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.