Friday, May 25, 2012

Week of May 28

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, Quiz over 7-9, and go over conjunctions

Wednesday- Good news, Caught Ya, silent reading, and go over interjections

Thursday- Good news, Caught Ya, silent reading, Write Source Grammar Test

Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, quiz over 10-12 in The Outsiders, The Outsiders Jeopardy

Monday, May 21, 2012

The week of May 21

Monday-  Read out loud, Caught Ya, quiz over chapters 4-6, preposition practice, and work time on their letters.  The rough draft of their thank you letter is due Tuesday.

Tuesday- Share good news, silent reading (chapter 7 due Wednesday), go over inferences, and peer edit the rough draft of their letters.  The final draft, along with an envelope and stamp, will be due on Friday.

Wednesday- Library (check accounts- all materials are due Friday), read chapter 8 reader's theatre style as a class, fill in inferences from the chapter as a group

Thursday- Silent reading (chapter 9 due Monday), practice prepositions, and look at different tabloid articles.  As a group they'll write an article from either a Greaser or a Soc point of view.

Friday-  Take the SRI test on the computers (reading test), read chapter 9 when finished, and hand in letter with envelope and stamp.

Homework-
Monday- letter R.D.
Tuesday- read chapter 7
Wednesday and Thursday-work on final draft of letter or read chapter 9
Friday- Chapter 9 (quiz over 7-9 on Monday)


Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The week of May 14

Monday- Caught Ya, Silent reading from The Outsiders and journal on living in the 1960s vs. today

Tuesday-Read out loud, Caught Ya, quiz over chapters 1-3 in The Outsiders, Journal #3- choose one of two quotes from the book to respond to

Wednesday-Read out loud, Caught Ya, poster activity involving the main characters- present with group

Thursday-Silent reading, Prepositions PowerPoint, journal #4- what event has changed your life?, and personal letter (like Soda's in The Outsiders).  Write a letter to someone you'd like to thank.  You will need an envelope and a stamp to mail the final draft.  The rough draft will be due Tuesday.

Friday-Read out loud, Caught Ya, Roleplay with The Outsiders

Homework- Chapters 4-6, pages 53-100 will be due next Monday, and the rough draft of their thank you letter due next Tuesday.

Monday, May 7, 2012

The week of May 7

Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, The Great Wall of China Mini-Q- finish the documents and do pre-bucketing and thesis statement

Tuesday- Good things, go over previous Alexander the Great paper and analyze the positives and negatives from their paper, work on planning the essay

Wednesday- work on typing the essay

Thursday- Good things, revise essay

Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, turn in completed essay


Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The week of April 30

Monday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, review short story terms, share "The Veldt" ending, introduce and begin parent/technology brochure

Tuesday- Good things, Short Story Quiz, adverb review, work time

Wednesday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, go over adverb review/questions, adverb quiz

Thursday- Good things, Caught Ya, begin Mini Q on China- "The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs?"

Friday- Read out loud, Caught Ya, continue Mini Q