9 September - 13 September

Weekly Mastery List: Please complete the following IXL skills; mastery is a smart score of 55. If you would like to earn extra points, you may do the complete list up to 90 (instead of 55) for extra credit.

Mastery List: 4th Grade PP.1-3, QQ.1, HH.4, HH.10, KK.2, MM.2, MM.11-12

9/9 Why learn prepositions?

Respond to letters

IN: Explain how you get paid for going to school.

• Fill in table of contents in INB on prepositions.
• Monday get to know you activity.
• Overview of Composition
• Pick Mascot.
• Working in pairs, each partner write 10 prepositions in the middle column of your notebook.
• In your right-hand column, write a paragraph with 7-9 sentences. Each sentence will start with "The mouse ran," followed by a noun to finish the prepositional phrase; the noun is the object of the preposition (circle the object of the preposition).
• Get IXL login to students while they are writing their paragraphs.
• Preposition parade
• Students practice prepositions on IXL 6th grade FF.1 -2.
• Follow this link and enter the game pin for Kahoot.

OUT: How do you feel about your ability to identify prepositions? What process did your brain go through to learn?

Make-up work: Write a paragraph about how you get paid for going to school. Write ten prepositions, then write a paragraph with 7-9 sentences. Start each sentence with "The mouse ran," followed by a noun to finish the prepositional phrase.

• Kahoot preposition game

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9/10 What are prepositional phrases?

IN: In your own words, write a definition of preposition and the definition of the object of the preposition.

• Four corners activity. Four teams make lists of as many prepositions as possible.
• What are prepositional phrases?
• On the whiteboard app, partners identify prepositional phrases and the objects: IXL 3rd grade PP.2-3.
• What are conjunctions? What are the FANBOYS? What are conjunctions used for?
• FANBOYS Inquiry
• Follow this link to Kahoot.it and enter game pin. Play Kahoot to practice conjunctions.

OUT: Working in pairs, student 1 uses the R6 handout and student 2 uses this handout to identify any PREPOSITIONS, VERBS, and CONJUNCTIONS in the following sentence: Jordan biked to the store and walked through the aisles of food, but he did not buy anything.

Make-up work: Using the "Parts of Speech"( R6 handout) above, identify the PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, and VERBS in the sentence listed in the "OUT." Also, follow the instructions above and take notes on your IXL learning.

• Kahoot coordinating conjunction game

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9/11 ER How do I use prepositional phrases in my writing?

IN: What are the seven FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions)? What are conjunctions used for?

• Conjunctions and prepositions game. Teams write as many prepositional phrases as possible, and up to 7 different coordinating conjunctions, on sticky notes and try to get them into the corresponding bin. Write your team # (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6) on your sticky note to identify which team came up with the most! No repeats within your team.
• Working with a partner complete 5 on your iPad and 5 on your partners iPad IXL 3rd grade PP.2-3. If you get one wrong, scroll down to the bottom of the screen and write the explanation of what was wrong in the middle column of your notebook.
• Students write a 7-9 sentence paragraph with each sentence starting with "The bird flew."
• Students turn the paragraph into one long elegant sentence.

OUT: Summarize today's learning being as specific as possible; next, fill in the inside front cover table of contents (conjunctions and prepositions).

Make-up work: List the seven coordinating conjunctions, write a 7-9 sentence paragraph using prepositional phrases--each sentence in the paragraph starts with "The mouse ran," and circle the object of the preposition. Then, turn the paragraph into one long elegant sentence using this handout.

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9/12 How do I identify the verb in a sentence?

IN: Working in pairs, student 1 uses this handout and student 2 uses this handout to identify any PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES, VERBS, and CONJUNCTIONS in the following sentence: A red ball bounced through the hall, into the gym, and landed in the pool.

• How do I identify verbs? Why is identifying verbs important?
• Students complete # 1-5 on this resource
• Correcting resource together as a class.
• Students answer the question in their notebooks: What is future tense?
• IXL practice with changing a sentence to future tense. 3rd grade MM.13-14
• Quizlet live: prepositions, conjunctions, and verbs
• What are the different types of verbs?

OUT: What strategies did I learn for identifying the verb in a sentence? What do I know about verbs?

Make-up: On a separate sheet of paper, follow the directions and complete numbers 1-5 on this handout. With the help of this handout, complete 10 of the IXL 3rd grade MM.13-14 and write what you learned from doing the IXL practice.

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9/13 How do I identify subject and verb?

IN: Working in pairs, student 1 uses this handout and student 2 uses this handout to identify any PREPOSITIONS, VERBS, and CONJUNCTIONS in the following sentence: Yesterday, I rode my new bike in the park across the street and to my friend’s house, but I forgot my backpack.

• Identifying verbs by eliminating prepositional phrases and changing the tense of the sentence.
  • Students practice identifying verbs and subject on this handout.
• How do we identify the subject? Who or what is performing the action?
  • Practice identifying the subject IXL 2nd grade OO.2
• What is a predicate? What is the action being performed?
  • Practice identifying the predicate (verb + object of the verb) IXL 2nd grade OO.3
• Working in pairs, students identify subject and verb after eliminating prepositional phrases. Numbers 6-10 on this resource. Write each sentence in the middle column of the INB, cross out the prepositional phrases, and identify the subject (S) and verb (V) in the sentence.
• Practice using coordinating conjunctions: IXL 6th grade HH.1

OUT: Using the following infinitive verbs, students use each verb in a sentence in the future tense: to eat, to sleep, to text, to call, and to read. (Adding "will")

Make-up: Identify subject and verb using this handout. Complete 10 of each IXL 2nd grade: OO.2, OO.3 and 6th grade HH.1. Write about what you learned from doing the IXL. Complete numbers 6-10 on this resource.