What are we Learning?

First Nine Weeks ELA

1. Read Independently

   • 10 AR points

   • weekly book log

2. Practice and Apply Reading Strategies

3. Complete Weekly Writing Prompts using FCA's (a focus on 3 main goals in writing) 

4. Spell grade level words correctly 

   • Weekly Homework Packets 

5. Read and comprehend the novel: Shiloh

   • main idea

   • predictions

   • inferences

   • literary conflicts

   • plot mountain 

   • vocabulary

6. Practice textual Analysis (reading actively) 

7. Sentences 

9. Paragraph structure

10. Persuasive Essay - 5 paragraphs 

First Nine Weeks Social Studies

History of Early America

1. Early Explorers 3-1

1. • Marco Polo

   • Christopher Columbus

2. Early Explorers 3-2

1. • John Cabot

   • Amerigo Vespucci

   • Balboa

   • Magellan

3. BizTown Lessons

   • Learn about banking, paychecks, entrepreneurs and prepare for BizTown experience

4. Spanish Explorers 3-3

• Cortes

• Coronado

• Pizarro

• De Soto

Second Nine Weeks 

ELA

1. Read for AR 

   • earn 10 points

2. Dive into Nonfiction

3. Look at Nonfiction Text Features

   • glossary

   • index

   • table of contents

   • headings 

   • sub-headings

   • captions

   • sidebars

   • Visual Aids

4. Nonfiction Text Structure

   • compare/contrast

   • problem/solution

   • cause/effect

   • sequence/chronological order

   • description

5. 3 Types of Sentences

   • Simple

   • Compound

   • Complex

6. Gift Giving Essay

   • Informative

7. Primary and Secondary Sources

8. Vocab Strategies

9. Wordly Wise Vocabulary Lessons

10. Verbs

Second Nine Weeks 

S.S.

1. Spanish Colonies 

2. English Colonies

3. European Colonies

4. BIZTOWN!!

Third Nine Weeks

ELA

1. Vocab Strategies

2. Wordly Wise Vocabulary Lessons

3. Primary and Secondary Sources 

4. Back to Fiction

   • genres

5. Theme

• fables

• folktales 

6. Verbs

• action

• linking

• helping

• tenses

7. Prepositions

8. Possessive Nouns

Third Nine Weeks

S.S. 

1. The French and Indian War

2. The Stamp Act 

Fourth Nine Weeks

ELA

1. Poetry and Figurative Language 

2. Hoot Novel and Literature Circles

   • build background knowledge

   • practice literature circle roles

   • Discussion Director

   • Literary Luminary

   • Vocab Enricher

   • Character Analyzer

   • Summarizer

3. PSSA prep 

   • cold reads - fiction and nonfiction

   • apply textual analysis strategies

   • practice TDA's (writing open responses)

Fourth Nine Weeks

S.S.

1. Events leading to the Revolutionary War