English: Taylor 5A-5A Assignments

5th grade awards day


Students wear dress clothes/ Sunday wear
Girls must wear school appropriate dresses

End of year class party.
Half day 

Science exam today
Half day

English and reading exam today

Review for exam 

Review for exam 

Review for exam 

Review for exam

Give study guide and review for exam 

1. Comma/ sentence review editing continued.... Students will write example of correct comma usage, compound, and complex sentences. 

1. Students will edit a paragraph with sentence and comma mistakes in small groups
2. Whole group will check together and reteach misunderstandings

1. Review comma rules, compound, complex, run on sentences, and comma splices 
2. Write and correct examples of these errors 

Commonly misused words test today! 

1. Review commonly misused words
2. Introduce affect vs effect and its vs it's


Commonly misused words test tomorrow

Half day today!

1. Review more commonly misused 
2. Have students correct a paragraph with the correct word use 

1. Introduced commonly misused words (ex: their, there, they're) 
2. Have students fill in a paragraph with the correct word 

Pattern 1-5 test today 

1. Review pattern 1-5 sentences for Patterns 1-5 test tomorrow


Study classifying review for test tomorrow 

1. Introduce writing a thank you letter
2. Write a thank you note to someone you would like to thank

1. Take friendly letter quiz
2. Work classroom practice 67

1. Introduce editing a friendly letter
2. Work classroom practice 66


Friendly letter quiz on Thirsday.

1. Pattern 1-5 classifying review test  

1. Review mixed patterns 

2. Introduce friendly letter
3. Introduce abbreviations 
4. Work classroom practice 65

1. Students will be given a topic and will write and edit the paragraph in class for a grade. This is a timed assignment.


http://expositorywritingprompts.com/seven-expository-writing-prompts-on-animals/

1. Finish/rewrite second draft of paragraph focusing on word choice and more complex sentences. 
2. Have peers check paragraphs for one another and offer corrections. 

Writing a solid main idea paragraph. 


1. Model examples of good paragraph writing 
2. Give students a topic to write about and help them choose a main idea sentence. (Explain that this is like a thesis statement.) 
4. Let students use computers to gather info if they need information. 

1. Take chapter 13 test 

1. Review for chapter 13 test tomorrow 

1. Classifying pattern 5 quiz
2. Check and correct quiz 
3. Work classroom practice 

1. Introduce double negatives
2. Review pattern 5 sentences
3. Work  classroom practice 

1. Classify practice sentences
2. Work classroom practice in a guided practice 
3. Check together

1. Introduce PRN and pattern 5 
2. Review, classify, and write examples of pattern 5 sentences. 

No school

1. Review vocabulary and analogies
2. Work chapter checkup and take as a daily grade

1. Work in small groups to complete the mixed pattern group challenge.

1. Review, write and classify pattern 1-4 sentences.

1. Take chapter 12 test

1. Review chapter 12 skills and vocabulary for test Tuesday.

1. Review chapter 12 skills and vocabulary
2. Work classroom practice 58

1. Introduce practice sentences
2. introduce indefinite pronouns
3. Work classroom practice 57

1. Introduce new vocabulary
2. Introduce mixed patterns
3. Have students write an example of each type of sentence and check with a peer.
4. Work classroom practice 56

1. Classify and write examples of patterns 1-4 in small groups and individually.

Half Day: Students who sold a book of raffle tickets may skip this day!

1. Work patter 4 sentences alone and in groups to practice mastery of pattern 4 sentences.

1. Take chapter 11 skills test
2. Check together

1. Review pattern 4 sentences, Plural possessive/singular rules
2. Work classroom practice 53

Test on chapter 11 skills tomorrow

1. Classify practice sentences
2. Introduce noun jobs
3. Work classroom practice 53

1. Classify practice sentences
2. Introduce pronoun cases
3. Work classroom practice 52

1. Check/ correct classifying quiz
2. Classify practice sentences
3. Introduce how to make nouns possessive
4. Work classroom practice 51

1. Take Classifying test
2. Work on classifying the sentences on classroom practice 51 when you finish your test.

1. Review Chapter 11 vocabulary
2. Classify intro sentences
3. Introduce pattern 4.
4. Review patterns 1-3 for classifying test on Tuesday.

HW: Review pattern 1-3 for classifying test tomorrow

1. Continue working on book review with peer and teacher guidance. Book Review due today.

Book review due Friday at the end of the day.

1. Continue working on book review with peer and teacher guidance.

Book review due Friday at the end of the day.

1. Give and work graphic organizer- this will be taken for a grade tomorrow.
2. Start writing book review if you finish your graphic organizer

Book review due Friday at the end of the day.

1. Chapter 10 test tomorrow

1. Review for chapter 10 test tomorrow

HW: Study chapter checkup for test tomorrow

Use your Shurley English textbook that you have at home to look up your chapter 11 vocab.

1. Work chapter checkup in your Shurley English as a review for chapter 10 test that will be rescheduled for one day next week.

We have covered patterns 1-3 so far. Because we are studying mixed patterns, please write 2 examples of each type of sentence. You will have 2 pattern 1 sentences, 2 pattern 2 sentences, and 2 pattern 3 sentences.

Use your textbook and workbook for guidance if you need help!

1. Valentine's Day party

1. Students will work together in small groups to complete a project that compares the NTS book, movie, and the real historical events we have studied

HALF DAY
1. final NTS test.

1. Review previous 2 tests and chapters 12-17 for final NTS test.

Reading Fair presentations!

We will be taking our chapter 9 test early due to the Reading fair.

1. Take chapter 9 test.

1. Group center on using quotations in writing
2. Have peers edit each others work as they complete the assignment
3. Discussion on the center as a CFU

1. 1. Work chapter checkup
2. Check together as a class.
3. Reteach quotation rules

(This is a difficult skill! We are having to go over it a lot!)

1. Correct quiz and review/reteach any misunderstandings
2. Review chapter 9 vocabulary

1. Work chapter 9 quiz
2. Review and check together

1. Classify practice sentences
2. Review chapter 9 skills for quiz tomorrow
3. Work classroom practice 44

Review workbook for chapter 9 quiz tomorrow

1. classify practice sentences
2. Review quotations and introduce new quotation rules
3. work classroom practice 43

1. Classify practice sentences
2. introduce quotations
3. Work classroom practice 42

Discussion question test

1. Introduce new chapter 9 skills
2. Do skill builder
3. introduce pattern 3

1. Review Friday's quiz on answering discussion questions for test on Wednesday.
2. Practice answering discussion questions for test on Wednesday.

Writing test tomorrow!

1. Students have a quiz on how to respond thoughtfully and critically to multi part discussion questions dealing with NTS.

1. Students will learn how to respond thoughtfully and critically to multi part discussion questions dealing with NTS.

1. Students will learn how to respond thoughtfully and critically to multi part discussion questions dealing with NTS.

1. Work chapter 8 test.
2. write vocab cards for chapter 9

Review chapter 8 skills and vocab for test on Tuesday.

HW: Study chapter checkup and vocab words for test.

1. Classify practice sentences
2. Work classroom practice 40 as chapter review

Classifying sentences quiz- check together in class

1. Review sentences quiz
2. Work classroom practice 40

1.Classify Practice sentences
2. Review mixed patterns (1-2)
3. Introduce principal parts of verbs
4. Classroom practice 39

1.Classify practice sentences
2. Review mixed patterns (1-2)
3.Verb tense changes
4. Classroom practice 38

1.Introduce object pronoun
2. Review mixed patterns (1-2)
3. Introduce verb tenses
4. Classroom practice 37

Christmas party day!
Dismissal at 11:15
Wear Christmas colors

1. Take science exam

1. Take math and history exam today
2. Study for science exam

1. take exam
2. Review for other exams

1. Review for English and reading exam tomorrow

Study study guides for exam tonight!

1. Review reading skills for exam
2. Work on study guide
3. Make note cards

1. Review reading skills for exam
2. Work on study guide
3. Make note cards

1. Review reading skills for exam
2. Work on study guide
3. Make note cards

1. Take chapter 7 test

1. Review for chapter 7 test tomorrow

HW: study chapter 7 vocab and the chapter checkup for test tomorrow

1. Work classroom practice
2. Take in class classifying quiz
4. Review chapter 7 vocab note cards

1. Review Chapter 7 skills from yesterday
2. Introduce new chapter 7 skills
3. Work classroom practice
4. Review chapter 7 vocab note cards

1. Review chapter 6 skills
2. Introduce new chapter 7 skills
3. Work classroom practice
4. Review chapter 7 vocab note cards

1. Introduce chapter 6 skills
2. Work practice sentences
3. Create and classify example sentences in whole group setting
4. Make chapter 7 vocab note cards

1. Allow students time in class to finish and do a final edit of essay.

1. Check graphic organizers for a grade
2. Model essays structure
3. Let students work independently and in small groups for peer editing

HW: Essays due Friday

1. Give Narrative essay graphic organizer
2. Work graphic organizers in class together
3. let students finish graphic organizers independently

Hw: These essays are due on Friday.

1. Take chapter 6 test

1. Review for chapter 6 test on Tuesday.

HW: Study chapter 6 skills and vocabulary

1. Introduce rule of three sentence structure writing skill

1. Work chapter checkup 30
2. Check and review together
3. Reteach misunderstandings

1. Classify practice sentences
2. Work classroom practice 29

1. Take quiz on complex sentences

1. Review types of sentences for quiz tomorrow
2. Review 8 parts of speech
3. Work classroom practice 28

1. Review intro skills of chapter 6
2. Work classroom practice 27

1. Introduce complex sentences
2. Classify practice sentences
3. Review chapter 6 vocabulary and analogies

1.Work skill review packet
Students will turn this in for a quiz grade

Chapter 5 test today

1. Work Chapter 5 checkup as a review for test tomorrow
2. Review chapter 5 vocabulary

Test on chapter 5 tomorrow

1. Review vocabulary
2. Introduce a/an
3. Work classroom practice 24

1. Review chapter 5 skills
2. Introduce contractions
3. Work classroom practice 23

1. classify practice sentences
2. Introduce coordinating conjunctions
3. Introduce compound sentences, run on sentences, and comma splices
4. Work classroom practice 22

1. Classifying quiz

1. Introduce helping verbs and the not adverb
2. introduce natural and inverted order
3. Classify practice sentences

Classifying quiz tomorrow focusing on compound subject nouns, verbs, and object of the prepositions

1. Review types of sentences
2. Review pattern 1 sentences and parts of speech

1. Review types of sentences
2. Review pattern 1 sentences and parts of speech

1. Review types of sentences
2. Review pattern 1 sentences and parts of speech

1. Review types of sentences
2. Review pattern 1 sentences and parts of speech

1. Review types of sentences
2. Review pattern 1 sentences and parts of speech

1. Classify practice sentences
2. introduce coordinating conjunctions and connective adverbs
3. Introduce compound sentences, comma splices, and run-on sentences
4. Work classroom practice 22

1. Introduce helping verbs
2. Classify practice sentences
3. Introduce the NOT adverb
4. Introduce natural and inverted order

1. Students will continue working on book reviews and turn them in at the end of class.

1. Students will continue working on book reviews.

Enjoy your day!

Students will take both spelling and math tests in homeroom. We will have our party following tests.

1. Begin writing book review on IBD with teacher guidance

HW: Work on book review if you need to- Book review due next week

1. Complete graphic organizer for book review
Teacher will model/work graphic organizer with students in class

1. Take chapter 4 test

1. Review chapter 4
2. Work chapter checkup as test review

1. Work chapter checkup 20
2. Check together
3. Review skills for test Tuesday

1. Review previous skills
2. Classify practice sentences
3. Review homonyms
4. Work classroom practice 19

1. Review vocab
2. Classify practice sentences
3. Introduce homonyms
4. Work classroom practice 18

1. Classifying quiz
2. Classify practice sentences
3. Introduce conjunctions
4. Work classroom practice 17

1. Classify practice sentences
2. Introduce skills: pronouns, subject pronouns, understood subject pronouns, possessive pronoun adjective
3. Write chapter 4 vocab notecards

HW: Classifying sentences quiz

1. Students will use their previous three paragraph essay to edit/rewrite a five paragraph essay.
2. The completed five paragraph essay will be due on Friday.

HW: Work on your essay if you need to

1. Students will use their previous three paragraph essay to edit/rewrite a five paragraph essay.
2. The completed five paragraph essay will be due on Friday.

HW: Work on your essay if you need to

1. Students will use their previous three paragraph essay to edit/rewrite a five paragraph essay.
2. The completed five paragraph essay will be due on Friday.

HW: Work on your essay if you need to

1. Review chapter 3 for test on Tuesday

HW: Study chapter three skills and vocab for test tomorrow

1. Take chapter 3 test
2. Make chapter 4 vocab notecards

1. Review/discuss steps in answering a discussion question
2. Work examples together
3. Work discussion questions with peers and independently

HW: none

1. Work chapter 3 quiz.
2. Grade together/reteach if needed

HW: None

1. Do skill builder
2. Review chapter 3 skills
3. Work chapter checkup

HW: Study chapter checkup for quiz tomorrow!

1. Classify practice sentences
2. Review subject verb agreement
3. Do skill builder
4. Work classroom practice 14

HW: Chapter 3 skills quiz on Thursday

1. Introduce preposition flow
2. Classify practice sentences
3. introduce subject verb agreement
4. Work classroom practice 13 and 14

1. Classify practice sentences
2. do skill builder
3. Introduce paragraph editing
4. Classroom practice 14

HW: Help your mom or dad around the house. Being a grown up is harder than it looks.

Classifying quiz today
1. Introduce preposition flow
2. Classify practice sentences
3. introduce subject verb agreement
4. Work classroom practice 13

HW: none

1. Classify practice sentences
2. Do skill builder
3. Work classroom practice 12

HW: Classifying quiz on Thursday

1. Introduce preposition, object of the preposition, and prepositional phrases
2. Classify intro sentences
3. Review chapter 3 vocabulary

HW: Classifying sentences quiz on Thursday.

1. Students will finish writing, peer edit, and edit with teacher one final time.
2. Essays are due at the end of class.

HW: none

1. Work graphic organizer together and review sample essays
2. Students will then work with peers to finish graphic organizers

HW: Finish graphic organizer if you did not finish in class. Completed graphic organizers will be taken as a grade.

1. Take chapter 2 test

HW: none

1. Review the chapter checkup on chapter 2
2.Reteach/practice any misunderstandings


HW: Study for Chapter 2 Test tomorrow

1. Review chapter 2 skills
2. Work chapter checkup 11 together

1. Introduce finding a topic
2. Introduce supporting sentences
3. Work classroom practice 10

1. Walk students through writing strategies
2. Peer edit essays
3. Check/edit essays with teacher as we write

HW: Essays due Friday (Tomorrow)

1. Introduce a revised sentence
2. work classroom practice 9

1. Take chapter 2 test
2. Work vocab cards for chapter 2

1. Review for test on Tuesday. (Tomorrow)

1. Introduce question and answer flow, parts of speech.
2. work classroom practice 7

1.Review chapter 2 skills with students.
2. Review chapter 2 vocab
3. Work classroom practice 6

Check vocab cards

When you finish your test, create chapter 2 vocab cards. You will find these in your SE textbook in chapter 2.

1. Review chapter 1 capitalization and punctuation rules with students.
2. Study chapter 1In Shurley English workbook and capitalization and punctuation rules for test tonight.

1.Review chapter 1 skills.
2. Work classroom practice 8.