Mrs. Allen's 5th grade English class
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- Begin Informational Writing - Plan
Friday- Informational Writing - Write
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