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. 

Tuesday December 13th and Wednesday December 14th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. telescope
2. magnify
3. pyramid
4. strangest 
5. unlikely
6. geometric
7. measurement
8. future
9. garden
10. giggle

Spelling Challenge 

"BINGO!" or "Scrabblegrams"

Students get to select our last spelling challenge of the year! 

Reading

Class Reading 

Students participate in BYOB - Bring Your Own Book. Each student reads for 20minutes and answers a worksheet to strengthen reading comprehension skills. 

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "All I Want For Christmas" and "Santa Is Coming"

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! 

Tuesday December 6th and Wednesday December 7th, 2016

Vocabulary

(Au and ou sound; academic vocabulary words)

1. sea
2. began 
3. river
4. however
5. crown
6. around
7. growl
8. ground
9. fountains
10. pounds

Spelling Challenge 

"BINGO!"

Student randomly filled out a blank BINGO card with their list of vocabulary words. We used a random number generator to call out our words. The first one with 5 in a row, won!  

Reading

Class Reading 

Students participate in BYOB - Bring Your Own Book. Each student reads for 20minutes and answers a worksheet to strengthen reading comprehension skills. 

Worksheet

• "Responding to Literature"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Pirate's Life" and "Pinnochio"

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

• "Writing Prompts"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

Tuesday November 29th and Wednesday November 30th, 2016

Vocabulary

(Au and oi words; academic vocabulary words)

1. picked 
2. choice
3. voice
4. royal
5. annoy
6. noise
7. laundry
8. author
9. taught
10. pause

Spelling Challenge 

"Scrabblegrams"

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: "Lunch With An Alien" and "Cat and Dragon"

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 November 15th and Wednesday November 16th, 2016

Vocabulary

(Words with sound of g, and academic vocabulary words)

1. important
2. cannot
3. giraffe
4. gentle
5. engine
6. badge
7. ginger
8. ocean
9. desert
10. tundra

Spelling Challenge 

"Scrabblegrams"

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

• "Reading Review Prompts"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Red Space Man" and "Viking Kitty"

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"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work. 

Tuesday November 8th and Wednesday November 9th, 2016

Vocabulary

(S sound of c, and academic vocabulary words)

1. space
2. fence
3. pencil
4. survive
5. civil
6. together
7. tied
8. often
9. behavior
10. professional

Spelling Challenge 

"Left Hand, Right Hand"

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

• "Reading Prompt"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Hanging Out with Dino" and "Sleepy Whales"

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.