HOMEWORK: Week 6 (February 25 - March 1)

HOMEWORK:

Part 1: Reflection Questions

Part 2: Long Ago - Irregular Plural Nouns

Expected Assignments: DUE Friday, February 22

-Idioms (Part # 2)
-Writing Revising / Editing Sentences 1 - 6
- Reading of "Faithful Elephants" with Annotations
-Who's Reading Independent Reading Questions 

ELAR WEEK: February 25 - March 1

ELAR WEEK: February 25 - March 1

Reading Workshop: 

This week we will continue to learn about "Paired Passages" while also continuing to learn about words in context. As we work with paired passages, we will begin to compare/contrast the two text looking at the things they have in common, or how they differ.

NF Text Elephants


Writing Workshop:

Reteaching will begin this week for anyone who needs extra practice with Revising and Editing concepts for our test. Retesting will be Friday, March 1. 

This week, we will continue to work with combining sentences, as well as working through the writing process (Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing). 


Word Work:
-Homophones
-Syllabication with words

Revising / Editing Practice

Click on Link for Practice Pages: Revising and Editing Practice
Click on Link for Answer Key: Answer Key 

Assignments DUE: Friday, February 15

Assignments that were due on Friday, February 15

-Digital Word Wall
-Prompt #2 Writing Composition
-Playwright Script 

HOMEWORK DUE: Friday, February 22, 2019

Week 5 Homework: DUE: Friday, February 22

Week 5 (Page 1): Reflection Question
Week 5 (Page 2): Plural Nouns - Text "Spanish Cowboys"

This Week in ELAR: February 18 - 22

Reading Workshop:

This week we will begin working with Paired Passages. Students will read Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, and Nonfiction texts to compare and contrast. We will also look at text features in both, and what purpose they serve.

Texts we will use this week: Faithful Elephants (click on link)
Although NF Texts will vary throughout the week, they will be over Elephants.


Writing Workshop:

This week students will choose different genres to write to, as well as learn how to combine sentences more effectively in writing.

Test # 2 - Revising/Editing Writing Test (60%) Grade: Thursday, February 21. 
*See Resources Tab for extra practice!

Test #3 - Written Composition (60%) Grade: Written Prompt
*Students will use a link this week, as they choose 1 of their three Writing Compositions to submit for their final test grade of the 9 weeks.

Work Work:

Students will continue to work with Idioms, along with syllabication, the breaking down of words.