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 Welcome to Thurston!

Fall Semester

Sept. 8-11

• Warm ups 1-3
• Syllabus
• Tour/notes
• Leaf poem
• Wordly Wise Lesson 1 a,b,c
• Writing sample-Three kinds of SMART
• Grammar Rock notes

Sept. 14-18

• Warm ups 4-6
• My Name assignment & poem-Due typed Wed. Sept. 23rd
• Wordly Wise Lesson 1 d,e
• Literature-”Just Once” pp. 4-15/Complete 1-5 p. 15
• Wordly Wise Test Lesson 1 Thurs/Fri.-Spelling/vocabulary

Sept. 21-25

• Warm ups 7 & 8
• Wordly Wise Lesson 2
• Aeries training in library
• Literature-Read “All Summer in A Day” pp. 17-24/Complete 1-10 p. 26
• Handbook p. 24 1-5/p. 48 1-5
• Minimum days Thurs/Fri.

Sept. 28-Oct. 2

• Monday-Warm up # 10/Handbook p. 8 Ex. 4 1-5 & p. 9 Ex. 5 1-5
• Vocabulary Development p. 16 Literature book
• Elements of Fiction notes… (From stories in Literature book)

Have fun at Outdoor Science School! No Homework this week.

Oct. 5-9

• Warm ups 11-13
• Check in Wordly Wise Lesson 2
• Esperanza Rising(ER) -Intro./Grapes/Papayas/Figs
• Parts of Speech review
• Storyboards for ER
• Wordly Wise Lesson 2 Test  Spelling & Vocabulary-Thurs/Fri. Oct. 8 & 9

Oct. 12-16

• Warm ups 14-16
• Wordly Wise Lesson 3
• Storyboards due! Esperanza Rising
• Open book Quiz Esperanza Rising Intro./Grapes
• Self-selected reading log  & book check-Tues.
• Study Questions Esperanza Rising

Coming up next week:

Reading logs due Oct. 21st

Six Week Test Oct. 22nd/23rd

Oct. 19-23

• Warm ups 17-18
• Wordly Wise Lesson 4
• Esperanza Rising Study questions
• Esperanza Rising notes
• Writing folders
• Study Guides-Six Week Test
• Six Week Test-Thurs/Fri.
• Reading logs due Wednesday!

Oct. 26-30

• Wordly Wise Lesson 5
• Esperanza Rising finish novel
• Noun worksheet
• Writing folders

Minimum days Thurs/Fri.

Nov. 2-6

• Warm up 19 Pronouns (p. 33 Ex. 5 & 6)
• Warm up 20 Pronouns (pp. 35-36 Ex. 7 & Review B)
• Wordly Wise lesson 5
• Nouns worksheet
• Poetry-”Sneetches” pp. 378-386 1-12
• Poetry-Odes pp. 389-393 “Ode to Mi Gato”…
• Writing-Write own Ode about pet (10 lines)
• Wordly Wise Lesson 5 Test-Spelling/vocabulary
• Poetry-Haiku’s pp. 396-398 Activity
•  Pronoun worksheets
• Handbook pronouns p. 37 Ex. 8
• Poetry pp. 400-403 “Motto” & “Poem” p. 403 1-5

Nov. 9-13

• Warm up 21-Handbook prepositions p. 62 Ex. 10 1-10/Ex. 11 1-10
• Warm up 22-Quote on being thankful-Oprah Winfrey
• Wordly Wise Lesson 6
• “John Henry” poem p. 409 1-5
• Critical reading notes pp. 412-418 Literature book
• Poetry quiz
• Concrete poems/3 min poems/poetry terms

 Nov. 16-20

• Warm ups 23-24
• Wordly Wise Lesson 6
• Literature-”Gold Cadillac…”pp. 172-186 Complete p. 187 1-11/”Separate but not Equal” pp. 190-192 Complete 1-5/Read “La Bamba” pp. 193-200
• Writing-Narrative “My Life as a Bird”
• My Access-Typing in library /Narrative
• Wordly Wise Lesson 6 Test-Spelling/Vocabulary

Nov. 23-24

• Wordly Wise Lesson 11 A -D
•  Literature-”Goodbye records…” Complete p. 206 1-4/”Medusa’s Head” pp. 222 1-5
• Literature-Fables pp. 224-232/Review Stories

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov. 30-Dec. 4

• Wordly Wise Lesson 7
• Study guides for Twelve week test
 
 
 
• Reading Logs Due Dec. 2nd
•   Twelve Week Test Dec. 3rd/4th

 

 Dec. 7-11

• Wordly Wise Lesson 8
• Grammar Practice sheet
• Literature Book-”All American Slurp” pp. 116-127/Complete p. 128 1-5/”Everybody is Different but the same too” pp. 130-133 /Complete p. 133 1-3

Dec. 14-18

• Wordly Wise Lesson 8
• “Being Proud” final draft narrative essay
• Oral History Project -30 questions
• Test- Wordly Wise Lesson spelling & vocabulary

Happy Holidays! Remember to interview your person over break!