monday
Students will be able to:
Explain the relationships to interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. RI.5.3 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain specific words and phrases including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships.
L.5.6
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DO NOW:
Grammar: Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Step 1:
We will login to McGraw Hill Curriculum Wonders to access "Who Wrote the U.S. Constitution": Whole Group Read Aloud
Click Common Core English>Week 13>Who Wrote the U.S. Constitution? Step 2: Wonders Workbook p. 53-55 "Oregon Treaty"
Step 3: Personal Narrative Write the Ending A strong narrative has a beginning, middle, and end. The conclusion, or end, should relate to events in your narrative. It should also make the reader feel satisfied with the ending. In a personal narrative, a strong conclusion might tell how a problem the writer faced was solved. share the writer’s thoughts and feelings about an experience. For example: Then the park opened. It was filled with grass, flowers, and trees. I was happy that my idea was choosed, but I was even happier that my neighbors and I would have a safe, clean, green place to enjoy—right in our own backyards. The writer provides a satisfying ending: he created a plan for how to convince the city council to turn the empty lot into a park. He describes his happiness that his idea was chosen and that his neighbors would all get to enjoy the park. Revise: Introduction to Revise When you revise your writing, you are improving your writing and making it stronger. You want to change it until you feel it states exactly what you are trying to say. To revise your personal narrative, you should use one or more of these four revision strategies: Add details and information to make the message clearer. Remove distracting or unnecessary words or ideas. Replace bland or overused language with more precise or stronger words. Rearrange phrases and sentences to be sure readers can understand the message. Look at the Revised Student Model: Out of the Concrete Jungle. This is Emil's revised draft of his personal narrative. Notice how he used many of the above strategies to make his writing stronger. |
wednesday
Do Now:
Please complete your vocabulary booklet definition for the Words of the Day
Step 1:
Step 2: Today's Skill: 1. Inferring How did Edmund’s opinion of the queen change as he spent more time with her? What do you think caused this change? 2. Today's Skill: Text-to-Self Connections Think about a time you were telling the truth and others did not believe you. Discuss how you felt and how this is similar or different than Lucy’s experience. Exit Ticket: Chapter 4,5 Brochure Activities |
thursday
Do Now:
Please complete your vocabulary booklet definition for the Words of the Day
Step 1:
We will continue our new Class Read: The Chronicle of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe
Step 2: Wonders Workbook p. 53-55 "Oregon Treaty"
Step 3: Write the Ending A strong narrative has a beginning, middle, and end. The conclusion, or end, should relate to events in your narrative. It should also make the reader feel satisfied with the ending. In a personal narrative, a strong conclusion might tell how a problem the writer faced was solved. share the writer’s thoughts and feelings about an experience. For example: Then the park opened. It was filled with grass, flowers, and trees. I was happy that my idea was choosed, but I was even happier that my neighbors and I would have a safe, clean, green place to enjoy—right in our own backyards. The writer provides a satisfying ending: he created a plan for how to convince the city council to turn the empty lot into a park. He describes his happiness that his idea was chosen and that his neighbors would all get to enjoy the park. Revise: Introduction to Revise When you revise your writing, you are improving your writing and making it stronger. You want to change it until you feel it states exactly what you are trying to say. To revise your personal narrative, you should use one or more of these four revision strategies: Add details and information to make the message clearer. Remove distracting or unnecessary words or ideas. Replace bland or overused language with more precise or stronger words. Rearrange phrases and sentences to be sure readers can understand the message. Look at the Revised Student Model: Out of the Concrete Jungle. This is Emil's revised draft of his personal narrative. Notice how he used many of the above strategies to make his writing stronger. Exit Ticket: Wonders Workbook p. 55 "Oregon Treaty" comprehension questions |