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