Mrs. Allen's 5th grade English class
May 18-22 - We are asking students to return the Asynchronous learning binders. Please have your student bring it back to school if they haven't already returned it.
Monday - Preposition Bingo
Tuesday- "Casey at the Bat" Poem study
Wednesday - "Katie's Trunk" read and respond
Thursday- "Toliver's Secret" and "Spies of the Revolutionary War" read and respond
Friday- Create a Revolutionary War story
May 11-15 - The students did a great job at the swimming field trip! I am proud of their outstanding behavior at the YMCA.
Monday - Interjections and Complex Sentences - practice 89 &90
Tuesday - Commas and Mixed Review - practice # 91 &92
Wednesday - Common Errors and Figurative Language - practice #93 &95
Thursday - Review for Unit 6 test
Friday - Unit 6 test
May 4-8 - Students are going swimming on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Make sure that they bring their swimsuit and towel each day!
Monday - Students will be with their swimming group teacher all day for lessons in English, Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Science.
Tuesday- Students will be with their swimming group teacher all day for lessons in English, Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Science.
Wednesday- Students will be with their swimming group teacher all day for lessons in English, Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Science.
Thursday- Students will be with their swimming group teacher all day for lessons in English, Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Science.
Friday - Regular schedule - Unit 6 Adverbs and prepositions
April 27 - May 1 - Students will be taking the ILEARN Math and Social Studies tests on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week. Swimming starts May 4. Please make sure your child has a swimsuit ready for the week!
Monday - Adverbs - practice 80 &81
Tuesday - Adverbs - practice 82 &83
Wednesday - Punctuation in Dialogue - practice 84
Thursday - Review - practice 85 &88
Friday- Library and reading time
April 20-24 - Swimming permission slips and money are due Friday, April 24. Please make sure your child had theirs turned in to their 1st period teacher. ILEARN testing will take place on April 21,22, and 23. Please make sure your child is well rested and has a good breakfast.
Monday - prepositions - practice # 86 &87
Tuesday- Punctuation in Dialogue - Practice #84
Wednesday- Adverbs - practice 80 &81
Thursday- Adverbs - practice 82 & 83
Friday - Swimming discussion
April 13-17 - Students received their swimming field trip permission slips on Friday, April 10. Please get the permission slip filled out, signed, and returned to the school. Please send in the $6.00 payment with the permission slip.
Monday - Released Items Repository - Performance Task - question #1
Tuesday- Released Items Repository - Performance Task - question #1
Wednesday - Released Items Repository - Performance Task - question #2
Thursday - Released Items Repository - Performance Task - question #2
Friday - Library and reading time
April 6-10
Monday- Combining Sentences - practice #72
Tuesday- Possessive Pronouns and Contractions - practice #73 &74
Wednesday- Mixed Review and Common Errors - practice #75 & 76
Thursday- Review for test
Friday- Unit 5 - Pronouns test
March 23-27 - Students will be taking the Math ILEARN Checkpoint #3 on Tuesday.
The 5th grade will be participating in an evacuation drill on Thursday morning.
Monday - Practice #68 &69 - Pronouns
Tuesday - Practice # 70 &71 - Pronouns
Wednesday- Practice # 72 &73 - Pronouns
Thursday- "A Good Bad Day" writing prompt
Friday- Library and reading time
March 16-20 - Students will be taking the ELA ILEARN Checkpoint #3 on Thursday.
Monday - Writer's Workshop - Voice
Tuesday - Writer's Workshop - Show me ...Don't tell me activity
Wednesday- Begin Unit 5 Pronouns
Thursday - Unit 5 - pronouns
Friday - Unit 5 - pronouns
March 9-13
Monday - Type Theodore Roosevelt essay
Tuesday - Type Theodore Roosevelt essay
Wednesday - Publish essay/ research Theodore Roosevelt, Yosemite National Park/ Mount Rushmore
Thursday - Begin Unit 5 - Pronouns
Friday- Library and reading time
March 2-6 -
Monday- - Read " A Walk with Teddy" - Yosemite National Park pictures
Tuesday- Read "Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation" Also read "Mount Rushmore" and answer questions
Wednesday- Paraphrasing and Citing text
Thursday- Paraphrasing and Citing text
Friday- Informational Writing - Plan
February 23-27
Monday - Finish the story - "Up, Up, and Away"
Tuesday - "Up, Up, and Away" share, discuss, and illustrate
Wednesday - Read "Camping with the President"
Thursday - Read "Camping with the President" do selection questions
Friday - Library and reading time
February 16-20 - Unit 4 Adjectives test will be on Friday.
Monday- Combining Sentences and Abbreviations - do practice #59 &60
Tuesday-Mixed Review - do practice #61
Wednesday- Common Errors and Time Lines - Do practice #62 &63
Thursday- Synonyms and Antonyms - do practice #64 - Review for Unit 4 test
Friday-. Unit 4 test - adjectives
February 9-13
Monday - Demonstrative Adjectives and Proper Adjectives - do practice #53 &54
Tuesday -Mixed Review - do practice #55
Wednesday - Comparative & Superlative Adjectives do practice 56 &57
Thursday - Comparing with Good and Bad, Combining Sentences - do practice 58 &59
Friday - Abbreviations - do practice 60
February 2-6 - Let's try it again! Maybe this week we will actually be able to finish the persuasive writing!
Monday - Publish persuasive essay
Tuesday - Publish persuasive essay
Wednesday - Begin Unit 4 - Adjectives
Thursday - Adjectives - do practice 51 &52
Friday - Library and reading time
January 26-30- Here are my hopeful plans for the week. We will see if the weather will cooperate.
Monday - Persuasive Writing - Plan and Write
Tuesday - Persuasive Writing - Write rough draft
Wednesday - Persuasive Writing - Revise and Edit - Begin publishing
Thursday - Persuasive Writing - publish
Friday - Library and reading time
January 19-23 - Students will be taking the English/Language Arts ILEARN Checkpoint #2 on Tuesday, January 20.
Monday -Read about Earthquakes and Tornadoes. Begin the persuasive essay for the topic "Which type of Natural Disaster is Worse: Tornadoes or Earthquakes?"
Tuesday - Planning for persuasive essay
Wednesday - Write rough draft for persuasive essay
Thursday - Write, revise, edit persuasive essay
Friday - Library and reading time
January 12-16
Monday - Claim, reasoning, evidence - Do Soccer O's worksheet
Tuesday -Claim, reasoning, evidence - DoTwinkle Town Granola Bars worksheet
Wednesday - Persuasive Essay - "Should We Explore Space?" read and complete worksheet
Thursday - Begin persuasive writing
Friday - Persuasive writing activity
January 5-9 - Welcome back!
Monday - Write a letter to Mrs. Allen - friendly letter format - Students need to learn their home address
Tuesday - Explode the Moment - Writing activity
Wednesday - Home address Quiz #1 - Narrow the topic writing activity
Thursday - Home address Quiz #2 - "Saturdays and Teacakes" writing activity
Friday - Library and reading time
December 15-19 - There will be a 30 minute delay on Friday, December 19. The 5th grade classes will have Christmas parties with their Homebase classes on Friday, December 19.
Monday - Poetry Unit - Cinquain
Tuesday- Poetry Unit - Quatrain - rhyming poems
Wednesday - Poetry Unit - rhyming poems
Thursday- "My True Love Gave to Me" - reader's theater
Friday- "Twas the Night Before Christmas" - choral reading
December 8-12
Monday - How to create a PLOT for a story - Create an ending to the story
Tuesday - Create an ending to the story -"Door in the Floor" or "Push the Button"
Wednesday- Create an ending to the story -"Door in the Floor" or "Push the Button"
Thursday - Poetry Unit
Friday - Library and reading time
December 1-5
Monday - Dialogue -pg 424 do sentences 11-20 pg 425
Tuesday - Dialogue - Write 4 lines of dialogue from Thanksgiving break
Wednesday - Write an ending to a story - "Door in the Floor"
Thursday - Write an ending to a story - "Up, Up, and Away"
Friday - Write an ending to a story - "Push the Button" include dialogue
November 24-28 - Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving break is on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week
Monday - "What Thanksgiving Means to Me" writing activity
Tuesday - "What Thanksgiving Means to Me"
Wednesday - no school
Thursday - no school
Friday - no school
November 17-21 - Students will be taking the Unit 3 Verb test on Thursday. They should bring home practice sheets to study on Tuesday.
Monday - Contractions and Mixed Review - do worksheets 45 & 46
Tuesday - Subject/ Verb agreement and Prefixes/Suffixes - do worksheets 47 &49
Wednesday - Review for test
Thursday - Unit 3 test
Friday - Library and reading time
November 10-14
Monday-review verbs - pages 243-247
Tuesday-Mixed review and Main Verbs/Helping Verbs - do practice 39 &40
Wednesday-Helping Verbs and Linking Verbs - do practice 41 &42
Thursday- Irregular Verbs - do practice 43 &44
Friday- - Power Up field trip - Students that are at school will be on an alternate schedule with activities. No class work.
November 3-7 - We have a field trip on Wednesday, November 5. Your student should have brought in $9.00 to pay for their lunch at The Golden Corral.
Monday - RACE response - "Nightlights That Fly"
Tuesday RACE response - "Bobbie the Wonder Dog"
Wednesday - Field trip to the Embassy Theater
Thursday - Writing activity
Friday - Library and reading time
October 27 - 31
Monday "In October" publish
Tuesday - "In October" publish
Wednesday - Work on RACE response
Thursday - Work on RACE response
Friday - Review Verbs taught on practice 33-38
October 20-24 - There is no school on Thursday or Friday - Fall Break!
Monday -Begin Unit 3 - Verbs - do practice 33&34
Tuesday - Verbs - do practice 35 &36
Wednesday - Verbs - do practice 37 &38
Thursday - no school
Friday - no school
October 13-17
Monday - Begin "In October" writing activity - Prewriting
Tuesday - "In October" write - Include similes, metaphors, and personification
Wednesday - "In October" write, revise, and edit
Thursday - "In October" - publish
Friday - Library and reading time
October 6-10 - Unit 2 test will be on Thursday
Monday- Combining Sentences and Mixed Review - do practice #26 &28
Tuesday - Common Errors and Compound Words - do practice #29 &31
Wednesday - Review for Unit 2 Nouns test
Thursday - Unit 2 test
Friday- Similes and Metaphors - Begin "In October"
September 29- October 3
Monday - practice 22 &23 - Proper Nouns
Tuesday - practice 24 - Singular possessive nouns
Wednesday - practice 25 - Plural possessive nouns
Thursday - practice 26 &27 -Letter punctuation
Friday - Library and reading time
September 22-26
Monday - Publish " A Fly in the Classroom"
Tuesday - Publish "A Fly in the Classroom"
Wednesday - Begin Unit 2 - Nouns - do practice #18 & 19
Thursday - Plural Nouns - do practice #20
Friday - Proper Nouns and Capitalization - do practice #21 &22
September 15-19 - Picture Day is Tuesday, September 16. Hat and Shades Day is Friday, September 19. Students can wear at hat and/or shades for $1.00. Progress Reports were sent home Thursday, September 11. They should be signed and returned to the school.
Monday - Begin "Fly on the Wall" narrative - prewriting
Tuesday - Narrative - planning and begin writing
Wednesday - Narrative - writing and begin revising
Thursday - Narrative - revise and edit
Friday - Library and reading day
September 8-12
Monday - read "Salt in his Shoes" Do writing activity
Tuesday - Writer's Workshop - "Show me...Don't tell me" activity
Wednesday - Writer's Workshop - inferencing
Thursday - Writer's Workshop - Writing great beginnings
Friday - Writer's Workshop - writing effective endings
September 1-5 - Fund raiser forms and money are due on Wednesday, September 3.
Monday - No school
Tuesday - Correcting run-ons and Mixed Review - practice #12 & 13
Wednesday - Jeopardy review for Unit 1 test - Homework is to study for the test using Practice worksheets
Thursday - Unit 1 test - Sentences
Friday - Library and reading time
August 25-29
Monday - practice # 4&5 - Compound Sentences
Tuesday - practice #6&7 - Complete subject and predicate
Wednesday - practice # 8&9 - Simple subjects and predicates
Thursday - practice #10 &11 - Compound subjects and predicates
Friday - Review day
August 18-22 - Let's have a great 2nd week of school! We have a field trip on Wednesday. Staff and students will go to the Feed My Starving Children activity in Shipshewana. An information paper was sent home in your child's Friday folder.
Monday - Writing activity
Tuesday - Begin Unit 1 - Sentences & Fragments, Declarative & Interrogative Sentences
Wednesday - Imperative & Exclamatory Sentences and Compound Sentences
Thursday - Sentence Punctuation and Mixed Review
Friday - Library and writing time
August 11-15 Welcome to PHMS!
Monday -
Tuesday- 1st day of school! - Practice lockers
Wednesday- Practice lockers and "Getting to Know Your Classmates" activity
Thursday- Writer's workshop "Things I Like" activity
Friday- Hand out folders and packets - writing activity