LA Week of Oct. 21

This week's story is "Rattlers" and focuses on main idea and details.  It is a high interest nonfiction story about various snakes.  Read to find out how rattlesnakes catch their prey.

Essential Question: What do all of the important details in this selection have in common?

Strategy: Summarize

Skill: Main Idea and Details

Genre: Expository and Folktale

Fluency: Expression and Phrasing

Phonics/Spelling: Plurals

Grammar/Mechanics: Singular and Plural
Nouns, Capitalization and Abbreviations in
Letters

Literary Elements: Hero and Personification

Spelling Words-plurals

rattlers, fangs, countries, liberties, potatoes, rodeos, taxes, reptiles, surroundings, beliefs, difficulties, batches, abilities, lashes, identities, losses, possibilities, notches, zeroes, eddies

Vocabulary Words

species, survive, alert, vibrates,
surroundings, prey, predators, lunging

Graven

Monday-Read p.158-179, practice book p. 55-63 due Thursday

Tuesday-practice book p. 55-63 due Thursday

Wednesday-practice book p. 55-63 due Thursday

Thursday-selection test, practice book p. 55-63 due

Friday-spelling test, skills test

*Study Island for LA is currently unavailable until further notice.

LEXILE: Students will select a book within their Lexile level for silent reading.  They will 
need to take a Reading Counts quiz on this book this quarter.  Two book quizzes are required for the 2nd quarter. 

WRIGHT

Monday-Read p.158-179, practice book p. 55-63 due Thursday

Tuesday-practice book p. 55-63 due Thursday

Wednesday-practice book p. 55-63 due Thursday

Thursday-selection test, practice book p. 55-63 due

Friday-spelling test, skills test

BODKER
Mon- Read Treasures p. 162-175  Practice p. 56
Tues-Practice Book p. 55,58
Wed-Practice Book p. 57, Rough draft letter to parents or guardian.
Thurs-Reading Comprehension test Practice p. 59 , review Rattlers Story, study Spelling words
           Parent letter due Friday
Friday-Spelling Test, Skills test, Parent letter due