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
Reading/Language Review Week 2
Listen to a Chapter of "Freak the Mighty" each day www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg-J652UZsr1tcnI4ADcahqMLXb405v41
15 minutes of iReady Reading
Day 2
Reading/Language Review Week 2
Listen to a Chapter of "Freak the Mighty" each day www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg-J652UZsr1tcnI4ADcahqMLXb405v41
15 minutes of iReady Reading
Day 3
Reading/Language Review Week 2
Listen to a Chapter of "Freak the Mighty" each day www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg-J652UZsr1tcnI4ADcahqMLXb405v41
15 minutes of iReady Reading
Day 4
Reading/Language Review Week 2
Listen to a Chapter of "Freak the Mighty" each day www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg-J652UZsr1tcnI4ADcahqMLXb405v41
15 minutes of iReady Reading
Day 5
Reading/Language Review Week 2
Listen to a Chapter of "Freak the Mighty" each day www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg-J652UZsr1tcnI4ADcahqMLXb405v41
15 minutes of iReady Reading
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.