Tuesday 05/29 Reading -

1. Book Club: Have your "Characters" Response ready to share
2. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Describing the Plot" Response AS A GROUP:
• The Beginning
• The Exciting Incident
• The Rising Action
• The Climax
• The Falling Action
• The Ending
3. Show to Mr. E, then turn in your Book Club book.
4. FINALIZE your poetry collection and be ready to share @ 11:20

Friday 05/25 Reading - Discuss Conflict

1. Book Club: Have your "Conflict" Response ready to share
2. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Analyze Characters" Response is due Tuesday:
• 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. Free Reading Time

Thursday 05/24 Reading - Describe Conflict

1. Review: Types of Conflict
2. Application: Identify Conflict
3. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Describing Conflict" Response is due Friday:  
• 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.
4. Free Reading Time

Wednesday 05/23 Reading - Describing Conflict

1. Book Club: Have your "Summarizing" Response ready to share
2. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Describing Conflict" Response is due Friday:  
• 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.
3. Free Reading Time

Tuesday 05/22 Reading - Discuss Setting

Purpose: I can share and discuss the setting of my story to help myself and others understand how the time, place, and environment impact the plot.

1. Book Club: Have your "Setting" Response ready to share @ 10:30
2. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Determine Importance by Summarizing" Response is due TOMORROW:
• 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.
3. Free Reading Time

Friday 05/18 Reading - Describing the Setting

1. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Describe the Setting" Response is due Monday:
• 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.
2. Free Reading Time

Thursday 05/17 Reading - Share Inferences

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

1. Book Club: Have your "Quoting Accurately to Infer" Response ready to share
2. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Describe the Setting" Response is due Monday:
• 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.
3. Free Reading Time

Wednesday 05/16 Reading - Quoting Accurately to Infer

1. Word Work: Vocabulary Surge Lesson 11 Day 7
2. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "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.

Friday 05/11 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. Word Work: Vocabulary Surge Lesson 11 Day 6
2. Connection: Point of View and Plot
3. Teaching Point: Today I want to teach you that as you think about perspective, you must also think about the change that occurs as part of the plot.  When you understand the change(s) that are happening to the character, you will understand how this impacts how the story is "seen."
4. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Analyze Point of View" Response is due @ 11:00
• What point of view is the story being told in?
• How do you know? Use examples from the story to support your answer.
• Who's perspective is the story in? How does this impact the story? What does it make you think about the plot?
5. Free Reading Time: "Quoting Accurately to Infer" Response is due Thursday:
• Identify FIVE inferences you have while reading.
• Quote accurately using the author's exact words.
• Explain your inference.

Thursday 05/10 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. Word Work: Vocabulary Surge Lesson 11 Day 4
2. Book Club: Have your "Quoting Accurately While Questioning" Response ready to share
3. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "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.
• Who's perspective is the story in? How does this impact the story? What does it make you think about the plot?
4. Free Reading Time

Wednesday 05/09 Reading - Practice Questioning

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

1. Word Work: Vocabulary Surge Lesson 11 Day 3
2. Teaching: Today I want to teach you that one of the best ways to learn is to think about answers to questions.  It okay if something that was once unknown becomes clear as you discover more!
3. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading:"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.
4. Free Reading Time

Tuesday 05/08 Reading - Discuss Theme

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

1. Word Work: Vocabulary Surge Lesson 11 Day 2
2. Book Club Meeting: 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. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "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.
4. Free Reading Time

Monday 05/07 Reading - Discuss Theme

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

1. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Twins' Luck" at ReadWorks Digital
2. Book Club Meeting: 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. Free Reading Time

Friday 05/04 Reading - Discuss Plot

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

1. Book Club Meeting: Have your "Plot" Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting.
2. W.I.N. Review: Theme
3. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "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...
4. Free Reading Time

Wednesday 05/02 Reading - Practice Elements of Plot

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

1. Teaching: "The Beginning" of a story includes the introduction of the characters AND the setting.
2. Engagement: Describing the Setting of Passages
3. Thinking & Writing About Your Reading: "Describing the Plot" Response is due Friday:
• The Beginning
• The Exciting Incident
• The Rising Action
• The Climax
• The Falling Action
• The Ending

Tuesday 05/01 Reading - Discuss Characters

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

1. Book Club Meeting: Have your Character Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson.
2. Review: Elements of Plot @ Quizizz
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3. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Describing the Plot" Response is due Friday:
• The Beginning
• The Exciting Incident
• The Rising Action
• The Climax
• The Falling Action
• The Ending

Monday 04/30 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. AELP:  Ms. Roode is indisposed this morning, please wait for her to come get you.
2. Small Group: Be ready to practice analyzing characters in a small group meeting with Mr. Erickson.
3. Thinking & Writing About Your Reading: "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)
4. Free Reading Time

Friday 04/27 - aReading FastBridge Assessment

Purpose: I can answer questions about reading to show my progress towards end-of-the-year learning goals.

1. Reading Skills Practice: Choose from these Cloze Reading Activities
2. Prepare your space by clearing your area, setting up your office, and having headphones ready.
3. Go to the testing site: FastBridge Assessments
• Enter your Name+Number as the login. 
• Enter the given password. 
• Wait for further instructions.
4. Thinking and Writing About Your Reading: "Analyze Characters" Response is due Tuesday:
• 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)

Thursday 04/26 Reading - Figurative Language

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. S.T., S.N.E., and A.R.P.H.: Have your "Connections" Response ready to share
2. Review: Finding Metaphors in Hit Songs and Poems
3. Thinking & Writing About Your Reading:  "Figurative Language" Response is due TOMORROW:
• Identify examples of figurative from your reading.
• Describe FIVE elements (characters, setting, events, etc.) of your story by composing metaphors and similes.
4. Free Reading Time

Wednesday 04/25 Reading - Figurative Language

Purpose: I can discuss my connections with my book club to deepen my understanding of the characters in my text.

1. Engagement: Figuratively Twittering Room 24
2. Application: Read and comprehend "A Juicy Problem" @ ReadWorks Digital
3. Thinking & Writing About Your Reading:  "Figurative Language" Response is due Friday:
• Identify examples of figurative from your reading.
• Describe FIVE elements (characters, setting, events, etc.) of your story by composing metaphors and similes.
4. Free Reading Time