04/15 Writing Activity

Poetry Unit:  I can edit, revise, improve, and publish my poetry to show different styles and Literary Concepts, including:

• Metaphor and/or Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration and/or Repetition
• Haiku
• Ode

Fluency:  I can use the "I Heart Poetry" collection to practice my fluency skills.

Friday 04/14 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your "Character Conflict" Reading Response for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Frank Sinatra" (page 31) in the yellow non-fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Social Materials materials ready.
4. Continue working on your Government and Democracy Vocabulary Document.
5. Free read or write silently

04/14 Math Activity

Classroom Measurements Community Document

04/14 Literacy Block Activity

Historical Fiction Book Club Response:

Describe the conflicts in your story.

04/14 Social Studies Activity

Government and Democracy Vocabulary Document

Thursday 04/14 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display HomeLink 7.8 for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Sacagawea" (page 30) in the yellow non-fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Poetry materials ready to continue publishing.
4. Free read or write silently

04/13 Literacy Block Agenda

1. "Character Conflict" Minilesson
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