05/12 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Reading Response Assignment DUE TOMORROW:  I can show my understanding of "character conflict" by describing and illustrating the conflicts in my story.
2. Small Group Meetings:  Conflict Identification Practice
3. Free choice read for at least 30 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 by choosing one of the poems from "We Are America" by Walter Dean Myers: Read it, reread it, then perform it for a friend.
• Learn more about conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections by leading yourself through the lesson and completing the activity.
• Practice using correlative conjunctions (neither/nor, either/or) with Conjunction game or Conjunctions
• Practice making inferences by answering these riddles or these riddles.

05/12 Science Activity

Purpose:  I can describe key structural and functional characteristics of plants.

1. Read "Classifying Plants" on textbook pages 16 - 17.
2. Watch the "Plant Structure and Adaptations" video.
3. Compare and contrast vascular and nonvascular plants in your Science Notebook.
4. Read textbook pages 18 - 19.
5. Complete Life Science Packet page 35

Thursday 05/12 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display your Comparing Decimals Worksheet for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "June Bugs" (page 9) in the yellow non-fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Writing materials ready.
4. Free read or write silently.

05/11 Literacy Block Agenda

1. NEW Reading Response Assignment:  I can show my understanding of "character conflict" by describing and illustrating the conflicts in my story.
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 by choosing one of the poems from "We Are America" by Walter Dean Myers: Read it, reread it, then perform it for a friend.
• Learn more about conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections by leading yourself through the lesson and completing the activity.
• Practice using correlative conjunctions (neither/nor, either/or) with Conjunction game or Conjunctions
• Practice making inferences by answering these riddles or these riddles.

05/11 Science Activity

Purpose: I can compare and contrast different animal classifications.

1. Read textbook pages 14 - 15 
2. Go to the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's Animal Diversity Web. In the search box, put in your favorite animal. Now write out its classification in your Science Notebook: 
• Kingdom: _______________ 
• Phylum: _______________ 
• Class: _______________ 
• Order: _______________ 
• Family: _______________ 
• Genus: _______________ 
• Species: _______________ 
3. Compare/Contrast:  Are there any animals in the same phylum as your animal? Same class? 
4. Extension: Read further at Biology4Kids.com

Wednesday 05/11 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display HomeLink 8.2 for the Homework Checker.
2. Record your reading in your Free Reading Log.
3. Complete the reading warm-up "Latitude and Longitude" (page 66) in the yellow non-fiction texts packet.
4. Practice your vocabulary skills at FreeRice.com
5. Free read silently

***Buddy Class Activity: Read-In with Mr. Petersen's 2nd Graders on Friday @ 10:00***

05/10 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Realistic Fiction Book Club
• Review the Response Assignment
• Each member shares their Response
• Have a conversation about the book.
• Review new Reading Assignment
2. NEW Reading Response Assignment:  I can show my understanding of "character conflict" by describing and illustrating the conflicts in my story.
3. Free choice read for at least 30 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 by choosing one of the poems from "We Are America" by Walter Dean Myers: Read it, reread it, then perform it for a friend.
• Learn more about conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections by leading yourself through the lesson and completing the activity.
• Practice using correlative conjunctions (neither/nor, either/or) with Conjunction game or Conjunctions
• Practice making inferences by answering these riddles or these riddles.