Week of May 18th

General Announcements: ***Field Day is Wednesday, May 20th! Our room parents are taking care of our snacks and drinks. ***Awards Day is Friday, May 22nd, starting at 9:00. You will receive notification this week if your child is receiving an award.

Bulldogs/Tigers: Students should finish The Hiding Place by Tuesday, May 19th. We will be working on chapter posters within our groups this week as we complete our study. Students will also be working on review projects in the classroom with their group members and presenting them to the class. All of this work will be completed in the classroom.

Gators/Vols: Students have finished Four Perfect Pebbles, and we will work on chapter posters within our groups this week. All of this work will be completed in the classroom. Students will present their posters to the class. Students will not have homework this week.

Monday and Tuesday IC: We are in the laptop lab using the inspiration program to create diagrams for the six troublesome verbs. No homework :-

Wednesday IC- Field Day No homework

Thursday IC- Chapter posters for novel study*Review projects for end of the year review No homework

Friday IC- Awards Day 9:00 Finish chapter posters/review project No homework :-

Week of May 11th

Bulldogs/Tigers: We will continue our novel study of The Hiding Place until the end of the school year.

Gators/Vols: We will continue our novel study of Four Perfect Pebbles until the end of the school year.

All classes: Don’t forget to take your AR quiz before May 15th!

Monday IC- Students recite poems*Novel study

Monday HW- finish vocabulary terms (definitions and sentences)

Tuesday IC- Library with Mrs. Petersen*This is our last visit to the library, so please remember to bring your library books and fines if you owe them. *Students will also finish reciting poetry today.

Tuesday HW- finish vocabulary terms if you did not on Monday night

Wednesday IC- Finish any reciting of poetry*Check vocabulary term definitions and sentences*Review vocabulary for Thursday quiz*Novel study

Wednesday HW- Quiz tomorrow on vocabulary

Thursday IC- Administer quiz on vocabulary terms*Novel study

Thursday HW- none

Friday IC- Novel study*Students will receive new vocabulary list for novel study

Friday HW- none

Week of May 4th

Bulldogs/Tigers: We are continuing our Holocaust novel study with The Hiding Place*Students will recite “The Road Not Taken” on Monday, May 11th

Gators/Vols: We are continuing our Holocaust novel study with Four Perfect Pebbles*Students will recite “Summer Stars” or “Summer Grass” on Monday, May 11th

ALL classes: AR quiz is due by May 15th! Students should not wait until Friday, May 15th, to take the quiz. They need to try to take their quizzes before May 15th. No quizzes will be accepted after May 15th.

Monday IC- Holocaust novel study*Define vocabulary words and create sentences

Monday HW- Finish vocabulary

Tuesday IC- Holocaust novel study*Check/review vocabulary terms

Wednesday IC- Holocaust novel study*Review vocabulary terms

Wednesday HW- Study vocabulary terms for Thursday quiz*Study chapters read in class for quiz

Thursday IC- Administer vocabulary quiz and comprehension quiz over chapters read in class(students may use novel during quiz)* Holocaust novel study

Thursday HW- none

Friday IC- Holocaust novel study*Students will be given a new list of vocabulary terms for our Holocaust novel study*Define each term and write a sentence with each term.

Friday HW- Finish vocabulary terms*Recite poem on MONDAY!

Week of April 27th

Bulldogs/Tigers:Finish flip chart on Wordly Wise terms*Read Chapter 1 and 2 of The Hiding Place by Thursday*Wordly Wise test on Friday

Monday IC- Make up tests for “Origins of the Seasons”*Share and submit poem collages

Monday HW- Bring in an appropriate magazine on Tuesday for propaganda review

Tuesday IC- Review propaganda with power point presentation*Analyze ads and identify types of propaganda

Tuesday HW- Finish propaganda collage

Wednesday IC-Share collages*Review idioms*View Brainpop

Wednesday HW- Finish idiom assignment

Thursday IC- Share idiom assignment*Introduce novels in each class*Review for Friday test on propaganda and idioms.

Thursday HW- test tomorrow

Friday IC- Test on propaganda and idioms*Novel study*Scrabble Finale

Friday HW- READ!

Week of April 20th

Bulldogs/Tigers: We are starting The Hiding Place this week. Rachel Shankman, the current director of Facing History and Ourselves in Memphis, will be speaking to all of the students on Friday in the auditorium. This will be a great introduction to our novel study. Thanks to Mrs. Greenburg for arranging the speaker from Facing History and Ourselves!

Vols/Gators: We will also be starting Holocaust novels in the classroom. We will be reading The Children of Willesden Lane.

I will also do a read aloud for all classes of the novel, The Devil’s Arithmetic, toward the end of the school year. This novel is also historical fiction based on the Holocaust. At the conclusion of our Holocaust study, we will view the movie based on The Devil’s Arithmetic and view the documentary, Paper Clips.

***All students will recite a poem provided in class on May 11th.

Monday IC-Comma recovery for comma rules 1-10*Review “Origin of the Seasons”* Answer R and A questions and reading check

Monday HW- none

Tuesday IC- Library with Mrs. Petersen! Star Reading tests will be administered to all students.

Tuesday HW- none

Wednesday IC- Review “Origin of the Seasons” * Scrabble Tournament

Wednesday HW- none

Thursday IC-Review “Origin of the Seasons” for Friday test* Comma recovery for comma rules 11-19*Scrabble Tournament

Thursday HW- Test tomorrow on “Origin of the Seasons”

Friday IC-Administer test on “Origin of the Seasons”* Final Scrabble Tournament (representatives from each class will be chosen and sent to the school wide tournament)

Friday HW- none

Week of April 13th

TCAP week! We start TCAP on Tuesday, April 14th. No homework will be assigned during TCAP week. All students should bring extra #2 pencils and a novel to homeroom for each day of testing. Please get plenty of rest and eat a healthy breakfast!

Monday IC- TCAP review*Students turn in poetry folders and reports*Students also turn in Think Link Six and any recovery Think Links

Monday HW- none

Tuesday IC- Language Arts section of TCAP

Tuesday HW- none

Wednesday IC- Math section of TCAP

Wednesday HW- none

Thursday IC- Science section of TCAP

Thursday HW- none

Friday IC- Social Studies section of TCAP

Friday HW- none

Week of April 6th

All classes will be working on TCAP review this week. The Gators and the Vols will have a quiz on Thursday covering the five foreign phrases listed in their notes.

Remember: TCAP starts Tuesday, April 14th! No homework all week!

Monday IC- Check/discuss comma tests from last week*Review comma rules*TCAP review

Monday HW- TCAP workbook 79 and 80

Tuesday IC- *Check 79 and 80*Discuss Shel Silverstein’s poetry*Listen to his poems on CD and analyze for figurative language*TCAP review

Tuesday HW- TCAP workbook 81 and 82

Wednesday IC- Check 81 and 82*Discuss underlining and italics and complete class practice*TCAP review

Wednesday HW- TCAP workbook 85 and 86

Thursday IC- Check 85 and 86* Review underlining and italics*Provide class time to complete poetry folder/book report*TCAP review

Thursday HW- FINISH poetry folder/book report…Due Monday, April 13th!

Friday- NO SCHOOL! See you on Monday. TCAP starts Tuesday, April 14th!

Week of March 30th

Bulldogs/Tigers ONLY: Foreign phrase test on Monday, 3/30*Propaganda cards (cont’d) from last week will be due this Friday, 4/3

ALL CLASSES: Think Link Five due Friday KW9983 **ALL Think Link quizzes will now be graded on accuracy.

Think Link Recovery: I am allowing any student who did not complete TL 3 or TL 4 to do so and turn it in by Friday, 4/3

TL 3: EG5247 TL 4: QA9567

Monday IC- View The Elements of Poetry video*Take detailed notes and discuss*Discuss comma rules 11-19

Monday HW- Work on your poetry folder and your poetry book report

Tuesday IC- Review comma rules 11-19*Create flashcards for 11-19 comma rules*Provide class practice on commas*Begin working in TCAP practice workbook

Tuesday HW- Grammar Workbook 151,152

Wednesday IC- Check workbook pages*Provide class practice with comma rules*Report cards go home today

Wednesday HW- any CW not finished

Thursday IC- Review comma rules using flashcards with a partner*Provide class time to work on poetry folder and poetry book report*TCAP practice book

Thursday HW- Grammar Workbook 153,154

Friday IC- Check workbook pages*Administer test on comma rules 11-19*Provide class time to work on poetry folder and book report

Friday HW- Poetry Assignments!

Week of March 23rd

Bulldogs/Tigers: Vocabulary quiz on Wednesday, 3/25*Foreign phrase test on Monday, 3/30*Propaganda cards due Monday, 3/30*We will start reading The Hiding Place the week of April 13th.

ALL CLASSES: Students need to bring in a folder with pockets and brads by Friday, 3/27. This folder will be used for our poetry folder. We will work on this in class, but students will have some independent work for the poetry folder. The due date is Monday, April 13th.

Monday IC- Brainpop for review of clauses and homophones(they’re, their, there)*Introduce comma rules*Students were given two sheets with comma rules listed. I suggested the comma rules be placed in a sheet protector in their binder for safekeeping.

Monday HW- Grammar Workbook page 149 and page 150 ALL

Tuesday IC- Library with Mrs. Petersen*Students will be given the genre for our Q4 book report, so they can check out their book.

Tuesday HW- none

Wednesday IC- Brainpop review for early bird! Review comma rules by creating flashcards for 1-10*Check workbook pages 149 and 150*Provide class practice with commas*Work on poetry folder

Wednesday HW-none

Thursday IC- Brainpop review for early bird! Review comma rules*Provide class practice with commas
*Poetry folder

Thursday HW- Grammar Workbook pages 150 and 151*Test tomorrow!

Friday IC- Brainpop review for early bird!Test on Comma rules 1-10*Students should have 1-10 memorized!*Students will work in poetry folders

Friday HW- READ!

Week of March 9th

Bulldogs/Tigers ONLY: Share foreign phrase assignment Monday in class*Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday covering lugubrious list* Writing prompt due Friday: “Eve stared down at the egg in her hand. There was no other choice: she had to call the F.B.I. headquarters.” (3/4ths page in length and typed) Students will start two stories with these two statements, one story will be serious and one will be humorous.

Monday IC- Discuss Emily Dickinson poems*Define poetic devices and figures of speech and provide examples

Monday HW- finish R and A questions for both poems “I’m Nobody” (2-7) “I Like to See” (2,3, and 4)*Finish grammar workbook p. 79 and 81

Tuesday IC- Take Think Link quiz focusing on figures of speech on laptops*Review poems for Wednesday test*Review independent/subordinate clauses for Wednesday test*Review adjective and adverb clauses

Tuesday HW- Grammar workbook p. 80 and 82*Test tomorrow!
Wednesday IC- Administer test on adjective and adverb clauses*Administer test on Emily Dickinson poems*Fill in graphic organizer for figures of speech*

Wednesday HW- none

Thursday IC- Laptop Lab for figures of speech activity on the Inspiration program*Think Link Three Test as well

Thursday HW- none

Friday IC- Laptop Lab to complete figures of speech activity on the Inspiration program*Think Link Three Test

Friday HW- Enjoy your Spring Break! I’ll see you March 23rd!