Friday 05/26 Reading - Discuss the Plot

Purpose:  I can discuss the plot of our story to understand how the characters and events interact.

1. Have your "Plot" Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson; bring your book to return.
2. BioPoem
• Use the BioPoem Outline and Mr. Erickson's BioPoem Example to guide you.
• Make a copy of the BioPoem Template.
• Submit a VIEW ONLY link to the community doc.
3. Self-Portrait
• Use the provided white construction paper.
• Draw your self-portrait from the shoulders up.
• Be as neat and colorful as your abilities allow.
• Fill all white space with a background design.

Wednesday 05/24 Reading - Discuss Characters

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

1. Have your Analyze Characters Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson.
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Describing the Plot" Response is due Friday:
• The Beginning
• The Exciting Incident
• The Rising Action
• The Climax
• The Falling Action
• The Ending
4. 5th Grade End-of-Year Celebration: Selfie & Memory Slide
• Make a copy of the Template
• Only you may be in your “selfie” and you must smile so it is easy for the audience to tell who you are.
• Do not change the font type, size, or color; we want the audience to easily read each name and memory.
• Change the background color/design so it is personalized for you!
• Submit a VIEW ONLY link to the community doc by TOMORROW morning.
5. BioPoem
• Use the BioPoem Outline and Mr. Erickson's BioPoem Example to guide you.
• Make a copy of the BioPoem Template.
• Submit a VIEW ONLY link to the community doc.

Tuesday 05/23 Reading - Practice Analyzing Characters

Purpose: I can analyze characters by describing their appearance, actions, thoughts/feelings, and traits to help me form an opinion of them.

1. Independent Reading Time
2. "Analyze Characters" Response is due TOMORROW:
• Appearance
• Actions of the character
• Thoughts/feelings the character has
• What character trait best describes them?
• Your opinion of the character (like/dislike, connections, etc)
3. 5th Grade End-of-Year Celebration: Selfie & Memory Slide
• Make a copy of the Template
• Only you may be in your “selfie” and you must smile so it is easy for the audience to tell who you are.
• Do not change the font type, size, or color; we want the audience to easily read each name and memory.
• Change the background color/design so it is personalized for you!
• Submit a VIEW ONLY link to the community doc by Thursday morning.

Monday 05/22 Reading - Discuss Figurative Language

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

1. Have your Figurative Language Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson.
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Analyze Characters" Response is due WEDNESDAY:
• Appearance
• Actions of the character
• Thoughts/feelings the character has
• What character trait best describes them?
• Your opinion of the character (like/dislike, connections, etc)
4. 5th Grade End-of-Year Celebration: Selfie & Memory Slide
• Make a copy of the Template
• Only you may be in your “selfie” and you must smile so it is easy for the audience to tell who you are.
• Do not change the font type, size, or color; we want the audience to easily read each name and memory.
• Change the background color/design so it is personalized for you!
• Submit a VIEW ONLY link to the community doc by Thursday morning.

Friday 05/19 Reading - Figurative Language Practice

Purpose: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

1. Independent Reading Time
2. "Figurative Language" Response is due Monday:
• Identify examples of figurative from your reading.
• Describe FIVE elements (characters, setting, events, etc.) of your story by composing metaphors and similes.
3. Writing: Publish your poetry into a collection that includes a variety of styles and concepts: 
• Metaphor and/or Simile 
• Personification 
• Alliteration and/or Onomatopoeia 
• Repetition 
• Shape/Stanzas 
• Acrostic 
• Haiku 
• Ode

Thursday 05/18 Reading - Discuss Conflict

Purpose:  I can better understand the plot of our story by discussing the conflicts.

1. Have your Conflict Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson.
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Figurative Language" Response is due Monday:
• Identify examples of figurative from your reading.
• Describe FIVE elements (characters, setting, events, etc.) of your story by composing metaphors and similes.

Wednesday 05/17 Reading - Practice Describing Conflict

Purpose:  I can determine the important elements of my reading by identifying and describing conflicts.

1. Independent Reading Time
2. "Describing Conflict" Response is due TOMORROW:  
• Identify at least two conflicts that are driving your plot.
• Describe the conflicts you identified by writing about who the struggles are between, why, and how they might be solved.
• Compose a paragraph using your outline.

Monday 05/15 Reading - Discuss Summaries

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

1. Have your Summarizing Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson.
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Describing Conflict" Response is due THURSDAY:  
• Identify at least two conflicts that are driving your plot.
• Describe the conflicts you identified by writing about who the struggles are between, why, and how they might be solved.
• Compose a paragraph using your outline.

Friday 05/12 Reading - Discuss Setting

Purpose:  I can discuss the setting of my book to better understand how the time, place, and environment effect the story.

1. Have your "Analyzing the Setting" Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson:
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Determine Importance by Summarizing" Response is due MONDAY:
• You should summarize at least two selections of your reading assignment.
• First, identify the text as specifically as you can.
• Then, state the verb that describes what the author does with their writing.
• Next, identify the topic of the text selection--what the text is mostly about.
• Last, record at least three big ideas that support the topic of the selection.
• Finally, use your outline to write a summary paragraph.

Thursday 05/11 Reading - Practice Analyzing the Setting

Purpose:  I can describe the setting of texts to better understand how it affects the story.

1. Be ready to practice analyzing the setting in a small group meeting with Mr. Erickson
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Describe the Setting" Response is due Friday:
• Describe the time, place, and environment of your book in a written paragraph
• Draw a map of the main setting.
• Include FIVE captions that help explain your setting.

Wednesday 05/10 Reading - Discuss Inferences

Purpose:  I can share and discuss my inferences from the story to better understand the author's message.

1. Have your "Quoting Accurately to Infer" Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Describe the Setting" Response is due Friday:
• Describe the time, place, and environment of your book in a written paragraph
• Draw a map of the main setting.
• Include FIVE captions that help explain your setting.

Tuesday 05/09 Reading - Practice Inferring

Purpose:  I can quote accurately while making inferences.

1. Be ready to practice making inferences in a small group meeting with Mr. Erickson
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Quoting Accurately to Infer" Response is due TOMORROW:
• Identify FIVE inferences you have while reading.
• Quote accurately using the author's exact words.
• Explain your inference.

Monday 05/08 Reading - Discuss Point of View

Purpose:  I can share and discuss the point of view of my story to to better understand the message, moral, or lesson of the story.

1. Have your "Point of View" Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mrs. Lambert
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Quoting Accurately to Infer" Response is due Wednesday:
• Identify FIVE inferences you have while reading.
• Quote accurately using the author's exact words.
• Explain your inference.

Friday 05/05 Reading - Practice Identifying Point of View

Purpose:  I can identify the point of view of texts to better understand the message, moral, or lesson of the story.

1. Whole Group Practice:  Identifying Point of View
2. Partner Practice: Identifying Point of View (Join Code: 094895)
3. Independent Reading Time
4. "Analyze Point of View" Response is due Monday:
• What point of view is the story being told in?
• How do you know? Use examples from the story to support your answer.
• Imagine that a different character from your book is telling the story. How would this change the story? Would the same events take place? What might it sound like?
5. Read Aloud with a Leader from Mrs. Gibbons' class @ 11:45

Thursday 05/04 Reading - Discuss Questions

Purpose:  I can share and discuss questions from my story to help myself and others understand the responses we made to the text.

1. Have your "Quoting Accurately While Questioning" Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson
2. Independent Reading Time
3. "Analyze Point of View" Response is due Monday:
• What point of view is the story being told in?
• How do you know? Use examples from the story to support your answer.
• Imagine that a different character from your book is telling the story. How would this change the story? Would the same events take place? What might it sound like?

Wednesday 05/03 Reading - Questioning Practice

Purpose:  I can quote accurately while asking questions that deepen my understanding of what I read.

1. Small Group:  Be ready to practice questioning with Mr. Erickson
2. "Quoting Accurately While Asking Questions" Response is due TOMORROW:
• Ask THREE questions that connect to the overall meaning of the text.
• Use author's exact words.
• Use quotation marks and correct punctuation.
• Tell where the quote came from.
• Explain your question.
• Compose your quote and question as a complete sentence.
3. Independent Reading Time

Tuesday 05/02 Reading -

Purpose:  I can quote accurately while asking questions that deepen my understanding of what I read.

1. May's Novels in Verse Genre Book Club:
1. Identify the expected materials.
2. Finalize your consequence.
2. "Quoting Accurately While Asking Questions" Response is due THURSDAY:
• Ask THREE questions that connect to the overall meaning of the text.
• Use author's exact words.
• Use quotation marks and correct punctuation.
• Tell where the quote came from.
• Explain your question.
• Compose your quote and question as a complete sentence.
3. Independent Reading Time

Monday 05/01 Reading - Discuss Theme

Purpose:  I can discuss the theme of our story to understand the author's message.

1. Read & Write: "Twins' Luck" at ReadWorks Digital
2. Have your "Theme" Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting
• What did the characters learn?
• How did the characters grow or change?
• Why did the characters act this way?
• I know the theme is...  I know this because in the text...
3. Independent Reading Time

Friday 04/28 Reading - Discuss Plot Rollercoaster

Purpose:  I can discuss the plot of our story to understand how the characters and events interact.

1. Read & Write: "The Holocaust" at ReadWorks Digital (GOAL: Everyone achieve a score of atleast 66%)
2. Have your "Plot" Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting.
3. Independent Reading Time
4. "Theme" Response is due Monday:
• What did the characters learn?
• How did the characters grow or change?
• Why did the characters act this way?
• I know the theme is...  I know this because in the text...

Thursday 04/27 Reading - Practice Elements of Plot

Purpose:  I can identify the elements of plot to better understand and appreciate stories.

1. Minilesson: "The Beginning" of a story includes the introduction of the characters AND the setting.
2. Whole Group/Partner Practice:  Describing the Setting of Passages
3. Small Group:  Be ready to practice identifying elements of plot with Mr. Erickson
4. Independent Reading Time
5. "Describing the Plot" Response is due TOMORROW:
• The Beginning
• The Exciting Incident
• The Rising Action
• The Climax
• The Falling Action
• The Ending