3/9-3/13
Reading: Unit 5
MONDAY:
read “Gandhi: A March to the Sea” to the class (WG, TO).
Read& prompt: Gandhi’s peaceful act opened the door for hundreds of thousands of people across India to join the protest and fight injustice. How do the author’s language and tone convey and support her subject? What does the author want us to understand about Gandhi’s quiet determination? What new possibilities did Gandhi’s peaceful protest create?
model summarizing 1st pg of “Gandhi: A March to the Sea”
dentify factors that help determine the order of details in a summary and share their responses
Vocabulary:
Attain, humility, outcasts
TUESDAY
Test Taking Tuesday
Review identifying Key Ideas and Details
model how to identify key ideas and details by using p. 5 of “Gandhi: A March to the Sea”
begin with “Just before sunrise..” to introduce the review identifying key ideas and details
W.O.R.D- 20 minutes (I, TO)
Academic Vocabulary:
Central idea, judgement, key details, summary
WEDNESDAY
Share/Close Reading
read “The Willy-Nicky Telegrams”. work with a partner to answer comprehension questions -Formative Grade-Due Thursday IXL Skills: IXL Skill: 6th
Vocabulary Words (TE p. 128)
Calamity, jeopardize, entrusted, obliged, allies, negotiating
THURSDAY
complete assessment from Read Works
W.O.R.D- 20 minutes
FRIDAY
Teacher work day
Language Arts: Writing, Grammar, Spelling
Spellingcity.com: https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=67187134
MONDAY: Writing:
review the purpose and intended impact of a persuasive speech.
continue working on their persuasive essay (TO, I)
Grammar: Subjects & Predicates
review subjects and predicates.
complete sentence practice using IXL.
discuss what is special about the mentor sentence and label the parts of speech.
Phonics/Spelling: Words with Suffixes: -able/-ible, -al/-ial, -y, -ness
begin Spellingcity.com and the Spelling Blocks.
TUESDAY- Writing: read the following memoir- “Get Off the Gridiron!”
Does the author use several resources?
What facts does the author use?
Grammar: Subjects & Predicates
practice identifying subjects and predicates using the Tuesday Subject/Predicate attachment.
revise the MS by making it more descriptive or exciting (changing adjectives, verbs, or nouns). Remember to keep the meaning the SAME.
Phonics/Spelling: Words with Suffixes: -able/-ible, -al/-ial, -y, -ness. discuss the focus words with suffixes. continue Spelling City and Spelling Blocks for Week 23 words.
WEDNESDAY
Writing: continue working on their Persuasive essay
Review the Persuasive Speech Checklist
Grammar: Subjects & Predicates
continue discussing subjects and predicates. complete the Wednesday Subject/Predicate attachment
imitate the MS by keeping the style and structure the same. create a new sentence.
Phonics/Spelling: Words with Suffixes: -able/-ible, -al/-ial, -y, -ness. work on the Spelling Blocks in order to complete 4 blocks.
THURSDAY
Writing: Test Taking Thursday
review Introductions, Conclusions, and Transitions Menu (Writing Workshop Resource Book, p. 40).
Grammar: Subjects & Predicates
Complete the Thursday Subject/Predicate attachment as a formative assessment.
complete MS Quiz 20 –
Phonics/Spelling: Words with Suffixes: -able/-ible, -al/-ial, -y, -nesscomplete Spelling Blocks. Spelling Test 9
FRIDAY
Teacher work day
Reading: Unit 5
MONDAY:
read “Gandhi: A March to the Sea” to the class (WG, TO).
Read& prompt: Gandhi’s peaceful act opened the door for hundreds of thousands of people across India to join the protest and fight injustice. How do the author’s language and tone convey and support her subject? What does the author want us to understand about Gandhi’s quiet determination? What new possibilities did Gandhi’s peaceful protest create?
model summarizing 1st pg of “Gandhi: A March to the Sea”
dentify factors that help determine the order of details in a summary and share their responses
Vocabulary:
Attain, humility, outcasts
TUESDAY
Test Taking Tuesday
Review identifying Key Ideas and Details
model how to identify key ideas and details by using p. 5 of “Gandhi: A March to the Sea”
begin with “Just before sunrise..” to introduce the review identifying key ideas and details
W.O.R.D- 20 minutes (I, TO)
Academic Vocabulary:
Central idea, judgement, key details, summary
WEDNESDAY
Share/Close Reading
read “The Willy-Nicky Telegrams”. work with a partner to answer comprehension questions -Formative Grade-Due Thursday IXL Skills: IXL Skill: 6th
Vocabulary Words (TE p. 128)
Calamity, jeopardize, entrusted, obliged, allies, negotiating
THURSDAY
complete assessment from Read Works
W.O.R.D- 20 minutes
FRIDAY
Teacher work day
Language Arts: Writing, Grammar, Spelling
Spellingcity.com: https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=67187134
MONDAY: Writing:
review the purpose and intended impact of a persuasive speech.
continue working on their persuasive essay (TO, I)
Grammar: Subjects & Predicates
review subjects and predicates.
complete sentence practice using IXL.
discuss what is special about the mentor sentence and label the parts of speech.
Phonics/Spelling: Words with Suffixes: -able/-ible, -al/-ial, -y, -ness
begin Spellingcity.com and the Spelling Blocks.
TUESDAY- Writing: read the following memoir- “Get Off the Gridiron!”
Does the author use several resources?
What facts does the author use?
Grammar: Subjects & Predicates
practice identifying subjects and predicates using the Tuesday Subject/Predicate attachment.
revise the MS by making it more descriptive or exciting (changing adjectives, verbs, or nouns). Remember to keep the meaning the SAME.
Phonics/Spelling: Words with Suffixes: -able/-ible, -al/-ial, -y, -ness. discuss the focus words with suffixes. continue Spelling City and Spelling Blocks for Week 23 words.
WEDNESDAY
Writing: continue working on their Persuasive essay
Review the Persuasive Speech Checklist
Grammar: Subjects & Predicates
continue discussing subjects and predicates. complete the Wednesday Subject/Predicate attachment
imitate the MS by keeping the style and structure the same. create a new sentence.
Phonics/Spelling: Words with Suffixes: -able/-ible, -al/-ial, -y, -ness. work on the Spelling Blocks in order to complete 4 blocks.
THURSDAY
Writing: Test Taking Thursday
review Introductions, Conclusions, and Transitions Menu (Writing Workshop Resource Book, p. 40).
Grammar: Subjects & Predicates
Complete the Thursday Subject/Predicate attachment as a formative assessment.
complete MS Quiz 20 –
Phonics/Spelling: Words with Suffixes: -able/-ible, -al/-ial, -y, -nesscomplete Spelling Blocks. Spelling Test 9
FRIDAY
Teacher work day