04/13 Social Studies Assessment

American Revolution Assessment

Wednesday 04/13 Morning Warm-Up

1. Record your reading in your Free Reading Log.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Louis Braille" (page 29) in the yellow non-fiction texts packet.
3. Practice your April Words at SpellingCity.com
4. Free read silently

***Students are responsible for getting their sauces the first time through the line and if they miss or forget something teachers will no longer run back and forth getting it for them.***

04/12 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Historical Fiction Genre Book Club Meeting
• Review the Response Assignment
• Each member shares their Response
• Have a conversation about the book.
• Review new Reading Assignment
2. "How Characters Drive the Story" Minilesson
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
• 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

04/12 Social Studies Activity

American Revolution Research Project: I can share information that answers the guiding question, "Who was this person and how did he or she impact the American Revolution?"


Record your learning on the recording document:

1. Identify the impact each historical figure had on the American Revolution.
2. Make a connection from the historical figure to other learning made throughout our American Revolution work.

04/12 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

Tuesday 04/12 Morning Warm-Up

1. Display "Point of View" Book Club Response for the Homework Checker.
2. Complete the reading warm-up "Louisa May Alcott" (page 28) in the yellow non-fiction texts packet.
3. Have your Poetry materials ready to continue publishing.
4. Free read or write silently

04/11 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Identifying Point of View Activity (Be ready to share and discuss in a small group.)
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