Weekly Student Planner

This plan is intended to help keep you on track so that your academic packets can be completed and you continue to learn.

March 30- April 3

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

April 6- April 10

Day-1

Grade 5 Ready Language Handbook,

Lesson 21 Homographs

They are Special: Common and Proper Nouns

  • Read the Introduction.

  • Complete Guided Practice.

  • Complete Independent Practice.

  • 15 minutes of iReady Reading


Day-2

Grade 5, Ready Reading Lesson 8

He, She, or It: Gender Nouns

  • Read the Introduction.

  • Complete the Think and Talk activities.

  • 15 minutes of iReady Reading

Day-3

Grade 5, Ready Reading Lesson 8

I’ll Take These Plural: Plural Nouns

  • Read “Darkness in the Desert.”

  • Complete the Think and Talk activities.

  • 15 minutes of iReady Reading

Day-4

Grade 5, Ready Reading Lesson 8

Tricky Nouns: Irregular Plural Nouns

  • Reread “Darkness in the Desert.”

  • Complete the Write activity.

  • 15 minutes of iReady Reading

Day-5

Grade 5, Ready Reading Lesson 8

Mine, All Mine: Possessive Nouns

• Read “Night Walk.”

• Complete the Think activity.

April 20- April 24

Day 1

Prepositions and Prepositional

Phrases

• Read the Introduction.

• Complete Guided Practice.

• Complete Independent Practice.

21–22

Poetry Project Choice Board and/or Task cards. (You must choose and complete three activities by Friday.)

Roots:

Cut out your root cards and keep them somewhere safe. Hang on to your Latin and Greek roots list for future assignments.

Complete page 12 “How to read a Dictionary Entry”

Day 2

• Read “Anna’s Monsters.”

• Complete the Think activity.

Poetry Project Choice Board and/or Task cards (You must choose and complete three activities by Friday.)

Roots

Complete page 13 “Dictionary Practice”

Day 3

• Read “Summer Night.”

• Complete the Write activity.

Poetry Project Choice Board and/or Task cards (You must choose and complete three activities by Friday.)

Roots

Complete page 17 “Know Your Roots” use the Latin and Greek roots list to help you out.

Day 4

Practice Assessment • Read “Climbing Mount Whitney.”

• Complete items 23–26.

Poetry Project Choice Board and/or Task cards. (You must choose and complete three activities by Friday.)

Roots

Complete page 18 “Word Families”

Day 5

• Read the Introduction.

• Complete Guided Practice.

• Complete Independent Practice.

Poetry Project Choice Board and/or Task cards (You must choose and complete three activities by Friday.)

Roots

Complete page 19 “Word Families”


April 27- May 1

Day 1

Lesson 11: Unfamiliar Words

• Read the Introduction.

• Complete the Think and Talk activities.

Root pg. 20

Action: Action Verbs pg. 13 (Do not do the “Draft Book” assignment)

Day 2

• Read “Here, Pyggy Pyggy.”

• Complete the Think and Talk activities.

Root pg. 21

Lunch in the Inlet: action verbs pg. 14 (Do not do the “Draft Book” assignment)

Day 3

• Reread the passage “Here, Pyggy Pyggy.”

• Complete the Write activity.

Root pg. 22

Give a Helping Hand: helping verbs/ verb phrases pg. 15 (Do not do the “Draft Book” assignment)

Day 4

• Read “From Furs to Five– Dollar Bills.”

• Complete Think and Talk activities.

Root pg. 23

Link Them Together: linking verbs pg. 16 (Do not do the “Draft Book” assignment)

Day 5

• Reread “From Furs to Five–Dollar Bills.”

• Complete the Write activity.

Root pg. 24

Choose the Verb: noun and verb agreement pg. 17 (Do not do the “Draft Book” assignment)

May 4- May 8

Day 1

Read “What Was the Great Depression?”

• Complete the Think activity.

· Pages 42-46

Grammar Rules:

• Subjects: Simple Subject of a Sentence

· Page 18

Roots:

• fac and fact

· Page 25

Day 2

Reread “What Was the Great Depression?”

• Complete the Write activity.

· Pages 42-44, 47

Grammar Rules:

• Fill in the Subject: Simple Subject of a Sentence

· Page 19

Roots:

• mis and miss

· Page 26

Day3

Reread “Can They Do It?”

• Complete questions 23–26.

· Pages 48-50

Grammar Rules:

• Pick the Pronoun: Subject Pronouns

· Page 20

Roots:

• phon

· Page 27

Day 4

Read the Introduction.

• Complete Guided Practice.

• Complete Independent Practice.

· Pages 12-13

Grammar Rules:

• Doing What? Simple Predicate

· Page 21

Roots:

• scrib and script

· Page 28

Day 5

Read the Introduction.

• Complete the graphic organizer in the Think section.

• Complete the Talk activity with a partner (if available).

· Pages 14-15

Grammar Rules:

• The Animal World: Simple Subjects and Predicates

· Page 22

Roots:

• spect

· Page 29

May 11- May 15

Day 1

Read “Why Are the Oceans Salty” and “Oceans and Seas?”

• Complete the graphic organizer in the Think section.

• Complete the Talk activity with a partner (if available).

· Pages 16-17

Grammar Rules:

• It Happened Before: Past tense

· Page 23

Roots:

• stru and struct

· Page 30

Day 2

Reread “Why Are the Oceans Salty” and “Oceans and Seas?”

• Complete the Write activity.

· Pages 16 & 18

Grammar Rules:

• Now or Then: Past and Present Tense

· Page 24

Roots:

• tain

· Page 31

Day3

Read “Tsunamis and Hurricanes” and

“Tsunami: A Wall of Water.”

• Complete Think and Talk activities.

· Pages 19-22

Grammar Rules:

• Now and Then: Past and Present Tense

· Page 25

Roots:

• therm

· Page 32

Day 4

Reread “Tsunamis and Hurricanes” and

“Tsunami: A Wall of Water.”

• Complete the Write activity.

· Pages 19-20 & 23

Grammar Rules:

• Things to Come: Future Tense

· Page 26

Roots:

• vid and vis

· Page 33

Day 5

Complete any unfinished work from the past two weeks.

Grammar Rules:

• Past, Present, or Future: Verb Tenses

· Page 27

Roots:

• Linking up Roots

· Page 34

May 18- May 22

Day 1

Read “Florida Keys” and “Keep Coral Reefs Healthy.”

· Complete the Think activities.

  • Pages 24-28

Grammar Rules:

• Regular Describers: adjectives

  • Page 28

Roots:

• word creations

  • Page 35

Day 2

Reread “Florida Keys” and “Keep Coral Reefs Healthy.”

• Complete the Write activity.

  • Pages 29

Grammar Rules:

• Other Describers: Demonstrative and Common Adjectives

  • Page 29

Roots:

• Word Family Web

  • Page 36

Day 3

Lesson 11: Punctuating Titles of Works

· Complete Guided Practice.

· Complete Independent Practice.

· Pages 34-35

Grammar Rules:

• Special Adjectives Describers: Proper Adjectives

· Page 30

Roots:

• Word Family Webs Continued

  • Page 37

Day 4

Lesson 18: Part 1

· Complete the graphic organizer in the Think section.

  • Complete the Talk activity with a partner (if available)

  • Pages 36-37

Grammar Rules:

• Choose Your Adjective: Adjectives

  • Page 31

Roots:

• Root Search

  • Page 38

Day 5

Lesson 18: Part 2

• Read “Watch Your Body Language” and “It’s in the Eyes.”

• Complete the graphic organizer in the Think section.

• Complete the Talk activity with a partner (if available).

· Pages 38-39

Grammar Rules:

• At the End: Adjectives: positive, comparative, & Superlative

  • Page 32

Roots:

• Any Unfinished Work

Last Two Weeks of School

1. Play the I Have, Who Has…? Roots game.

2. Write a letter to those up and coming fifth graders. Let them know what fifth grade is like, favorite and/or least favorite things, rules they should always follow, what it’s like being the grade that everybody looks up to, and/or secrets to having an awesome fifth grade year. Please send them back to school because I want to let next year’s students read them.

3. End of the year word search.

4. Color, have fun coloring.

5. Finish any unfinished work.