Sunday, January 29, 2017

Monday January 30th, Tuesday January 31st, and Wednesday February 1st, 2017


Vocabulary

  1. contract 
  2. anteater 
  3. pouring 
  4. lantern 
  5. subtracting 
  6. portable 
  7. twine 
  8. estate 
  9. umbrella 
  10. timidly 
Spelling Challenge
"Scrabble Count"

Students given a worksheet as well as point list for each letter. Students had to add each of the letters in each vocabulary word using the point legend on their worksheet. 

Reading

Class Reading

In our first day of class, students were presented with a number of books and selected the book the liked best! Class read a portion of the selected work aloud in class. 

Worksheet
  • "Making Connections"
Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Underwater Mansion or Castle?

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets
  • "Summarizing"
Homework
  • Any unfinished class work. 

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Wednesday January 25th, 2017


Vocabulary
  1. smirk 
  2. monkeys 
  3. nifty 
  4. janitor 
  5. pottery 
  6. wonderful 
  7. square 
  8. belief 
  9. studio
  10. destiny


Spelling Challenge
Spelling Baseball

 Traditional baseball game with a spelling twist! 

Reading

Class Reading

In our first day of class, students were presented with a number of books and selected the book the liked best! Class read a portion of the selected work aloud in class. 

Worksheet
  • "Story Comparison"
Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Magic Chalk

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets
  • "The Outline" and "Paragraph Guide"
Homework
  • Any unfinished class work. 

Friday, January 6, 2017

Monday January 9th and Wednesday January 11th, 2017


Vocabulary
  1. reckon 
  2. axle 
  3. talons 
  4. heroic 
  5. stomach 
  6. patriot 
  7. episode 
  8. cabinet 
  9. murmur 
  10. stellar 
Spelling Challenge 


Students quickly wrote their vocabulary words on strips of paper, then flipped them over and mixed them around. Students then raced to alphabetize their vocabulary words, the first student that got all words correctly, won!  

Reading

Class Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book" 
Students were presented with a number of books and selected the book the liked best! Class read a portion of the selected work aloud in class. 

Worksheet
  • "Elements of A Story"
Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Superpower Weakness"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets
  • "The Outline"
Homework
  • Any unfinished class work

Monday, January 2, 2017

Monday January 2nd, 2016


Vocabulary

(Suffix - ant, and academic vocabulary words)
  1. comic
  2. quiet
  3. betray
  4. irritant
  5. ignorant
  6. extravagant
  7. assistant
  8. compliant
  9. rounding
  10. nomad
Spelling Challenge 

"Cut and Paste"

Reading

Class Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book" 
Students were presented with a number of books and selected the book the liked best! Class read a portion of the selected work aloud in class. 

Worksheet
  • "Character Creator"
Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "New Year, New... You?

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets
  • "Ten Sentence Outline"
Homework
  • Any unfinished class work