Monday
Students will complete the storyboard of the plot diagram for Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Tuesday
Students will complete their book report.

Wednesday and Thursday
Students will go to the library to check in books and out out books. Students will also share their personal narratives.

Friday
We will discuss noncount nouns from our Write Source language book on pages 517 and 192. Next, we will do a Mimio lesson covering this material.
TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.7, 6.8, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27

 

 

Monday

Students will discuss introductions.  We will then do a foldable to write our brainstorming.

Tuesday

Students will continue with brainstorming and begin writing rough copy.

Wednesday

Students will peer edit papers and write final copy.

Thursday

Monday
Students will complete non fiction article from Friday.

Students will work on communication skills while writing a letter to a epal.
Students will also complete their character analysis of one of the following: Amy, Louanne, or Aunt Claire from the book Dollhouse Murders.
Tuesday
Students will be able to check out library books.

Students will be given academic vocabulary for drama.
Wednesday

As a class read aloud and discuss using capital letters from the language book pages 542-548 and do exercises 4 and 5. Students will work in a group to do pages 216 & 217. This is homework if they do not finish.

We will read aloud and discuss capital letters from the language book pages 537-541 and do exercises 1 & 3. Students will work in a group to do pages 213 & 215. This is homework if they do not finish.

We will review the reading skill summary. Students will receive a handout that we will read and discuss.
Thursday

The class will perform the play The Case of the Kidnapped Nephew.
Friday
The students will read non fiction and complete a critical thinking question.
TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.14, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28

Monday

Students will learn how to make a folder in Google Docs and put their first six weeks work in it.

Students will finish a character analysis of one of the characters in Dollhouse Murders.

Students will begin keeping a journal in Google docs. This will be used as a beginning activity when

they come into the room. This activity will last 5 minutes.

Tuesday

Journaling
Students will go to the library to check out books.
Students will be able to do a Mimio lesson on subject-verb agreement.

Wednesday

Journaling
Students will begin watching The Dollhouse Murders.

Thursday

Journaling

Students will finish watching movie.

Students will discuss plot line.
Mimio lesson on Subject and Predicate

Friday

Students will read non fiction articles and respond to a critical thinking question.

TEKS: 6.1, 6.2, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.13, 6.14, 6.17, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.26, 6.28

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