Week 4/5-4/9

Hello. This week we will continue to learn and review the elements of stories as we finish up our Fa Mulan unit. Her is this weeks schedule:

Mon. 4/5: No school
Tues. 4/6: Review and discuss sequential/chronological order; apply knowledge to Fa Mulan story
Wed. 4/7: Watch and compare clips from Disney's FA Mulan to compare/contrast sequence order of written story
Thur. 4/8: Watch and compare clips from Disney's FA Mulan to compare/contrast sequence order of written story
Fri. 4/9: Review theme, main idea, conflict in Fa Mulan; reading day.

Have a great week! Mrs. A

Week 3/29-4/2

Hello!! Well here we are at the start of our final quarter together. Wow!! This quarter we will be continuing to learn and understand reading strategies and story structures to enhance comprehension. We will start this quarter with a few short stories to learn and identify structures of a story. Here is his week's schedule:

Mon. 3/29: Read Fa Mulan; discuss point of view; discuss antagonist and protagonist

Tues. 3/30: Work on FA Mulan reading packet-Problem/solution and Plot Line review

Wed. 3/31: Discuss context clues in Fa Mulan for understanding and vocabulary enhancement.

Thur. 4/1 and Fri. 4/2: SPRING BREAK!!! No school...yeah!!

Have a great week, Mrs. A

Last week of 3rd qtr-3/22-2/25

Here we are at the end of another quarter...WOW! this week we will be having our Mid-Unit Review Test on Monday 3/22. This test will allow me to assess how much of the information we have been learning (structures of a story) students have retained. This will also allow me to see how much of the information we have continued to learn all year is being remembered and used. There will be an end of Unit Test about half way through 4th quarter. Students who have turned in their permission slips will get to see the movie HOLES and participate in a comparison/contrast discussion.

Have a great week. Mrs. Anderson

Week 3/15-3/19

Hello! This week we will be wrapping up our Holes unit. Most of the work will be done in class, however, students who choose to not use the class time to complete the work will be expected to do the work as homework. We will be watching the movie during the last week of quarter making a literary comparison. Here is this week's schedule:

Mon. 3/15: "Filling the Holes" discussion and worksheet; Class discussion on main idea; "Main Idea/Chapter Worksheet.

Tues. 3/16: Class discussion on characterization in Holes; Character worksheet; Review of main idea versus theme.

Wed. 3/17: Discuss, complete and condense our Holes plot lines; Discuss and compare time lines

Thur. 3/18: Review reading strategies with Holes; Create a strategy book for Holes.

Fri. 3/19: Compare/Contrast discussion; Reading day.

Have a great week! Mrs. A

Week 3/8-3/12

Hello! We are continuing with our class novel, HOLES, this week. We will be concentrating on themes and point of view as we read. We will also build our understanding of characterization. Here is this weeks schedule:

Mon. 3/8: Section 5 Vocabulary; "Illiteracy in America" class discussion

Tues. 3/9: Discuss the plot line and theme. Work on time line and character chart

Wed 3/10: Start reading Section 5 of HOLES

Thur 3/11: Finish reading Section 5 of HOLES; Discuss point of view in story structure.

Fri. 3/12: Quiz on Section 5 of HOLES; review 3rd quarter notes.

Have a great week!
Mrs. A