Monday March 6th and Wednesday March 8th, 2017

Vocabulary

1. funnel
2. gravely
3. hiccups
4. performance
5. specific 
6. dowdy 
7. indicate 
8. clause 
9. failure 
10. biology 

Spelling Challenge

Students Choice! 

Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book"

In our class reading time, students bring their own books to dive into! Students discuss their reading and are given a comprehension worksheet to complete over their reading. 


For students who did not bring a book to class, they chose from the class library, or the Central Texas Library Selection. 

Worksheets

• "Complete the Sentence"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge 

"The Box, The Door, and The Crumbling Brick"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

• "Organize Your Opinion"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Monday February 13th and Wednesday February 15th, 2017

Vocabulary

1. admirer
2. devotion
3. bouquet
4. carnation
5. charmed
6. chocolates
7. romantic
8. nonsense
9. envelope 
10. moonstruck

Spelling Challenge

"Spelling Battleship"

Students were given a paper battleship board, and filled in the boxes on side A with their vocabulary words going up, down, and across. On side B they marked their misses with an "x", and their hits with an "o". 

Reading

Class Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book"

In our class reading time, students bring their own books to dive into! Students discuss their reading and are given a comprehension worksheet to complete over their reading. 

For students who did not bring a book to class, they chose from the class library, or the Central Texas Library Selection. 

Worksheet

• "Summarizing Reading"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge 

"Detective" 

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

• "Narrative Writing Challenge"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

Wednesday February 8th, 2017

Vocabulary

1. observe
2. deadline 
3. country 
4. flexible 
5. promote 
6. massive 
7. bronze 
8. elderly 
9. liquid
10. trance

Spelling Challenge

"Draw Your Words" 

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. 

Book selection from Central Texas Library 

Worksheet

• "Comprehension Questions"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "What the Dumbledore Fights For/Against" 

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

• "Writing Prompts"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

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 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. 

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 

The Alphabetized Race

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 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