March 9 - March 13

Students should be at 11% of their AR goal by Friday. This week is the beginning of the fourth nine weeks.

March 2 - March 6

Students should be at 100% of their AR goal by Friday. Friday is the end of the nine weeks.

We will test on Thursday since we have our Balst Off! Author Visit field trip on Friday.

February 24- February 28

Students should be at 88% of their AR goal by the end of this week! See below for this week's skills.

IMPORTANT: Both the spelling/grammar and reading tests will be given on Thursday, February 27. February 28 is Pizzeria Day, and students can come with an apron over their clothes ready to make some main idea pizza and fraction pizza!

You may also notice now and for the rest of the year that we will be skipping around with our comprehension and vocabulary skills. This is because we are trying to circle back around to all comprehension skills before we take the ACAP in April. Phonics/Spelling and Grammar will not skip around. See below.

February 18- February 21

Students should be at 77% of their AR goal by the end of this week! See below for this week's skills.

February 7-February 13

Week 5

Inspiration

Essential Question

How can others inspire us?

Genre

Poetry: Narrative and Free Verse

Comprehension Strategy

Repetition and Rhyme

Comprehension Skill

Theme

IXL 3.B.1

IXL 4.B.1

Vocabulary Strategy

Metaphors

IXL 4.F.3

Phonics/Spelling

Soft c and g

-ce as in dice

ci- as in circle

cy- as in bicycle

gi- as in giant

gy- as in gym

-ge as in age

IXL 2.L.1-4

Grammar

Irregular Verbs

IXL 3.MM.4-10

January 31 - February 6

Week 4

Flight

Essential Question

How are people able to fly?

Genre

Expository Text

Comprehension Strategy

Reread

Comprehension Skill

Cause and Effect

IXL 3.D.4

Vocabulary

Context Clues

IXL 3.FF NEW

Phonics/Spelling

Homophones

example:

sail,sale

beet, beat

IXL 3.BB.1

IXL 3.BB.2

IXL.3.BB.3

Grammar

Complex Sentences

IXL 3.QQ.2

January 21-January 28

Class Calendar

November 2019 - December 2019

November 4-November 8: Unit 3 Week 1

• U3W1 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - November 7
• Students should be at 44% of their AR goal by November 8.
• Social Studies: Veterans Day
• Half day on November 8.

November 12-November 15: Unit 3 Week 2

• U3W2 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - November 15
• Students should be at 55% of their AR goal by November 15.
• Social Studies: Explorers
• No school on Monday, November 11 in honor of Veternas Day.

November 18-November 22: Unit 3 Week 3

• U3W3 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - November 21
• Students should be at 66% of their AR goal by November 22.
• Social Studies: US Regions
• SCAN classes necessitate testing on Thursday

November 25-December 6: Unit 3 Week 4

• U3W4 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - December 6
• Students should be at 77% of their AR goal by December 6.
• Social Studies: Alabama Regions
• No school November 27-29 in observance of Thanksgiving.

December 9-December 13: Unit 3 Week 5

• U3W5 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - December 13
• Students should be at 88% of their AR goal by December 13.
• Social Studies: Alabama's Bicentennial
• DIBELS and STAR testing

December 16-December 20: Comprehension Toolkit

• Students should be at 100% of their AR goal by December 20. AR party will be held on December 20.
• Social Studies: Christmas Around the World
• Class party is on December 18.

Class Calendar

September 2019-October 2019

September 23-September 27: Unit 2 Week 1

• U2W1 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - September 27
• Students should be at 88% of their AR goal by August 16.
• Social Studies: Landforms

September 30-October 4: Unit 2 Week 2

• U2W2 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - October 4
• Students should be at 100% of their AR goal by October 4.
• Social Studies: Landforms and Voting
• October 4th marks the end of the first nine weeks! Enjoy your Fall Break!

October 14-October 18: Unit 2 Week 3

• U2W3 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - October 18
• Students should be at 11% of their AR goal by October 18.
• Social Studies: Landforms

October 21-October 25: Unit 2 Week 4

• U2W4 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - October 25
• Students should be at 22% of their AR goal by October 25.
• Social Studies: Native Americans
• October 24th is our field trip to Cathedral Caverns.

October 28-November 1: Unit 2 Week 5

• U2W5 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - November 1
• Students should be at 33% of their AR goal by November 1.
• Social Studies: Alabama Regions

Class Calendar

August 2019-September 2019

August 7-August 9: Get to Know You, Rules and Procedures, The Leader in Me

August 12-August 16: Unit 1 Week 1

• U1W1 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - August 16
• Students should be at 22% of their AR goal by August 16.
• Social Studies: Maps, Globes, and Continents

August 19-August 23: Unit 1 Week 2

• U1W2 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - August 23
• Students should be at 33% of their AR goal by August 23.
• Social Studies: Continents and Alabama's Regions

August 26-September 3: Unit 1 Week 3

• August 30 is a half day, and there will be no school on September 2 due to Labor Day.
• U1W3 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - September 3
• Students should be at 44% of their AR goal by August 30 and 55% by September 6.
• Social Studies: Landforms

September 4-September 13: Unit 1 Week 4

• Make-A-Splash Field Trip - September 9, 10, and 11
• U1W4 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - September 13
• Students should be at 66% of their AR goal by September 13.
• Social Studies: Patriot Day and Landforms

September 16-September 20: Unit 1 Week 5

• U1W5 Reading and Spelling/Grammar Tests - September 20
• Students should be at 77% of their AR goal by September 20.
• Social Studies: Landforms