ELAR Week: October 29 - November 2

This week in ELAR - October 29 - November 2

Reading Workshop:
This week we will continue to wrap up the text, "Rumplestiltskin". Students have been working in reading teams to discuss the plot, characters, exploits, while also comparing/contrasting those aspects of the text. The 3 slides are due, Friday, November 2.

This week we will also move forward on our Performance Task (60%). This is where students apply what they have learned about plot and characters. Students will be rewriting the story, "Rumplestiltskin", looking at how changing, adding, or removing characters can change the plot. Students will decide if they want to partner within their team, or work in their teams to complete the task.

Please click on the link to access the Performance Task information. Performance Task

Upcoming Unit:  Unit 3: Nonfiction Texts 

Writing Workshop:
In Writing Workshop this week we will be finalizing our publishing of Imaginative Stories. Students had the opportunity to be creative in how they wanted to showcase their stories. Students can use card board to create hard covers, clear folders, etc. be creative! Our set date to turn in is set for Wednesday, October 31, with Friday, Nov. 2 being the very latest. I cannot wait to see the final product!

Homework - 2nd 9 Weeks

Homework News:

Homework will start back for the 2nd 9 week, on Thursday, November 1. It will consist of some review of Fiction, then move into NF, which will be our new upcoming unit in ELAR for Unit 3.

Expected Assignments:October 22 - 26

Week October 22 - 26 Expected Assignments:

Reading Workshop:

- Plot Summary with "Cowgirl" text

- Whoo's Reading #4

- Reading Teams working on Comparing/Contrasting Characters Slides 1 - 3 with the text, "Rumplestiltskin". (Still in Progress)

Writing Workshop:

- Publishing in progress - DUE Wednesday, October 31. 

This Week in ELAR (October 20 - October 26)

ELAR WEEK - October 20 - October 26

Reading Workshop:

This week we will continue to visit plot, although we will be moving forward to also talk about characters. While discussing characters we will be comparing and contrasting them as characters, their adventures, as well as their exploits (ex: tricksters). This will prepare us for the next week in which we will be working on a Performance Task (60%). In the upcoming performance task we will be rewriting a story with or without alternate characters while continuing to maintain a strong plot within a story.

New Vocab this week:
Exploits: To use something or someone unfairly for your own advantage.

Mentor Texts this week: 
Snow White
Rumplestiltskin 

Performance Task:  Week October 29 - November 2

You are an editor and you’ve been  asked by a publisher to rewrite a picture book.
 The publisher wants you to take out/add in a character and rewrite part of the story to demonstrate how the plot and character
relationships would change.

Be sure to include:

• Character traits for the character you add or remove and text evidence supporting those traits
• Plot map of the original story
• Plot map of the altered story
• Rewritten scene from the story, keeping the point of view the original author employed
• Setting

Rubric for upcoming Performance Task ( Week Oct. 29 - Nov. 2)

TEK	No or Little Understanding	Partial Understanding	Complete Understanding
(4.6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: A) sequence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events	Sequence the plot's main events No evidence of understanding plot	Sequence and summarize the plot's main events	Sequence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events;
B) describe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo	Describe the interaction of characters	Describe the interaction of characters  and the changes they undergo	Describe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo
(4.16) Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. Students are expected to: A) write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting	Write imaginative stories that build the plot	Write imaginative stories that build the plot toward a climax	Write imaginative stories that build the plot toward a climax and contain details about the characters and setting

Writing Workshop:

This week we will be publishing! Yay! Students will have a chance to be creative as they prepare in how they wish to showcase their writing. Students may prepare a hard cover if they choose, while also designing it. Students may also choose images if they would like to add pictures, or they may find an illustrator for their writing pieces, just as real authors do. If students choose to creatively showcase their writing, I have shared with them they can type at school as always, but they will assemble at home, and bring back in for our publishing day. They may be as creative as they would like! I cannot wait to see their final work! The set publishing due date is set for Wednesday, October 31, 2018. 

Assignments from Week October 15 - 19

Reading Workshop:

- Plot Summary recorded in Notebook
- Transitional Phrases (Google Classroom)

Writing Workshop

- Purple Transitional Phrases marked
- Orange Sensory Details marked
- Editing marked ( red, capitalization - blue, punctuation - green, spelling )

ELAR WEEK: October 15-October 19

THIS WEEK IN ELAR: October 15 - October 19

Reading Workshop:
We've been discussing Plot using a Plot Model to break down the story elements. This week we will learn how to use effective transitions to help us learn to now summarize a plot into a well written paragraph.

Writing Workshop:
We are so close to publishing our Imaginative Stories! I cannot wait to see what our authors have written once again! This week we will continue to draft, while also learning how to elaborate more of our stories by focusing on our nouns and other places where we can tell "what else happened". We will also learn how and where to use quotation marks within our writing.

TEST SCHEDULED for Wednesday, October 17

- Author's Purpose
- Text Evidence
- Interpretive Questioning
- Theme 

HOMEWORK: DUE FRIDAY, October 19

HOMEWORK CHANGE: 

Homework is now due on Fridays, DUE THIS FRIDAY - October 19

Students should be setting a nightly goal for their reading, no less than 20 minutes.

Homework Consists of: 

* Students should respond to the Reading Component about the book they are currently reading.
* Students should answer the Skill Questions on the page 2 of their homework booklet. 

Assignments DUE: October 8 - October 12

ASSIGNMENTS DUE LAST WEEK: October 8 - October 12

- Whoo's Reading #3 Reader Response.

- Google Classroom Question: After Independent Reading, use one to two examples from your book that demonstrate Sensory Details.

- Plot Model with "Eleven" OR with your personal book you are reading. 

- Drafting of Imaginative Story should have begun!

HOMEWORK DUE: Friday, October 12

HOMEWORK: October 5 - 12 

Students should be reading every night at least 20 minutes. Students are to set a weekly goal for themselves no less than 20 minutes a night. 

Page 1: Independent Reading 

Page 2: Grammar/ Word Work page

Homework is moved to be turned in on Friday, October 12. 

ASSIGNMENTS DUE: Oct. 1-5

Assignments Due on October 5

- Cursive "C" Handwriting

- Quickest Kid in Clarksville (Theme )

- Checkpoint #4 Theme and Plot

- Plot Model for "Eleven" IN PROGRESS due Next Week October 12.

WEEK In ELAR: Oct. 8 - 12

Reading Workshop:

Students will continue to work with the concepts of Plot, learning how we summarize a story by making sure we have incorporated the true plot of the story.

Writing Workshop:

Students have been brainstorming and working through prewriting strategies as we prepare to write our Imaginative Stories. This week we will move forward in drafting!