Monday

Students will continue reading Dollhouse Murders. Chapters 11-14.

Tuesday

Students will finish reading Dollhouse Murders.

Wednesday

Students will take their 6 weeks language arts test.

Thursday

Students will take a reading Universal Screening to access what they know and need to know.

Friday

Students will read a non-fiction article and complete a critical thinking question.

Mini-lesson over subject-verb agreement.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.14, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28

Monday

Students will take a vocabulary test over Dollhouse Murders.

The students will read chapters 11-13 of Dollhouse Murders while adding to their character sketch.

Tuesday

Students will take a writing Universal Screening to assess what they know and need to know.

Wednesday

The students will read chapters 14-16 of Dollhouse Murders while adding to their character sketch.

Thursday

Students will complete a book report in class.

Friday

Students will read non fiction articles and answer comprehension questions.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.6, 6.8, 6.14, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28

Monday

Students will use the paragraph written on Friday and make it a paragraph with sparkling sentences.

Students will revise/edit with a partner after they finish writing.

Students will select a non fiction article to read and then write a brief constructive response.

Tuesday

Students will with their non fiction book article. These stories are taken from the book How They Crocked. Students will finish this assignment.

Wednesday

Students will present their product to the class.

Thursday

I will introduce the reading genre mystery. We will talk about the reading skill character. I will give the students a handout of examples of character traits.

Students will share information about the author Betty Ren Wright. I will introduce the vocabulary for the day’s reading.

We will then read chapters 1-4 of the class novel Dollhouse Murders. Students will select 1 of the major characters to do a character analysis as we read the chapters aloud.

Friday

The class will read chapters 5-8 of the class novel Dollhouse Murders. Students will continue adding to their character sketch.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.6, 6.8, 6.14, 6.16, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.23, 6.24, 6.25, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28

Monday

Holiday

Tuesday

Students will finish blog updates. We will log onto scrumy.com to start filling out assignment calendars.

Wednesday

I will read the storybook “Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge” Students will make a list of experiences from their life to write about.

Students will learn what a trusim is and why it is used in writing.

In a small group students will play the game Battle of the Writing Process.

Thursday

Students will learn about starred writing, which is writing with depth.

Students will create their own “Starred Wheelies”.

Friday

Students will finish the “Starred Wheelies”. We will discuss what a well elaborated paragraph is all about.

Students will learn about sparkling sentences. Students will receive a handout to be on the lookout for these kinds of sentences in their own writing and in writing of others.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.7, 6.8, 6.14, 6.16, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28