Monday:  linking verbs, verb tenses,  HW: wks 83 & tense wks in packet- verb notes

Tuesday:  transitive/intransitive verbs, verb comic-assessment (DUE FRIDAY!)

Wednesday:  Indians update, verb comic work day (DUE FRIDAY!), adjective test for missing MAD LIBS and interventions

Thursday:  Indians Game!  Leave at 8:30 return 4:30…please arrange for your child to have a ride home!

Friday:  read novel, student designed lesson (finished on Tuesday)

Assessment 4/5 is this week!  Students have been assigned to create a story or comic strip demonstrating their knowledge on verbs.  This may overlap with their Ancient Egypt newspaper project.  Please remember the Indians game is this week!  We are encouraging the students to wear comfortable shoes and sunscreen.  Also, they may pack a lunch to and bring it with them.  I’m looking forward to sharing this experience with your students.   

Monday:  AIMS Web testing, color coding business letter, class letter

Tuesday:  warm-up:  purposes of a business letter, graphic organizer for ‘Michael’s letter’, HW: compose letter

Wednesday:  evaluate letters, SBA #4 business letter

Thursday:  Indians warm-up!, finish SBA, action verbs & sharades, optional verb wks

Friday:  linking verbs, helping verbs, verb phrases, verb game, optional verb wks

While some students are counting down the final days, I’m counting down the final assessments.  3 left!  Just to recap on the ‘final five’ as I’ve been referring to them, two assessments have already taken place.  Pronoun project was due on May 9th, and Adjective mad libs is due on Monday, May 14th.  This week we are focusing on composing a business letter.  This is an important skill for students to learn and practice in order to prepare them for future endeavors.  Please remember the Indians game is coming up May 24th!  As you can tell each week we take some times

Monday:  indefinite pronouns HW: wks 115, Read Ch. 18, revisit predictions, introduce pronoun project

Tuesday:  Pronoun warm-up, pronoun song project work day (due Wednesday)

Wednesday:  Indians warm-up, Adjective notes HW: sentence wks, Read ch. 19 & discussion questions

Thursday:  adjective taboo, types of adjectives, Adjective mad libs (due Monday)

Friday:  Read ch. 21-23, round room discussion

So since we took the reading test we’re done, right?  Ummm nope, sorry.  We have some grammar and writing standards that I still need to cover before the students enter seventh grade.  This week we are assessing over the different types of pronouns.  The students will be assessed on their pronoun knowledge by creating a song to show usage of the pronoun types.  We will end the week with adjectives.  Adjectives make life pretty, fun and colorful!  Students will be creating a Mad Libs to show their knowledge and practice adjectives.  We are still reading and discussing Heat on a regular basis as well as reading Cleveland Indians articles to prepare for our trip to the ballpark!

Monday:  Reading OAA, OAA reflection journal, Read ch. 14 (not hw)

Tuesday:  pronouns/antecedent notes, HW: packet wks 97, finish ch. 14, HW: ch. 15

Wednesday:  Math OAA, Indians article warm-up, discuss ch. 15, Read ch. 16 (HW)  

Thursday:  subject/object pronouns, HW: packet wks 108, Read ch. 17 HW: dbl entry journal

Friday: Picnic @ Fishcreek park (picnic permission) & $2 for pizza

Thanks for all your support helping the students improve their OAA score.  The students seemed very confident in their efforts and I could not be prouder of the students determination!  Great job! 

As you can see this week we are covering pronouns.  The homework for pronouns will be in the form of a packet, with different pages assigned according to the daily notes.  The packet is optional and is designed to be additional practice from the daily notes.  Completed worksheets will be graded and bonus points will be assigned to the pronoun assessment.  Further, students who complete the practice will be allowed guidance and assistance (help) on their assessments.  Stude