Why Read 20 Plus Minutes Per Day
(Nagy, W. E., R. C. Anderson, and P. A. Herman. 1987. Learning word meanings from context during normal reading. American Educational Research Journal 24: 237–70.)
4th Grade Language Arts
Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O'Dell
Zia by Scott O'Dell
By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Literature Circles
5th Grade Language Arts
Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Tall Tales by Adrian Stoutenburg
The Fighting Ground by Avi
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
"Inquiry is the personal path of questioning, investigating and reasoning that takes us from not knowing to knowing."
-Suzie Boss
Please refer to the calendar for daily assignments and due dates. The assignments for each night are also listed in the classroom and in the students' daily planner. To help with organizational and independent skill building, please have students refer to their planners to check for nightly completion.