Monday, October 5, 2015DO NOW: Voice level 11. Get your binder2. Complete planner (leave

open to today)3. Read silently.

Planners:EQ: How do I focus on a small memory moment?

HW:Homework packet.

Agenda:• Vocabulary• Summary

writing quiz• Writer’s

workshop• Genre

Homework packets

Vocabulary•Using context clues (Plickers)

Zach was elated with his birthday present. He danced all around the room.

Elated means:A. jealousB. excitedC. overjoyedD. restless

Summary Writing Test•Annotating:• You need to have at least 5 different TYPES of annotations (they can be

clinks or clunks)

• Your paper should be written all over—not only underlines and markings, but also notes and reactions in the margins that shows me the tracks of your thinking

• When you are finished annotating, move on to the questions. • When you finish your test, hold it at your desk and READ.

Small Memory Moments

Small moment

Taking a small moment and stretching it out.• Include Dialogue• Include figurative language (similes and metaphors• What does it look like?• Smell like?• Sound like?• Feel like?

• Show—Don’t tell.

Genre

• Realistic fiction

• In the Pixar short, “Lifted,” the younger alien fails at the human abduction test. Although he is eager, he keeps pushing the wrong buttons. The older alien has to take over control for him. When he is sad because he failed, the older alien tries to cheer up by letting him drive the spaceship (he fails at that too).

• In the Pixar short, “Jack, Jack Attack” Kari struggles with babysitting Jack Jack because of his superpowers. At first, Kari seems confident and takes good care of Jack Jack. Then, all of a sudden, Jack Jack begins to disappear and reappear. Although it was difficult, in the end, Kari makes it through the night and is still taking care of Jack Jack

Geography

Tuesday, October 6, 2015DO NOW: Voice level 11. Get your binder2. Complete planner (leave

open to today)3. Take out your homework.4. Read silently.

Planners:EQ: How can maps help me understand continents and oceans?

HW: • Homework packet• Finish World Map

Agenda:• World maps • Continents• Reading

workshop• Binder checks• Make-up

work

Grammar: There, Their, They’re

1. There: A place. Put it over there.

2. Their: Shows ownership by two or more people. Their backpacks were heavy.

3. They’re: A contraction of They and Are put together. They are so happy together: They’re so happy together.

Geography—Pages 378-379 in History Alive

• World maps—review checklist and example

• Please use PEN

Approved Websites:• Quizlet• Skyward• Google Classroom• Mrs. Wrazien’s website• School Gmail

• OR you can read

Your Tasks Today: Voice Level 0/11. Complete AND turn in

World map2. Study Quizlet (20 mins

only)1. Continents2. There, Their, They’re

3. Update your 30 book challenge log.

4. Check Skyward for missing assignments for THIS class

5. Complete missing assignments.

6. Sustained Silent Reading

Inquiry and Editing

Wednesday, October 7, 2015DO NOW: Voice level 11. Get your binder2. Complete planner (leave

open to today)3. Take out your HW 4. Read silently.

Planners:EQ: How can clues from the past help me understand ancient people?

HW:• HW packet • Thursday HW: Find

a vocab word and write it in your planners

• Read 20 mins.

Agenda:• Spelling

(weekly word study)

• Clues from history

• Classroom agreement review

Weekly Word Study• Copy no more than 5 words into your list in the first column. Make sure

you have the CORRECT spelling• Read the first word, look at it and say it.• Spell the word to yourself: touch each letter with your pencil and say

each letter to yourself.• Close your eyes. See the word in your mind. Say each of the individual

letters to yourself again. • Now, cover the correct spelling and print the word in the second column. • If you spelled the word correctly, put a star in the 3rd column and go onto

the next word. If you misspelled it, repeat the process again, this time printing the word in the 3rd column.

Pass back Summary Quizzes

• Social studies books—check outs (and fines)

Detectives of the Past

Quick Draw

• Quickly sketch one object you currently own that you think someone might find 20,000 years from now.

• What might the object tell about the person who left it behind?

Social Studies

• Investigating the Past

• Page 5 in History Alive

Stations

• Table 1—1 B Section 1.6 • Table 2—1 C Section 1.7• Table 3—1 D Section 1.8• Table 4—1E Section 1.9• Table 5—1 B Section 1.6 • Table 6—1 C Section 1.7• Table 7—1 D Section 1.8• Table 8—1E Section 1.9

Writing Workshop Rules• 1. Save everything• 2. Date and label everything• 3. Write on one side of the paper only, always skip lines to leave room for editing.• 4. Punctuate and spell as best you can WHILE writing.• 5. Begin each workshop by rereading what you have already written• 6. Writing is thinking. Do nothing to distract me or other writers. Don’t put words

into other’s brains as we are struggling to find our own.• 7. When you confer with me, use as soft a voice as I use to you.• 8. Self-edit in a color different from your original writing.• 9. Refer to your materials and proofreading list while you write.• 10. Write as well and as much as you can.

Every year on my birthday, my dad and I would go to the amusement park and ride the rollercoaster. It was so much fun! I really treasure the time we had together.

“Aaaaahhh…..” I screamed, with my hands in the air, the wind whipping through my hair. The bright flash of the camera blinded me for a second and I knew my picture had just been taken, capturing my joyful horror. It was my birthday. Dad and I were at Dorney Park riding Hercules, the huge wooden rollercoaster. The trains came to a stop at the end of the track and everyone got off. We ran around to the photo booth to look at the picture the camera had captured on the steep descent. “Hahaha…look at my face!” I exclaimed. “Yeah, look at that lady behind us, she looks “Want to go on again?” I asked Dad. “Ugh, I’m getting too old for this,” he exclaimed. “But sure, we can go on again if you want,” he continued, “it’s your birthday!” Dorney Park had always been a special amusement park for Dad and I. This was the 3rd year in a row we had gone together, just the two of us, to celebrate. “I’m so glad my two younger brother are at home,” I thought to myself. I waited

Thursday, October 8, 2015DO NOW: Voice level 11. Get your binder2. Complete planner (leave

open to today)3. Take out your

homework.4. Read silently.

Planners:EQ: How can maps help me understand continents and oceans?

HW: • Homework packet• Finish World Map

Agenda:• World maps • Continents• Reading

workshop• Binder checks• Make-up

work

Grammar: There, Their, They’re

• There: A place. Put it over there.

• Their: Shows ownership by two or more people. Their backpacks were heavy.

• They’re: A contraction of They and Are put together. They are so happy together: They’re so happy together.

Grammar: There, Their, They’re

1. There: A place. Put it over there.

2. Their: Shows ownership by two or more people. Their backpacks were heavy.

3. They’re: A contraction of They and Are put together. They are so happy together: They’re so happy together.

Geography—Pages 378-379 in History Alive

• World maps—review checklist and example

• Please use PEN

Approved Websites:• Quizlet• Skyward• Google Classroom• Mrs. Wrazien’s website• School Gmail

• OR you can read

Your Tasks Today: Voice Level 0/11. Complete AND turn in

World map2. Study Quizlet (20 mins

only)1. Continents2. There, Their, They’re

3. Update your 30 book challenge log.

4. Check Skyward for missing assignments for THIS class

5. Complete missing assignments.

6. Sustained Silent Reading

Binder Checks

1. I have 5 tabs and they are correctly labeled.2. Every piece of paper is clipped in the 3 rings (nothing is in a

folder). 3. Each paper is sorted into the correct section.4. My binder looks almost exactly like Mrs. Wrazien’s5. I can shake my binder and nothing comes out.

Geography

• Maps and binder checks

• Pages 378-379 in History Alive text book