Monday 11/13 Morning Warm-Up

Today is a great day to continue the momentum we started last week with our respectful, responsible, and safe behavior!!!

***Learning Coach Help Request***

1. Turn in your blue Music Concert slip.
2. Monday Band Lessons: Check your lesson time.
3. Have your Reading and Book Club materials ready.
4. Complete this Context Clue Online Activity to practice determining the meaning of words in context.
5. Finish your Book Club response then start your independent reading.

Friday 11/10 Writing - NaNoWriMo Rising Action

Purpose: I can write about my setting to help my readers understand when, where, and the environment of my story.

1. Review: The Rising Action
2. Word War: Friday 11/10

Friday 11/10 Social Studies - Changes in Europe Spur Exploration

Purpose: I can use historical pictures and text to infer how events in Europe might have affected the history of North America.

1. Teaching/Engagement: Changes in Europe Spur Exploration
• Inferring Importance using Picture and Text Evidence Document
• Social Studies Textbook page 52-55
2. Independent Practice: Complete your Early European Explorer Vocabulary (YELLOW words ONLY)
3. Extension:  Write as an Explorer (Interactive Student Notebook page 24)

Friday 11/10 Reading - Discuss Inferences

Purpose: I can discuss inferences with my book club to better understand what I am reading in a text.

1. Have your "Inferences" Response ready to share in a Book Club Meeting with Mr. Erickson
2. Read and comprehend "Panthers in Peril" @ ReadWorks to practice determining the meaning of words in context
3. Thinking & Writing About Your Reading: "Unknown Words" Response is due Tuesday
• Identify words/phrases that are unknown to you.
• Record the sentence (with page #) each is found in.
• Identify the decoding strategy you used to determine the meaning.
• Synthesize the meaning of the word/phrase.

Friday 11/10 Morning Warm-Up

***Learning Coach Help Request***

1. How are you going to help our class have a great Friday?  Write your action steps down on the notecard and be ready to share them. (I will help our class by...)
2. Turn in your blue Music Concert slip.
3. Display your Inferences Response for the Homework Checker.
4. Have your Reading and Book Club materials ready then start reading.

***Dodgeball Golden Whistle Reward @ 8:45***

Thursday 11/09 Social Studies - Changes in Europe Spur Exploration

Purpose: I can use historical pictures and text to infer how events in Europe might have affected the history of North America.

1. Minilesson:  A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words 
2. Teaching/Engagement: Changes in Europe Spur Exploration
• Inferring Importance using Picture and Text Evidence Document
• Social Studies Textbook page 52-55
3. Independent Practice: Complete your Early European Explorer Vocabulary (YELLOW words ONLY)

Thursday 11/09 Reading - Practice Inferring Using Text Evidence

Purpose: I can use textual evidence as I make inferences while I read.

1. Making Inferences Practice Activity
• Enter your First AND Last Name
• Email the results to nathan.erickson@ankenyschools.org
2. Thinking & Writing About Your Reading: "Quoting Accurately to Infer" Response is due TOMORROW
• Identify FIVE inferences you have while reading.
• Quote accurately using the author's exact words.
• Explain your inference.
3. Independent Reading