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.