Author: tsuckoo

GRAMMAR

Learning Objectives:

• • Identify adjectives that tell what kind and how many
  • Identify nouns that adjectives describe
  • Identify an adjective that follows the word it describes and a form of the verb be and identify the noun being described

NARRATIVE WRITING

Learning Objectives:

• Students will write publish their post-assessment for Narrative Writing

READING – BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE

Learning objectives:

• • • Write an article based on 10 facts that you’ve learned about a classmate.
    • Identify and summarize a daily routine between Opal and Winn-Dixie.
    • Draw favourite scene in Because of Winn-Dixie. Show evidence of illustration by adding facts from the book, along with a page number.

SPELLING

SOCIAL STUDIES

GRAMMAR

Learning Objectives:

• • Revision for Unit 3 – Verbs Assessment

NARRATIVE WRITING

Learning Objectives:

• • • • Students  will write a descriptive vignette (Assessment)
      • Students will review the format for narrative writing

READING – BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE

Learning objectives:

• • • Identify new, main characters and settings
    • Make inferences
    • Discuss Complete ‘What do we know about…Winn-Dixie and Opal’

SPELLING

SOCIAL STUDIES

GRAMMAR

Learning Objectives:

• • Write past tense forms of irregular verbs
  • Proofread for forms of irregular verbs
  • Recognize the different forms of the verb be
  • Proofread for forms of be
  • Form contractions using verbs and the word not
  • Determine which words make up a contraction
  • Proofread for contractions

NARRATIVE WRITING

Learning Objectives:

• • • • Students discover the importance of showing, not telling, in their writing
      • Students will identify the characteristics of a vignette

READING – BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE

Learning objectives:

• • • Make predictions and opinions about the book, Because of Winn-Dixie
    • Identify the main characters and setting
    • Identify ways that Opal and Winn-Dixie are alike and different

SPELLING

SOCIAL STUDIES

NARRATIVE WRITING

Learning Objectives:

• Students will complete their fictional narrative drafts and publish their work

READING WEEK

FOCUS – COURAGEOUS FEMALES:

• Monday: Malala Yousafzai
• Tuesday: Pocahontas
• Wednesday: Rosa Parks
• Thursday: Queen Esther
• Friday: Character Dress Down Day – Half-Day

Boys Need to Learn Women’s History Too by Andrew Pillow

The whole reason we are taking a week to focus on outstanding females in history is that young girls are typically not taught enough about the courageous women that came before them. However, it is important that we remember that boys need to learn this information too.

This Reading Week was in part created to help girls combat the stereotypical images of women they received from their male-dominated history curriculum, but it may be even more important to combat those images in the heads of males. So many of the problems we have with the way men treat women can be chalked up to quite literally millenniums of viewing women as less-than. The adverse effects of exclusively teaching that history in class cannot be overstated.

It’s important not to shy away from history even if it isn’t pretty and the truth is women have been subjugated for most of human history. But in spite of being held back for centuries, women have always managed to become much more than the 2nd class citizens patriarchal societies intended them to be. However, history is largely written by men; so if you are not intentional about teaching the accomplishments of women, then you likely won’t.

Just as it’s important for white students to learn black history, it’s important for men to learn a thing or two about Women’s History. If we truly want society to advance in gender equality, then it’s not enough for women to see themselves as equal and valuable… men have to see it too. The easiest way to get a man to see something is to show it to him as a boy.

Learning objectives:

SPELLING

SOCIAL STUDIES

NARRATIVE WRITING

Learning Objectives:

• Students will be able to identify the resolution and theme of the narrative
• Students will begin working on their fictional narrative drafts

READING – INDIAN NO MORE

Learning objectives:

• Explain how c​hapters and scenes fit together​ to build a story with a focus on Form and Structure

READING – THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD

Learning objectives:

GRAMMAR

Learning objectives:

SPELLING

SOCIAL STUDIES

NARRATIVE WRITING

Learning Objectives:

• Students will be able to identify the point of view, conflict, theme, rising action, climax, and falling action of the narrative.

READING – INDIAN NO MORE

Learning objectives:

• Quote accurately from the text when I make an inference.

READING – STELLA LUNA

Learning objectives:

GRAMMAR

Learning objectives:

SPELLING

SOCIAL STUDIES

NARRATIVE WRITING

Learning Objectives:

• Students will be able to organize fictional narratives
• Students will be able to analyze the characters of a narrative
• Students will be able to analyze the setting of a narrative

READING – INDIAN NO MORE

Learning objectives:

• Making Inferences

READING – STELLA LUNA

Learning objectives:

GRAMMAR

Focus

SPELLING

• Study for Spelling Assessment on Thursday:

SOCIAL STUDIES

EXPOSITORY WRITING

Learning Objectives:

• Students will complete their Pre-Assessment for Narrative Writing
• Students will be able to recognize what a story is

READING – INDIAN NO MORE

Learning objectives:

• Making Inferences
• STAR ASSESSMENTS WILL BE COMPLETED DURING THIS WEEK

READING – INDIAN NO MORE AND STELLA LUNA

Learning objectives:

GRAMMAR

Learning objectives:

• • • Form singular possessive nouns
    • Proofread for singular possessive nouns
    • Form plural possessive nouns
    • Proofread for plural possessive nouns
    • Study for Unit 2 Assessment – Tuesday, November 17
    • Study for Cumulative Assessment – Wednesday, November 18

SPELLING

• Study for Spelling Assessment on Friday:

SOCIAL STUDIES