

Monday 10/24 Morning Warm-Up

1. Review your Leadership Job to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Check your Band Lesson day/time for this week.
3. Display your 2-Digit into 3-Digit Division Worksheet  for the Homework Checker.
4. Complete the reading warm-up "First Aid Friendship" on page 116 in the green fiction texts packet.
5. Have your Rocks & Minerals booklet ready.
6. Free read or write silently

Friday 10/21 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can discuss my inferences with my book club to deepen my understanding of what I read.

1. Realistic Fiction Genre Book Club Meeting
1. Review the Response Assignment 
2. Each member shares their Response
3. Have a conversation about the book.
4. Review new Reading and Responding Assignments
2. Free Read Quietly
3. Post your inference document on Seesaw (Reading folder) then be ready to share your inferences in a small group meeting with Mr. Erickson.
4. "Quoting Accurately" Response is due Tuesday:
• Complete either on the document or in your Reading Notebook.
• Identify FIVE quotes that you think are important to your book.
• Explain your thinking for each quote.
• You may reuse sentence frames.

Friday 10/21 The Leader in Me Activity

The Leader in Me

End in Mind: I can understand how standing up to peer pressure encourages others to do the same.

1. Whole Class Discussion: Positive and negative peer pressure.
2. Guided Practice: Write a narrative about a time you witnessed bullying or name-calling and made a choice to be a bystander.
3. Independent Practice: Circle of Control Chart
1.  Recall a situation when you may have witnessed a person being bullied or called names.
2. Write what is within your Circle of Control and within your Circle of No Control in this type of situation.
4. Assessment: How has what you learned changed your thinking?

Friday 10/21 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your Inference Response for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "The Bull Ride" on page 115 in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Leadership Binder ready.
4. Free read/write silently OR work on your NaNoWriMo packet.

Thursday 10/20 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can make quote accurately, describe my background knowledge, and infer as I read.

1. Whole Group: Making Inferences
2. Small Group Practice: "Making Inferences" using Chris Van Allsburg
3. Be ready to share your inference work in a meeting with Mr. Erickson.
4. Free Read Quietly
5. Book Club "Making Inferences" Response is due Friday:
• Quote what you read.
• Describe what you know.
• Compose your inference.

Thursday 10/20 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can classify rocks according to their characteristics.

1. Review:  How are the different types of rocks formed?
2. Whole Group: The Rock Cycle (pages 114 - 115)
3. Independent Practice: Rocks Cycle Sort
1. Cut out each description.
2. Cut out each rock.
3. Sort them into the correct rock type.
4. After you have checked them, glue them into your notebook.
4. Independently read more about rocks and minerals at Epic!

Thursday 10/20 NaNoWriMo Activity

Thursday 10/19 NaNoWriMo Activity

Purpose:  I can identify, understand, and brainstorm basic plot structures including the climax, falling action, and ending sections of a novel.

1.  Spot the following:
• When viewers gasp and say, "What will happen next?"
• When viewers cheer, "Go hero! Win the fight!"
• When viewers say, "Thank goodness that's over."
2. Read about climax, falling action, and resolution.
3. Outline Your Plot
1. Climax (pg. 55)
2. Falling Action (pg. 57)
3. Ending (pg. 58)

Thursday 10/20 Morning Warm-Up

1. Find your new seat.
2. Display your 4-Digit by 2-Digit Division Word Problem for the Homework Checker.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "Opening Up" on page 114 in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Have your NaNoWriMo materials ready.
5. Free read/write silently OR work on your NaNoWriMo characters.

Wednesday 10/19 Literacy Block Agenda

1. NaNoWriMo Project: Outline Your Plot
1. Beginning (pg. 49)
2. Exciting Event (pg. 51)
3. Rising Action (pg. 53 - 54)
2. Free Read Quietly
3. "Making Inferences" Response is due Friday:
• Quote what you read.
• Describe what you know.
• Compose your inference.
4. Be ready to share your inference work in a small group meeting with Mr. Erickson.

Wednesday 10/19 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your 3-Digit by 1-Digit Division Word Problem for the Homework Checker.
2. Record your reading in your Free Reading Log.
3. Have your Spelling materials ready.
4. Practice your vocabulary skills at FreeRice.

Tuesday 10/18 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can classify rocks according to their characteristics.

1. Whole Group: Rock Type Review Slide Shows
• Igneous rocks are formed by...
• Sedimentary rocks are formed by...
• Metamorphic rocks are formed by...
2. Independent Practice: Rocks and Minerals Quiz:
• Link: https://join.quizizz.com/
• Join Code:  955044

Tuesday 10/18 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can discuss the conflicts of the story with my book club.

1. Realistic Fiction Genre Book Club Meeting
1. Review the Response Assignment 
2. Each member shares their Response
3. Have a conversation about the book.
4. Review new Reading and Responding Assignments
2. Free Read Quietly
3. Be ready to share your best conflict response in a small group meeting with Mr. Erickson.
4. "Making Inferences" Response is due Friday:
• Quote what you read.
• Describe what you know.
• Compose your inference.

Tuesday 10/18 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your Book Club Conflict Response for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Myreel's Moment" on page 113 in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Book Club materials ready.
4. Free read/write silently OR work on your NaNoWriMo characters.

Monday 10/17 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can identify the conflict(s) within my reading to understand what drives the story.

1. Read your Realistic Fiction Book Club assignment.
2. Identify conflict of your story as you read:
• Man vs Self:  A struggle between a character and their feelings, conscience, or fear.
• Man vs Man:  A mental or physical struggle between two characters.
• Man vs Nature:  A struggle between a character and Mother Nature.
• Man vs Society:  A struggle between a character and the laws or beliefs of a group.
3. "Introduction of Conflict" Response is due TOMORROW:  What conflicts are driving your story?  Describe the conflicts you identified by writing about who the struggles are between and why.

Monday 10/17 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can classify rocks according to their characteristics.

1. Whole Group: How can we tell the difference between types of rocks?
2. Small Group Practice: Identify characteristics of the main types of rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Fossils, and Metamorphic)
• Textbook pages 106 - 113
• Record your learning on a "Rock Characteristics" chart in your Science Notebook.
3. Independent Practice: Complete the Rocks Interactive and add to your characteristic charts (use a different colored writing utensil).
4. Finish your Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary.
5. Free read or write silently
6. Rock Type Formative Assessment

Monday 10/17 Morning Warm-Up

1. Review your Leadership Job to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Check your Band Lesson day/time for this week.
3. Display your Fossils Characteristics Web for the Homework Checker.
4. Have your NaNoWriMo and Writing materials ready.
5. Respond to the following questions in your notebook:
1. Of all the books you have read or movies you have seen, who is the "bad guy" (or girl!) that you remember most?
2. What made this character so bad and so memorable?
6. Free read or write silently

Friday 10/14 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can discuss the characters from reading with my book club.

1. Realistic Fiction Genre Book Club Meeting
1. Review the Response Assignment 
2. Each member shares their Response
3. Have a conversation about the book.
4. Review new Reading and Responding Assignments
2. Free Read Quietly
3. "Introduction of Conflict" Response is due Tuesday

Friday 10/14 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can classify rocks according to their characteristics.

1. Whole Group: How can we tell the difference between types of rocks?
2. Independent Practice:  Identify characteristics of the main types of rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Fossils, and Metamorphic)
• Textbook pages 106 - 113
• Record your learning on a "Rock Characteristics" chart in your Science Notebook.
3. Finish your Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary.
4. Free read or write silently

Friday 10/14 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your Character Webs for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Herding Cattle" on page 112 in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your NaNoWriMo and Writing materials ready.
4. Free read or write silently OR work on your Seesaw "must haves" for conferences.

Thursday 10/12 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can identify the elements of characters to better understand their actions and traits.

1. "Introduction of Characters" Response is due Friday:
• List the characters you meet during your first Reading Assignment for your book club.
• In your Reading Notebook, use a Character Web to identify elements of THREE characters:
• Appearance
• Actions of the character
• Thoughts/feelings the character has
• Your opinion of the character (like/dislike, connections, etc)
2. Small Group Meeting:  Understanding Characters Practice
3. Free read quietly.

Thursday 10/13 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can ask questions to expand my understanding about minerals.

1. Begin to define our Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary.
2. Whole Group: Ask questions to expand thinking about Minerals.
3. Partner Practice:  Ask questions to expand thinking about Properties of Minerals:
• Textbook pages 100 - 103
• Record your thinking on a "What I'm Learning/Wondering About" chart in your Science Notebook.
4. Finish your Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary.
5. Free read or write silently OR work on your Seesaw "must haves" for conferences.

Thursday 10/12 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your HomeLink 2.8 for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "The Substitute" on page 111 in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your NaNoWriMo and Writing materials ready.
4. Free read or write silently OR work on your Seesaw "must haves" for conferences.

Wednesday 10/10 Conference Preparation

Purpose:  I can organize, self-evaluate, and goal-set to be proactive about my learning.

1. Organize your Leadership Binder
2. Set my goals
3. Learn about Seesaw
4. Install Seesaw from the Chrome Web Store
5. Begin showing your learning by adding "must haves" to Seesaw.

Wednesday 10/12 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display HomeLink 2.7 for the Homework Checker.
2. Record your reading in your Free Reading Log.
3. Have your binder ready for conference preparation.
4. Practice your vocabulary skills at FreeRice.

Tuesday 10/11 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can classify rocks and minerals according to their characteristics.

Bill Nye: Rocks and Soil

Tuesday 10/11 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can discuss my questions from reading with my book club.

1. Realistic Fiction Genre Book Club Meeting
1. Review the Response Assignment 
2. Each member shares their Response
3. Have a conversation about the book.
4. Review new Reading and Responding Assignments
2. Free Read Quietly
3. "Introduction of Characters" Response is due Friday:
• List the characters you meet during your first Reading Assignment for your book club.
• In your Reading Notebook, use a Character Web to identify elements of THREE characters:
• Appearance
• Actions of the character
• Thoughts/feelings the character has
• Your opinion of the character (like/dislike, connections, etc)

Tuesday 10/11 Morning Warm-Up

1. Review your Leadership Job to see what you are responsible for this week.
2. Check your Band Lesson day/time for this week.
3. Display your Book Club Questions/Answers/Strategies chart for the Homework Checker.
4. Complete the reading warm-up "The Christmas Gift" on page 110 in the green fiction texts packet.
5. Have your Book Club materials ready.
6. Free read or write silently

Friday 10/07 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can ask questions and find answers to better understand what I read.

1. Review "Strategies for Answering Questions"
2. Read your assigned pages for your Book Club book.
3. In your Reading Notebook, use a Questions/Answers/Strategies chart to record your thinking and learning as you read.
4. Have your Response Assignment ready to share with your book club on Tuesday.
5. Free read quietly

Friday 10/07 Morning Warm-Up

1. Last Call: turn in your signed September Behavior Log.
2. Display 4-Digit by 1-Digit Multiplication Worksheet for the Homework Checker.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "A Safe Landing" on page 109 in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Have your writing and reading materials ready.
5. Free read or write silently

Thursday 10/06 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can ask questions to better understand what I read.

1. "Question the Text" Review
2. Independently read "The role of climate change in the Louisiana floods" and question the text while you read.
3. Record your questions and answers in a Questions/Answers chart in your science notebook.
4. Be ready to share your questions in Small Group.
5. Free read quietly

Thursday 10/06 NaNoWriMo Activity

Purpose:  I can write a brief advertisement, including details about important events and characters, for a novel.

1. Finish your "What Makes a Novel a Novel?" Packet
2. Using the Novel Advertisement Template, on GoogleSlides, publish your finished work:
• Include a picture of the book cover.
• Be sure to follow our Four-Point Sentence writing expectations of correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and complete sentences with subjects-predicates.
3. Publish your advertisement so your classmates can view them:
1. "File" then "Publish to the web"
2. "Publish" then "OK"
3. Copy the link then paste it to our Community Document
4. Continue working on your draft you are publishing.

Thursday 10/06 Morning Warm-Up

1. Turn in your signed September Behavior Log.
2. Display HomeLink 2.4 for the Homework Checker.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "A Good Book" on page 108 in the green fiction texts packet.
4. Have your free reading book and writing materials ready.
5. Free read or write silently

Wednesday 10/05 Science Activity

Bill Nye: Climate

Wednesday 10/05 Morning Warm-Up

1. Turn in your signed September Behavior Log.
2. Display HomeLink 2.3 for the Homework Checker.
3. Record your reading in your Free Reading Log.
4. Practice your vocabulary skills at FreeRice.
5. Free read or write silently.

***Fall Party Planning Meeting TODAY 12:10 - 12:25:  Bring ideas for activities and games.***

Tuesday 10/04 Morning Warm-Up

1. Turn in your signed September Behavior Log.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Face to Face" on page 107 in the green fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Writing materials ready.
4. Free read or write silently

***Lockdown drill scheduled for 8:30 AM***

• Lights are off and blinds are closed.
• Students are out of sight of doors/windows.
• All activity stops, students are silent.

Monday 10/03 Book Club Activity

Purpose:  I can identify the theme of my book and write about the way the story teaches readers.

1. Realistic Fiction Book Club "Theme" Writing
1. Introduction to Theme
2. What is the theme to your book club book?
3. Be ready to write your answer in a small group meeting with Mr. Erickson
2. Free Read Quietly

Monday 10/03 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can describe climate and weather and their effects on living things.

1. Weather Unit Final Assessment
2. Make your final revisions on your presentation so you are "Meeting" or "Exceeding" for each standard on our 5E Weather Project Rubric.
3. Practice, polish, and perfect your presentation with your group.
4. 5E Weather Project Rubric Self-Assessment
5. Weather Project Culminating Event @ 1:30