LA Week of November 18

Unit 2, Week 5: Hurricanes
This week we'll be reading a nonfiction piece about hurricanes from the Treasures series.  We will analyze structures of text this week with various stories, especially description selections.

Essential Question: How can recognizing description help you understand the relationships between ideas?

CCSS: R.CCR.5: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

Comprehension: Description

Fluency: Expression and Phrasing

Spelling: Closed syllables, multisyllabic words

Grammar: Plurals and possessives

Spelling Words

1. dentist

2. jogger

3. fifteen

4. flatter

5. submit

6. mustang

7. absent

8. hollow

9. empire

10. blizzard

11. culture

12. goggles

13. summon

14. champion

15. kennel

16. valley

17. fragment

18. gallop

19. vulture

20. pigment

Vocabulary Words

1. damages

2. property

3. contact

4. available

5. atmosphere

6. destruction

7. surge

Graven Homework

Monday-read p.220-239 due Tuesday, Thanksgiving piece due Tuesday, Reading Counts Quiz #1 due Wednesday, practice book p.82-90 due Thursday, Study Island "Choosing Words Precisely" due Friday

Tuesday-Thanksgiving piece due today, Reading Counts Quiz #1 due Wednesday, practice book p.82-90 due Thursday, Study Island "Choosing Words Precisely" due Friday

Wednesday-Reading Counts Quiz #1 due today to stay on pace, practice book p.82-90 due Thursday, Study Island "Choosing Words Precisely" due Friday

Thursday-selection test, practice book p.82-90 due today, Study Island "Choosing Words Precisely" due Friday

Friday-spelling test, skills test, Study Island "Choosing Words Precisely" due Friday

Extra Credit Opportunity-Write a letter to the troops and I'll send it them!  Letters/cards/pictures are due by Dec. 3.

Bodker Homework

Mon- Read Hurricanes in Treasures p. 222-235  Practice p. 83 Reading Counts quiz #1 due Friday
Tues-Practice p. 84
Wed-Practice p. 89, Grammar worksheet 47
Thurs-Practice  p. 86  Worksheet Old Man River due Friday 11/22 Reading Comp. Test
Fri- No Homework  Reading Skills Test, Spelling Test, Reading Counts Quiz # 1 due (independent reading book)

WRIGHT HOMEWORK
Mon- Read Treasures Pages 219-237, Practice Book Pages 82-89 Due Thursday!
Tues- Re-Read Treasures p. 219-237
Thur- Practice Book Pages Due, Selection Test
Fri-    Skills Test, Spelling Test
***Independent Reading Book and Reading Counts Quiz Due by December 9th!!***