Nameless Profile Activity

1. Create your outline, be sure to include as many details as you can without revealing your name.
2. Use your outline to create a profile about yourself.  Be sure to do your best writing using correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and complete sentences.
3. Type your rough draft onto the Google Doc using your Chromebook.
4. Proofread your nameless profile and fix mistakes as you read and reread.
5. Search for images that represent you and the things you talked about in your profile.

Thursday 08/27 Morning Warm-Up

1. Place any forms for Mr. Erickson on the back organizer underneath the Writing resources.
2. Check the Leadership Jobs to see what you are responsible for doing today.
3. Have writing utensils and several pages of loose-leaf paper ready to use.
4. Complete the reading warm-up "Lesson Learned" in the green fiction texts packet.
5. Free read silently

Parent Survey

Mr. Erickson's 5th Grade Classroom - Parent Survey

05/21 Whole Group Reading (Science) Agenda

1. Read Life Science textbook pages 188 - 191 with Partner #7.
2. Answer the comprehension questions on packet pages 39 independently and then discuss your answers with your partner.
3. Post your answer to this question on the chart:  "How do the skeletal and muscular systems work together?"  Be sure to put your name on the post-it note.
4. Work on your Small Group Reading assignment for today.

Bill Nye - Cells Video

Bill Nye - Cells Video

Vertebrate Videos

Watch the video for each type of vertebrate and record the FIVE most important things you need to know about each group.  Be prepared to share with and teach your peers the characteristics you identified.

1. Fish
2. Amphibians
3. Reptiles
4. Birds
5. Mammals

OR

1. Conclude your learning about classifying living things by completing textbook pages 40 - 41.
2. Read textbook pages 42 - 51 and then write a summary about what you read.
3. Choose of the vertebrate videos to watch.

Tuesday 05/19 Whole Group Reading (Science) Agenda

1. Read Life Science textbook pages 28 - 37 with Partner #5.
2. Complete the Classifying Vertebrates Graphic Organizer with your partner.
3. Answer the comprehension questions on packet pages 36 and 37 independently and then discuss your answers with your partner.
4. Work on your Small Group Reading assignment for today.