ELAR WEEK: April 1 - April 5

This Week in ELAR

Reading Workshop:
This week we will begin Unit 6. This unit will cover elements of Poetry.

Academic Vocabulary we will focus on this week:
-rhyme
-stanzas
-figurative language
-imagery
-free verse
-line break
-simile 

Texts we will use this week: Rhyme and Free Verse Poetry

- Saw My Teacher on Saturday 
-Lullaby
-The Road Not Taken

-Reading with Riley
-Refuge
-Midnight in a Library 

Writing Workshop: 
This week we will discuss and practice any questions we have with revising and editing as we use the last 5 days to prepare for our STAAR Writing Test. We will begin on Tuesday, April 9.

Word Work
-Prefixes/Suffixes
-Greek and Latin Roots

Homework: Due Friday, April 5

Homework Part 3 

- 2 Reader Response Questions over NF Text
-Reading Comprehension selection

Expected Assignments: DUE: Friday, March 29

Assignments due: Friday, March 29

-Revising Editing 6 Sentences
-Status of the Class Reader Response
-Writing Process Pieces
-Published Performance Task

Recent DUE Assignments for March 22

Students should have completed the following by Friday, March 22

-Performance Task Questions
-Performance Task Organizer
-Corrections for Faithful Elephants and Elephants Rumble
-Answered a Whoo's Reading Response online
-Greek / Latin Root for (Bio)

HOMEWORK: DUE Friday, March 29

Homework Due: Friday, March 29

Part 1: Using NF Text - Answer 3 Reflection Questions
Part 2: Clauses and Complex Sentences

ELAR Week: March 25 - March 29

THIS WEEK in ELAR: March 25 - March 29

Reading Workshop:
This week we will finish Unit 5 over Paired Passages, continuing to compare and contrast the deeper ideas of the text.

Text 1: These Girls Make a Pitch for Baseball
Text 2: Jackie Robinson 


Writing Workshop:
This week students will wrap up their Expository Essay about "Animals and Where They Live". Students will work this week to cite their sources within their writing.

DUE: Friday, March 29


Continued Word Work:
-Analogies
-Idioms
-Greek and Latin Roots

Paired Texts to Compare / Contrast

Paired Texts: Squirrels Using Snakeskin / A Clever Use of Coconuts

Questions over Paired Texts

Additional Questioning for individual passages above

Answer Key

Homework DUE: Friday, March 22

New Homework Booklets for:  4th 9 Weeks.

-Homework Week 1 ~ DUE: Friday, March 22

Assignments DUE: Friday, March 8

Assignments that were DUE: Friday, March 8

-Performance Task Part 1 Notes and Questions completed.

ELAR Week: March 18 - March 22

ELAR WEEK: March 18 - March 22

Reading Workshop:
This week we will continue to work with Paired Passages. We will reflect and discuss our most previous texts "Faithful Elephants" and "Elephants Rumble" from our compare/contrast assignment as we gear up for our new texts this week!

Text 1: Amelia Earhart 1897-1937
Text 2: Amelia Earhart - Legend in Flight 

Students will read these texts throughout the week as we discuss the similarities and differences they have, along with other ideas presented within the texts.

UNIT 5 Assessment: 60% - Thursday, March 21. 

Writing Workshop:

This week students will begin Part 2 of their Performance Task. Students will use the notes from their previous 3 Sources in Reading to write an Expository Essay about animals and where they live. Students will also cite their sources using the correct format.


Word Work: 
Students will continue to work with new vocabulary as they study prefixes/suffixes.
Students will work with the Greek and Latin Root "bio"
Students will continue to use idioms, homophones, and analogies as they work throughout the week.

DUE ASSIGNMENTS for MARCH 1

Assignments DUE Friday, March 1

-Homophones Page 3-4
-Status of the Class 2
-Test#3 Prompt Submission Form
-3 Key Terms and Responses for Guided Reading Discussion
-Compare/Contrast Slides over "Faithful Elephants" and "Elephants Rumble"

HOMEWORK: Due THURSDAY: March 7

Homework this week is DUE Thursday! 

This week homework will be collected early as we wrap up the week!

Week 7:

Page 1: Reflection Question
Page 2: Adverbs

ELAR WEEK: March 4 - March 8

Reading Workshop: 

This week we will begin Part 1 of our Performance Task for Unit 5. Students will begin reading 3 different NF Sources:
-It’s a Cold (Hot, Dry, Dark) Cruel World! (Source #1)
-Animal Architects (Source #2)
-Don’t Step on the Ecosystem! (Source #3)

*Note: Performance Tasks often serve as a 60% grade.

Students will take notes as they research throughout all three sources, then respond to 3 questions.

We will also continue to work with Paired Passages using different genres to compare and contrast ideas in texts.


Writing Workshop:

This week students will continue to use the writing process as they respond to prompts/ or creatively write.