Tuesday March 7th and Wednesday March 8th, 2017

Vocabulary

Tuesday

1. studio
2. nifty 
3. janitor 
4. pottery 
5. wonderful 
6. square 
7. belief 
8. poem 
9. snoozing 
10. prevented 

Wednesday

1. picky 
2. claws 
3. great 
4. stage 
5. open 
6. sadly 
7. brush 
8. cross 
9. hugged 
10. trail 

Spelling Challenge

Class Choice! 

Reading

Class Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book"

In our class reading time, students bring their own books to dive into! Students discuss their reading and are given a comprehension worksheet to complete over their reading. 

For students who did not bring a book to class, they chose from the class library, or the Central Texas Library Selection. 

Worksheet

• "Complete the Sentence"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Friendly Giant" (Tuesday) and "Double Burger Boy" (Wednesday)

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• "Organize Your Opinion"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

Tuesday February 14th and Wednesday February 15th, 2017

Vocabulary

Tuesday

1. vacation 
2. poem  
3. destiny 
4. cherish
5. carnation
6. fourteenth
7. tulips
8. decorate
9. embrace
10. February 

Wednesday

1. balloons
2. doves
3. flowers
4. friend
5. greeting
6. holiday
7. sweets
8. true
9. presents
10. heart

Spelling Challenge

"Spelling Battleship"

Students were given a paper battleship board, and filled in the boxes on side A with their vocabulary words going up, down, and across. On side B they marked their misses with an "x", and their hits with an "o". 

Reading

Class Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book"

In our class reading time, students bring their own books to dive into! Students discuss their reading and are given a comprehension worksheet to complete over their reading. 

For students who did not bring a book to class, they chose from the class library, or the Central Texas Library Selection. 

Worksheet

• "Summarizing Reading"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Tape Player" (Tuesday) and "Robot Hearts" (Wednesday)

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• "Narrative Writing"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

Wednesday February 8th, 2017

Vocabulary

1. shopping
   
2. lookout 
3. artwork 
4. chance
5. lookout
6. frown 
7. silver
8. nose
9. monster
10. bones

Spelling Challenge

"Draw Your Words"

Reading

Class Reading

In our first day of class, students were presented with a number of books and selected the book the liked best! Class read a portion of the selected work aloud in class. 

Selection of books from Central Texas Library 

Worksheet

• ""

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Rockosaur" 

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• ""

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

Tuesday January 31st and Wednesday February 1st, 2017

Vocabulary

Tuesday

1. pebbles
2. chamber
3. flicker
4. onion 
5. arcade
6. pounce
7. shrill
8. mayor
9. farewell
10. beginning

Wednesday

1. awake
2. bird
3. snack
4. wear
5. mane
6. lawn
7. sandbox
8. swift
9. anyone
10. thumb

Spelling Challenge

"Scrabble Count"

Students given a worksheet as well as point list for each letter. Students had to add each of the letters in each vocabulary word using the point legend on their worksheet. 

Reading

Class Reading

In our first day of class, students were presented with a number of books and selected the book the liked best! Class read a portion of the selected work aloud in class. 

Worksheet

• "Making Connections"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Lunaria Place" (Tuesday) and "Red Spaceship" (Wednesday)

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• "Summarizing"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

Tuesday January 24th and Wednesday January 25th, 2017

Vocabulary

Tuesday

1. untidy 
2. curved 
3. leaky 
4. interact 
5. sturdy 
6. chatter 
7. bakery 
8. darkest 
9. feast 
10. dollars 

Wednesday

1. spider 
2. coast
3. boring 
4. corner 
5. ferns 
6. elbow 
7. taxi 
8. stuck 
9. grain 
10. float

Spelling Challenge

"Spelling Baseball"

 Traditional baseball game with a spelling twist! 

Reading

Class Reading

In our first day of class, students were presented with a number of books and selected the book the liked best! Class read a portion of the selected work aloud in class. 

Worksheet

• "Story Comparison"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "In the Jaws" (Tuesday) and "T-Rex in the Rain" (Wednesday)

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• "The Outline" and "Paragraph Guide"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

Tuesday January 10th and Wednesday January 11th, 2017

Vocabulary

Tuesday

1. ivy 
2.  road
3. tusk
4. oven 
5. news 
6. food 
7. rules 
8. braid 
9. miles 
10. nose

Wednesday

1. paint 
2. soul
3. banana 
4. frown
5. temper 
6. burst 
7. hungry 
8. riddle 
9. porch 
10. silver 

Spelling Challenge 

"Alphabetized Race"

Students quickly wrote their vocabulary words on strips of paper, then flipped them over and mixed them around. Students then raced to alphabetize their vocabulary words, the first student that got all words correctly, won!  

Reading

Class Reading

In our first day of class, students were presented with a number of books and selected the book the liked best! Class read a portion of the selected work aloud in class. 

Worksheet

• "Elements of A Story"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Viking Octopus" and "Steampunk Mad Inventor Rampage!"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• "The Outline" and "Paragraph Guide"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

Tuesday January 3rd and Wednesday January 4th, 2017

Vocabulary

(words; academic vocabulary words)

1. except
2. accept
3. latitude
4. longitude
5. compass
6. certain
7. fountain
8. equator
9. absolute
10. oxen

Spelling Challenge 

"Cut and Paste"

Students frantically looked through magazines to find their list of 10 vocabulary words in a set time limit! 

Reading

Class Reading

In our first day of class, students were presented with a number of books and selected the book the liked best! Class read a portion of the selected work aloud in class. 

Worksheet

• "Character Description"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "New Year, New... You?" 

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• "Ten Sentence Outline"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work.