Week of October 28 - November 1, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
10/28 |
Grammar Voyages Lesson 7.4 Direct and Indirect Objects Vocab Unit 3, Set B, Words 1-5: introduce words. Writing Time: Continue revising and editing practice. |
Vocab Cards: Unit 3, Set B, 1-5 Voyages Lesson 7.4 Lesson Check Thursday! |
10/29 |
Grammar Lesson 7.4 Direct and Indirect Objects Vocab Unit 3, Set B, Words 6-10: introduce words. Writing Time: Continue revising and editing practice. |
Vocab Cards: Unit 3, Set B, 6-10 Vocab Unit 3 Test 11/5/19! Voyages Lesson 7.4 Lesson Check Thursday! |
10/30 |
Grammar None Vocab Complete pg. 43 and 44 in class. Writing Time: none |
Vocab Unit 3 Test 11/5/19! Voyages Lesson 7.4 Lesson Check Tomorrow! |
10/31 |
Grammar Voyages Lesson 7.4 Lesson Check (Direct and Indirect Objects) Vocab Complete pg. 45 and 46 in class. Writing Time: Continue revising and editing practice. |
None. Happy Halloween!! Vocab Unit 3 Test 11/5/19! |
11/01 |
Grammar Voyages Lesson 7.8: Compound Direct Objects Vocab Complete pg. 47 in class. Writing Time: Continue revising and editing practice. |
Have a good weekend! Vocab Unit 3 Test 11/5/19! |
Week of October 14 - October 18, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
10/14 |
No School: Columbus Day |
None |
10/15 |
Grammar Voyages Lesson 7.2: Simple Subjects and Predicates Vocab None Writing Time: Students will use writing time to draft a "quick write" based on a creative writing prompt. |
Voyages Workbook pg. 88 #10-#21 |
10/16 |
Grammar Voyages Lesson 7.2: Simple Subjects and Predicates (con't) Vocab None Writing Time: Students will finish their draft of a quick write based on a creative writing prompt. |
None |
10/17 |
Grammar Voyages Lesson 7.3: Complete Subjects and Predicates Vocab None Writing Time: Students will finish writing their creative quick write drafts. Q2 Reading Project is introduced!! Packet and calendar distributed to each student. |
Voyages Workbook pg. 89 Lesson Check on Voyages 7.2 and 7.3 Monday! Review workbook pgs. 88-89 and/or book online. |
10/18 |
Grammar Voyages Lesson 7.3: Complete Subjects and Predicates Vocab None Writing Time: Students will apply skills learned through a mini lesson to begin revising their creative quick write drafts. |
Lesson Check on Voyages 7.2 and 7.3 Monday! Review workbook pgs. 88-89 and/or book online. Q2 fiction book must be approved by Homeroom Teacher by the end of the day on Monday!! Have a good weekend! |
Week of October 7 - October 11, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
10/7 |
Grammar None Vocab Unit 2: Synonyms and Antonyms (pg. 34) in class. Writing Time: Students will continue "Interview with the Scientist" project and conference with their teacher regarding 1st Published Piece. |
Vocab Book pg. 33 (Completing the Sentence - Set B). You may complete online or in your book. Vocab Test: Unit 2 (Set A and Set B) Wednesday! |
10/8 |
Grammar None Vocab Check homework (pg. 33) and Unit 2: Review Slap Jack Writing Time: Students will continue "Interview with the Scientist" project and conference with their teacher regarding 1st Published Piece. |
Vocab Test: Unit 2 (Set A and Set B) tomorrow! |
10/9 |
Grammar None Vocab Test: Unit 2 Writing Time: Students will continue "Interview with the Scientist" project and conference with their teacher regarding 1st Published Piece. |
None |
10/10 |
Grammar None Vocab None Writing Time: Author's Chair - 1st Published Piece |
None |
10/11 |
Field Trip: Kennedy Space Center! |
Have a good weekend! |
Week of September 30 - October 4, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
9/30 |
Grammar Section 8 Test Review Assignment Vocab Unit 2, Set B Words #1-5. Introduce Words. Writing Time: Students will be introduced to "Interview with the Scientist" writing project where they will interview a classmate about their planet project in Science and write a summary of the interview using proper direct quotations. |
Vocab note cards for Unit 2 Set B Words #1-5 Voyages Section 8 Test Friday! Covers 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6, 8.10 |
10/1 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8 Test Review Assignment Vocab Unit 2, Set B Words #6-10. Introduce words. Writing Time: Students will continue "Interview with the Scientist" project. |
Vocab note cards for Unit 2 Set B Words #6-10 Voyages Section 8 Test Friday! Covers 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6, 8.10 |
10/2 |
Heart of a Highlander! No School |
Voyages Section 8 Test Friday! Covers 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6, 8.10 |
10/3 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8 Test Review Vocab Unit 2, Set B. Complete Using Context activity in class. Writing Time: Students will continue "Interview with the Scientist" project. |
Voyages Section 8 Test Tomorrow! Covers 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6, 8.10 (Socrative review available online) b.socrative.com BOYDCLASS |
10/4 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8 Test! Covers 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6, 8.10 |
Have a good weekend! |
Week of September 23 - September 27, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
9/23 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8.5 Apostrophes Vocab Unit 2, Set A Words #1-5. Introduce Words. Writing Time: Students will continue writing a narrative piece. Focus will be guided by a strong opening and closing, and editing for capitalization, punctuation, and commas. Student may turn in by the end of this class period. |
Vocab note cards for Unit 2 Set A Words #1-5 |
9/24 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8.5 Apostrophes, con't. Vocab Unit 2, Set A Words #6-10. Introduce words. Writing Time: Students will continue writing a narrative piece. Focus will be guided by a strong opening and closing, and editing for capitalization, punctuation, and commas. Piece will be due by the end of this class period. |
Vocab note cards for Unit 2 Set A Words #6-10 |
9/25 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8.10 Direct Quotations Vocab Unit 2, Set A Using Context Activity in class. |
Vocab pg. 28 |
9/26 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8.10 Direct Quotations Vocab Unit 2, Set A Review the homework, and complete the Sentence Activity in class. |
Voyages Practice Book pg. 115 1-6 all, 7-14 odds only. |
9/27 |
Grammar Review homework and discuss topics covered on 10/4/19 Grammar Test (8.1 End Punctuation, 8.2 Commas in a Series, 8.3 Commas with Conjunctions, 8.5 Apostrophes, 8.6 Capitalization, and 8.10 Direct Quotations). Vocab Digital Book Exploration |
Grammar Test on Section 8 in Voyages on 10/4/19! Have a good weekend! |
Week of September 16 - September 20, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
9/16 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8.1 and 8.6: End Punctuation and Capitalization. Writing Time: Students will select one starter from the previous week to begin writing a narrative piece. Focus will be guided by a strong opening and closing. |
Practice Book pg. 105 Evens, pg. 111 Evens (you may use proofreading marks instead of writing sentences on pg. 111). |
9/17 |
Grammar Voyages Review homework on End Punctuation and Capitalization Writing Time: Students will continue writing a narrative piece. Focus will be guided by a strong opening and closing. |
None |
9/18 |
No School - Conference Day |
None |
9/19 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8.2 Commas in a Series Writing Community Writing Time: Students will continue writing a narrative piece. Focus will be guided by a strong opening and closing, and editing for capitalization and punctuation. |
Practice Book pg. 106 1-14 |
9/20 |
Grammar Voyages Section 8.3 Commas and Conjunctions. Writing Community Writing Time: Students will continue writing a narrative piece. Focus will be guided by a strong opening and closing, and editing for capitalization and punctuation. |
Have a good weekend! |
Week of September 9 - September 13, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
9/09 |
Vocabulary Check pg. 21 and all 20 Unit 1 cards. Complete pg. 23 in class (Vocabulary in Context). Writing Time: Students will use notes on Jon Scieszkza to finish a paragraph using the topic sentence, facts, and closing sentence criteria and/or complete "My Favorite Writing Ideas Chart" using their Writer's Notebooks. |
Vocab Unit 1 Test Thursday, 9/12! Page 22 is homework. |
9/10 |
Vocabulary Check pg. 22 in class and begin review activities using online study resources. Writing Time: Using their chart, students will choose a topic to write about in their Writer's Notebooks. |
Vocab Unit 1 Test Thursday, 9/12! |
9/11 |
Vocabulary Unit 1 Review - Slapjack w/ note cards. Writing Community Writing Time: Using their chart, students will choose another topic to write about in their Writer's Notebooks. |
Vocab Unit 1 Test tomorrow! Review note cards and use online study resources. |
9/12 |
Vocabulary Unit 1 Test Today! Writing Community Writing Time: Using their chart, students will choose another topic to write about in their Writer's Notebooks. |
None |
9/13 |
Writing Community Writing Time: Using their chart, students will choose another topic to write about in their Writer's Notebooks. |
Have a good weekend! |
Week of September 2 - September 6, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
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9/02 |
No School |
none |
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9/03 |
No School: Hurricane Day |
none |
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9/04 |
No School: Hurricane Day |
none |
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9/05 |
Vocabulary Unit 1: Set B Words 1-5 Students will be introduced to Vocabulary Unit 1, Set B #1-5. Writing Community Students will listen to an interview with author Jon Scieszkza, and take notes. Writing Time: Students will use notes on Jon Scieszkza to start drafting a paragraph using the topic sentence, facts, and closing sentence criteria. |
Vocab Cards Unit 1, Set B Cards #1-5. |
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9/06 |
Vocabulary Unit 1: Set A Words 6-10 Students will be introduced to Vocabulary Unit 1, Set B #6-10 and complete cards in class. Writing Time: Students will continue writing a paragraph on Jon Scieszkza using their notes and topic sentence, facts, and closing sentence criteria. |
Vocab Book pg. 21. Make sure all 20 note cards for Unit 1 are complete by Monday. |
Week of August 26 - August 30, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
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8/26 |
Vocabulary Unit 1: Set A Words 1-5 Students will be introduced to fifth grade Vocabulary process. They will become familiar with a set of words, learn note card format, and make note cards for five words. Writing Time: Back to School Night Letter |
Vocab: Cards #1-5 (for Boyd's classes only, Stark's classes will finish in class tomorrow.) |
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8/27 |
Vocabulary Unit 1: Set A Words 6-10 Students will continue being introduced to the Vocabulary process, and will make note cards for the next five words. Writing Community Students will continue to be introduced to the Writing Community including Writing Time Rules. (PowerPoint presentation) Writing Time: Peak Experiences Timeline in Ideas Section of Writer's Notebook. |
Vocab: Cards #6-10, Using Context, pg. 15 (finish if not done in class). Writing: Talk to your parents and bring in 5 or 6 good ideas for peak experiences from your years 1 through the present. |
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8/28 |
Vocabulary Unit 1: Set A Words 1 -10 Students will continue being introduced to the Vocabulary process by completing context activities in the vocabulary book, p. 15. Writing Community Students will continue to be introduced to the Writing Community by listening to and reading examples of retold Fairy Tales. |
Vocab: Stark's classes: finish pg. 16. |
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8/29 |
Vocabulary Unit 1: Set A Words 1 -10 Students will continue being introduced to the Vocabulary process by completing context activities in the vocabulary book, p. 16. Writing Community Students will continue to be introduced to the Writing Community by listening to and reading examples of retold Fairy Tales. Writing Time: Ideas for Retelling Fairy Tales in Ideas Section of Writer's Notebook. |
Vocab: p. 17 |
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8/30 |
Vocabulary Unit 1: Set A Words 1 -10 Students will continue being introduced to the Vocabulary process by reviewing the homework assignment and then using the vocabulary words to participate in several different review/practice games. Writing Community Students will continue to be introduced to the Writing Community by sharing an idea of their choice from the Ideas Section of their Writer's Notebook in a Turn and Talk discussion. |
Have a good weekend! |
Week of August 19- August 23, 2019
Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
8/19 |
The Writing Community Students will be introduced to the Writing Community and learn and practice the procedures to writing a paragraph. (PowerPoint presentation) Writing Time: Summer Reading- Biography |
No Homework |
8/20 |
Writing Community Writing Time: Summer Reading Biography - complete. |
No Homework |
8/21 |
Writing Community Students will be introduced to the Writing Community and understand the expectations for Writing Time and Partners and goals for the year. (PowerPoint presentation) Writing partners paired, and "Turn and Talk" introduced. Writing Time: Complete the People/Places/Events chart in the Ideas Section of the Writer's Notebook. **Each class will visit the Library to be introduced to the Sunshine State Books for 2019-2020.** |
Complete Summer Reading Biography if not done in class. DUE FRIDAY |
8/22 |
Writing Community Students will continue to be introduced to the Writing Community and understand the expectations for Writing Time and Partners and goals for the year. (PowerPoint presentation) Writing Time: Complete What I am good at/What I am not good at chart. **Each class will visit the Library to be introduced to the Sunshine State Books for 2019-2020.** |
Complete Summer Reading Biography if not done in class. DUE FRIDAY |
8/23 |
Writing Community Writing Time: Complete "What I am good at/What I want to be or become" Chart in the Ideas Section of the Writer's Notebook. |
Have a good weekend! |