5th Grade Reading Assignments

1. Students will fill out end of year questionnaires. 

1. Students must finish tiny tales today. 

1. Students must have color poems turned in today.
2. Students will continue working on Tiny Tales. 

1. Students will continue working on color poems and tiny tales. 

1. Students will finish working on color poems.
2. We will read Ten Word Tiny Tales
3. Students will begin working on their own 10 word tiny tales.

1. We will watch the movie Wonder. 
2. Students may bring blankets to sit in the floor while we watch the movie.

1. Continue color poems

1. Work on Color Poems
2. Finish Wonder assignment.

1. We will work on Color Poems.
2. We will work on Wonder assignment.

1. Finish Concrete Poems.
2. Wonder Assignment.

1. Work on Concrete Poems.
2. Finish Reading Wonder.

1. Work on Concrete Poems
2. Continue reading Wonder. 

1. This test will have questions about Acrostic Poems, Limerick Poems, Cinquain Poems, Blackout Poems, & Haikus. Students will need to know things about each type such as specific number of lines or syllables. All information can be found in their notes. Students will also be asked to identify the rhyme scheme of different poems. 
2. Students will work on their Concrete Poems after the test. 

1. We will review for our poetry test tomorrow. This test will cover all of the types of poems we have learned about so far.
2. Those who did not turn in their Limericks on Friday need to turn them in today.
3. We will begin Concrete Poems.
4. We will continue reading Wonder.

***HOMEWORK: Read pages 284-293 in Wonder

1. Review different types of poems for next week's test.
2. Continue reading Wonder

1. Give out notes on concrete poems.
2. Look up examples 
3. Work on Limerick Poems
4. Continue reading Wonder.

1. Hand out notes on Limerick poems. 
2. Practice writing Limerick poems.
3. Continue reading Wonder.

***HOMEWORK: Finish reading part 6 of Wonder. If you did not finish your worksheet today in class, you need to finish that as well. 

1. Hand out notes on Haiku poems. 
2. Practice writing Haiku poem.
3. Wonder part 4 assignment
4. Continue reading Wonder

1. Students will recite "My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson. 
2. We will review poetry test from last week.
3. Begin reading Wonder part 5

***Homework: Some classes took a little longer than others to finish reciting poems today so we will hold off on reading homework tonight. 

DON'T FORGET THAT YOU HAVE TO RECITE THE POEM "MY SHADOW" ON MONDAY!

1. We will take poetry quiz.
2. We will continue with Wonder.

1. Review poetry terms and poems covered so far.
2. Continue reading Wonder.
3. Wonder Part 3 assignment.

**Our next poetry quiz will be Monday! 

1. We will continue working on Blackout Poems.
2. We will review poetry terms and types of poems covered so far. 
3. We will continue reading Wonder.

**Reading Homework

1. We will review poetry terms.
2. Introduce Blackout Poems.
3. Continue reading Wonder.

**Reading homework pgs. 119-126

1. We will review our last poetry test. 
2. Students will copy down poetry terms.
3. Students will complete Wonder part 2 assignment.

**Reading homework 

This test will cover poems with figurative language.

1. Review poetry elements & figurative language.
2. Assign "Rainbow After Rain" and have students answer questions.
3. Read the next section of Wonder. 
4. Work on Bio Poems.

***Assign reading homework.

1. Review poetry elements.

2. Review figurative language.
3. Assign "The Rain Boot Splash" and have students answer questions.
4. Read next section of Wonder. 
5. Work on Bio Poems

***Assign reading homework. Pgs. 43-50

1. Review poetry elements.
2. Review figurative language definitions.
3. Assign "The Daffodil Parade" and have students answer questions.
4. Read next few pages of Wonder. 
5. Work on Bio poems.

***Assign pages to read for homework. Pgs. 27-34

1. Hand out list of poetry elements and go over them.
2. Assign poem to be recited on Monday, April 20th.
3. Review figurative language definitions. 
4. Use "Spring Winds Whisper"  to point out poetry elements. Have students answer questions. 
5. Introduce Bio Poems.
6. Begin reading Wonder. 

***Assign pages to read for homework. Read pages 10-18

1. Students will turn in their The Boy on the Wooden Box book and I will assess any damages to the books. 

1. Students will watch an interview of Leon Leyson

1. Students will take their final test on TBOTWB.

1. We will read the epilogue together in class and discuss.

1. We will read chapter 10 and answer questions together in class.

1. We will read chapter 9 and answer questions together in class.

1. We will read chapter 7 and answer the questions together in class.

1. We will review for our test on chapters 6 & 7

We will go over chapter questions for chapters 6 & 7 and review vocab.

1. We will read chapter 7 and answer questions.

1. We will read Chapter 6 and answer questions.

1. We will take our test on chapters 4 & 5 of The Boy on the Wooden Box

1. We will review chapters 4 & 5 for test tomorrow.

1. We will check answers to chapter 4 questions.
2. We will read chapter 5 and answer questions.

1. Read chapter 4 and answer questions. 

1. Take test on chapters 2 & 3.
2. Use the dictionary to look up definitions for the next set of vocabulary words. 

1. We will review for our test tomorrow on chapters 2 & 3 of The Boy on the Wooden Box.
2. Make sure you know your vocabulary! The vast majority of students who did not score very high on the first test did not know the vocab and missed major points. 

1. We will read chapter 3 and answer the questions together.

I have attached chapter 3 questions for the students who are out this week. 

1. We will answer chapter 2 questions together and begin reading chapter 3.

2. Students will take a quiz on types of conflict.

***Our schedule has changed a little due to the senior play this afternoon. We will pick up with chapter 3 on Monday. Be studying your vocab! 

1. We will review types of conflict in preparation for a quiz tomorrow. This quiz will only go in the gradebook one time. 
2. We will read Chapter 2 of TBOTWB.

1. Students will take their test.
2. Students will begin looking up their next set of vocabulary words in the dictionary. 

2. We will review the prologue and chapter 1 of The Boy on the Wooden Box for a test tomorrow. This test will cover questions about the prologue and chapter 1 as well as the 12 vocabulary words you looked up last week.

***The test will only cover the prologue and chapter 1. I was out last week for a doctor appointment, and our sub did not read the next chapter with them as last week's lesson plans had originally intended. We will pick up with chapter 2 on Thursday. 

1. We will continue reviewing types of conflict. 
2. We will review chapter 2 questions and read chapter 3 of The Boy on the Wooden Box. 

1. We will continue to review the different types of conflict.
2. We will review chapter 1 questions and read chapter 2 of The Boy on the Wooden Box. 

1. We will watch a video introducing different types of conflict.
2. We will read chapter 1 of The Boy on the Wooden Box.

1. Students will take their test on nonfiction text structures. They will read the paragraph and decide whether its structure is: Compare/Contrast, Descriptive/Spatial, Problem/Solution, Chronological, Sequence, or Cause/Effect.

1. We will review for tomorrow's test. 
2. Students will receive vocab for The Boy on the Wooden Box and will begin looking up definitions in the dictionary.

***HOMEWORK: Text Structure Worksheet

1. Today we will take notes on/practice identifying Problem & Solution passages. 

1. Today we will take notes on/practice identifying Cause & Effect passages.

1. Today we will take notes on/practice identifying descriptive/spatial passages. 

1. Today we will take notes on/practice identifying Chronological Order/Sequence passages.

1. Students will be shown a power point lesson on non-fiction text structures.
2. Students will take notes on compare/contrast.

We will take a quiz on The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and finish our flip books. 

1. We will finish reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

1. We will continue our read aloud.

1. We will continue our read aloud: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

1. We will begin reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

1. We will finish our compare/ contrast essays

1. We will continue to work on our compare/contrast essays.

1. Any remaining students will present their Greek Monster Projects.
2. We will work on our compare and contrast essays.

1. Students will present their Greek Monster Project to the class.

1. We will finish watching the movie and finish up writing Greek Monster essays.

1. We will work on Greek Monster essays and then begin watching The Lightning Thief.

1. We will take our test on chapters 19-22 of The Lightning Thief.
2. Students will continue working on their Greek Monster essays. 

1. We will review for tomorrow's test on chapters 19-22.
2. We will begin working on our Greek Monster essays.

1. We will finish reading and annotating The Lightning Thief today.
2. We will begin reviewing for our final test which will be Wednesday. 

1. We will review chapter 20.
2. We will read and annotate chapter 21 together. 

1. We will read and annotate chapter 19 together in class.

****HOMEWORK: Read chapter 20. We will review tomorrow in class.

1. We will take a test on chapters 13-18. This test will cover vocab., questions about the story, and figurative language. 

1. We will read and annotate chapter 18.
2. We will review for tomorrow's test. 

1. We will read and annotate chapter 17.

1. We will finish chapter 16

1. We will review chapter 15.
2. We will begin reading chapter 16.

1. We will go over chapter 13.
2. We will read and annotate chapter 14 together.

***HOMEWORK: Read chapter 15 of The Lightning Thief. We will review and annotate in class tomorrow. This is a LONG chapter. Students began reading in class today. Many finished reading it in study hall this afternoon. Those who did not finish in class need to finish at home. 

1. We will take our test on chapters 7-12 of The Lightning Thief. 
2. This test will cover vocabulary, questions about the story, and figurative language.
3. We will begin reading chapter 13. 

***HOMEWORK: Finish reading chapter 13

1. We will finish reviewing chapter 11.

2. We will read and annotate chapter 12. 

1. We will read and annotate chapter 11 of TLT.
2. We will share our spooky stories with the class.

1. Take Quiz on TLT 7-9


***HOMEWORK: Read chapter 10

1. We will take a short quiz on chapters 7-9. This will only go down in the gradebook once. 
2. We will begin reading and annotating chapter 10

***The quiz will be moved to Thursday. We won't finish chapter 9 and review until tomorrow. 

1. We will read and annotate chapter 9 of TLT.
2. Students will finish their spooky stories and turn them in for a grade. 

1. We will finish reading and annotating chapter 8.
2. We will continue to work on our spooky stories.

1. We will read and annotate chapter 9 of TLT. 
2. Students will continue to work on their Spooky Stories. 

1. We will review chapter 7 and begin reading chapter 8 of The Lightning Thief. 
2. Students will continue working on their Spooky Stories. 

1. We will take our test on chapters 1-6 of The Lightning Thief.
2. Students will work on their Spooky Stories and begin reading chapter 7 of The Lightning Thief. 

***HOMEWORK: Finish reading chapter 7

1. We will review for our test tomorrow on chapters 1-6 of The Lightning Thief.
2. We will work on our Spooky Story narrative writing assignment. 

1. Students will complete a spooky story narrative writing assignment. 

1. We will read and annotate chapter 6

***HOMEWORK: Finish questions for chapters 4-6 if you have not completed them. This is for Homeroom C and A only. Homeroom B will complete this tomorrow as our class was cut short this morning due to chapel. 

1. We will go through chapter 5 (they read together in class last Friday) and mark figurative language examples.

***Students who were absent last Friday must read chapter 5 before class tomorrow. We will begin chapter 6 tomorrow. 

1. We did not complete chapter 5 yesterday, so we will read chapter 5 today. 

1. We will discuss chapter 4 that students read for homework. There will be a homework check to make sure they read the chapter. This will be for a daily grade. 
2. We will read and annotate chapter 5 

1. Students will take their test

***Homework: Read chapter 4 of The Lightning Thief. Work on answering chapter 4 questions.

1. We will review for our test tomorrow on chapters 1-3

1. We will read chapter 3 of The Lightning Thief
2. Students will complete discussion questions for chapter 3
3. We will begin reviewing for test on TLT chapters 1-3 
***We will take our reading test on Wednesday this week since we did not have class on Friday due to Homecoming festivities. This will give us a day to review before students take their test.

***Homework: Finish answering questions on chapters 1-3

1. We will continue reading The Lightning Thief.
2. We will annotate as we read. 

1. As we read, we will use sticky notes to annotate our books. We will be looking specifically for examples of figurative language and the answers to the questions that go along with each chapter.
2. We will discuss different elements of author's craft and how they contribute to the development of a story.

1. Students will take the test.
2. We will begin reading The Lightning Thief.

1. We will continue reviewing and practicing figurative language.
2. Test tomorrow on figurative language vocab. with examples

***Homework: Review worksheet on onomatopoeia

1. We will continue to review figurative language and to complete pre-reading activities for The Lightning Thief.

1. We will continue to review figurative language completing activities to go along with each type.
2. We will continue our pre-reading activities for The Lightning Thief.

1. We will continue to review different types of figurative language completing activities to go along with each type.
2. We will begin our pre-reading activities for The Lightning Thief.

1. Today we will introduce figurative language and complete interactive notebook pages.
2. We will also begin discussing Greek Mythology.

1. We will complete the final review of our read aloud, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. 

2. We will have a class discussion and complete a journal prompt about the story.

1. Students will finish their plot maps & dragons and turn them in
2. We will answer response questions for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

1. Students will continue working on their plot maps
2. We will finish our read aloud

1. Students will continue working on their plot maps and dragons
2. We will continue our read aloud

1. Students will continue working on their plot maps and dragons
2. We will continue our read aloud.

1. Students will continue to work on plot mapping Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
2. Students will continue to work on their dragons
3. We will continue our read aloud

1. We will continue working on our plot maps for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

***I've added the links to the chapters of our read aloud that we covered in class today for those who are absent. 

1. We will continue to work on our plot maps for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. We will discuss what the plot of a story is and analyze how plot contributes to other elements of a story.
2. We will complete our interactive notebook page on plot.
3. We will begin plot mapping Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

***I've attached videos below of the chapters we read today in class for anyone who is absent. 

1. Students will take their test. 
2. We will begin discussion questions on Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. We will have our final review on point of view to prepare for our test tomorrow.
2. We will finish our read aloud, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

***HOMEWORK: Finish the Point of View Packet that we started in class today.

1. We will continue to review by reading practice passages and identifying point of view. 
2. We will practice changing a passage from one point of view to another.
3. We will continue our read aloud, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

***Don't forget to work on your point of view packet over the weekend. The only real way to prepare for the test next week is to practice practice practice. 

***Below you can find links to the chapters we read today of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. This is for anyone who was absent today so that you don't fall behind. 

1. We will continue reviewing point of view. We will complete our interactive notebook page (2nd) on point of view.
2. We will practice reading passages and identifying the point of view.
3. We will continue our read aloud, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

***HOMEWORK: Finish the point of view worksheets that we worked on today in class.

1. We will take our vocab. quiz. 
2.We will watch a mini lesson on point of view and and then go through a powerpoint presentation. 
3. We will complete our interactive notebook page (1st) on point of view.
4. We will continue our read aloud, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. We will watch a short video explaining the difference between mood and tone. 
2. We will complete our interactive notebook page on tone and mood. 
3. We will discuss the tone and mood of our current read aloud.
4. We will continue our read aloud, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. We are going to learn some specific strategies to help us figure out the meaning of unknown words that we come across when reading. 
2. We will fill out our interactive notebook page and then practice using context clues to help us identify the meaning of unfamiliar words in our current read aloud.
3. Complete vocab. flashcards
4. We will continue reading Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. We will discuss what character traits actually are, making sure to distinguish between physical traits and character traits. 
2. We will complete the interactive notebook page on Minli, the main character in our read aloud book. 
3. We will then cite evidence from the text that led us to those character traits.
4. We will continue our read aloud, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. We will discuss what we know about themes and then talk about what theme means in terms of literature. 
2. We will come up with a list of themes from different books and stories we have read and brainstorm any important themes we have come across in our current read aloud.
3. We will complete our interactive notebook pages on theme.
4. We will continue our read aloud, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. Students will be given a short story to read independently in class. They will then write a summary and turn it in for a grade.
2. We will continue our read aloud, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. We will continue reading Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.
2. We will practice summarizing what we read together as a class.
3. Tomorrow, students will be given a short story to read independently and then will write a summary of what they read. The summary will be turned in for a grade.

1. We will discuss what students have learned about summarizing in the past.
2. We will go over the interactive notebook page that will help us to write concise yet informative summaries. 
3. We will continue reading Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. We will discuss the 3 different ways to refer back to a text and add them to our interactive notebooks.
2. We will practice summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting from our read aloud book, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

1. Students will take their test.
2. We will begin the read aloud: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

1. We will review for our test tomorrow.

1. Today we will discuss and take notes on the elements of tall tales and legends.
2. We will read some of each and answer questions about the stories.

***HOMEWORK: If you did not finish answering questions about Pecos Bill in class, finish for homework. 

1. We will discuss the different types of traditional literature and add them to our interactive notebooks.
2. We will take notes on the different elements of each type.
3. We will begin with folktales: fables & pourquoi.

1. Students will begin working on their interactive notebooks. 
2. We will review different genres and go over the elements of each one.

2. We will discuss the books from each genre we will be reading this year in class and which books they hope to read independently.

1. Students will turn in their summer reading questions/answers and take the test on Shiloh.