03/03 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Read "Paul Revere: Midnight Ride" then identify SIX words/phrases with reasoning to describe Paul Revere.
2. Free choice read for at least 30 minutes
3. Complete activities that help YOU become a better reader:
• Read MORE Fiction and/or Non-Fiction
• Practice Spelling/Vocabulary
• Practice Fluency with a partner
• Practice comparing and contrasting two or more stories from the same genre by reading two texts from this site.
• Practice finding an author's evidence to support a point.
• Practice using correlative conjunctions (neither/nor, either/or) with Conjunction game or Conjunctions
• Compare and contrasts varieties of English used in stories, dramas, and poems.
  
• Practice grammar skills by completing and reading MadLibs

Persuasive Essay Author's Chair

Persuasive Essay Peer Evaluation

1. After recording your thinking on your peer evaluation, write a comment to each author that begins with "After reading your persuasive essay, I agree/disagree with your opinion because..."
2. Read and evaluate your writing partner's essay first.
3. Then work through your "On-the-Spot" Partners.

Thursday 03/03 Morning Warm-Up

1. Have your Writing materials ready.
2. Check your draft to make sure you have all the required elements of a persuasive essay.
3. Link your persuasive essay to our Community Document (Be sure to link it as "View Only")
4. Complete the reading warm-up "Room for Art" (page 84) in the yellow non-fiction texts packet.
5. Free read or write silently
6. A reminder from Dr. Dittmar about Safety Patrol:
• During arrival/dismissal students must stay in the crosswalk and cross with the safety patrols.
• At dismissal, the playground is off limits unless you are with an adult. Go straight home after school.
• Be respectful to safety patrol members by following their directions.
• Students that do not follow these expectations will be reported to your teacher or Dr. Dittmar

03/02 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Causes of the American Revolution: Cause and Effect Relationships
2. Reread "Sam Adams: Patriarch of Liberty" then complete the Focus Skill Activity.
3. Free choice read for at least 20 minutes
4. Complete activities that help YOU become a better reader:
• Read MORE Fiction and/or Non-Fiction
• Practice Spelling/Vocabulary
• Practice Fluency with a partner
• Practice comparing and contrasting two or more stories from the same genre by reading two texts from this site.
• Practice finding an author's evidence to support a point.
• Practice using correlative conjunctions (neither/nor, either/or) with Conjunction game or Conjunctions
• Compare and contrasts varieties of English used in stories, dramas, and poems.
  
• Practice grammar skills by completing and reading MadLibs

Wednesday 03/02 Morning Warm-Up

1. Record your reading in your Free Reading Log.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Email Messaging" (page 84) in the yellow non-fiction texts packet.
3. Practice your vocabulary skills at FreeRice.com
4. Free read silently

03/01 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Historical Fiction Book Club
• Example Response Topics
• Book Club Outline:
  

  Book Club Members:

  Club Name:

  Meeting Spot:

  Materials All Members Bring to Meetings:

  Consequence of Not Being Prepared for Meeting:

• Set your reading assignments for the month (there are 7 meetings to divide your book into).
• Set your response assignment for tonight.
2. Spring Conference Preparation:
• Finish your Spring Conference ThingLink and check it using the Rubric.
• Post your project to the Spring Conference Community Document
3. Reread "Sam Adams: Patriarch of Liberty" then answer the comprehension questions.
4. Free choice read for at least 20 minutes
5. Complete activities that help YOU become a better reader:
• Work on your Spring Conference ThingLink
• Read MORE Fiction and/or Non-Fiction
• Practice Spelling/Vocabulary
• Practice Fluency with a partner
• Practice comparing and contrasting two or more stories from the same genre by reading two articles from this site.
• Practice determining importance at Into the Book (you will click on the flashlight once you are into the program).
• Practice using commas: In a series, after introduction, to separate yes and no, to set off a tag question, and to address a person at Comma Chameleon or Save the Comma
• Practice grammar skills by completing and reading MadLibs

Tuesday 03/01 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your Math homework (Decimal Problem Solving)
2. Have your Social Studies materials ready.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "School Assemblies" (page 83) in the yellow non-fiction texts packet.
4. Free read or write silently