Friday, May 22, 2026

Played Blooket, discussed the term relevance, read an alternate ending for The Giving Tree, practiced writing introductions as a class

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Wrote 3 commercials to sell a teddy bear using the 3 persuasive strategies learned so far

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and complete a reader's response of your choice

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Completed IXL on tracing an argument, practiced identifying the difference between persuasive strategies

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and complete a reader's response of your choice

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Read and discussed Newsela article on AI as a class, individually took AI Newsela quiz,  continued to practice  identifying use of strategies in commercials

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and complete a reader's response of your choice

Monday, May 18, 2026

Read independently, reviewed persuasive strategies,  continued to practice  identifying use of strategies in commercials

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and complete a reader's response of your choice

Friday, May 15, 2026

Completed and reviewed DO NOW, continued discussing argumentative writing unit by discussing persuasive strategies, practiced identifying use of strategies in commercials

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Completed and reviewed DO NOW, began discussing argumentative writing unit by discussing persuasive strategies, read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein as a class

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and create an annotation of your choice

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Practiced using commas on No Red Ink, continued working on packet about 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and create an annotation of your choice, Newsela artilce due TOMORROW, packet due tomorrow if not completed in class

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Chose Newsela articles, read article on 16th Street Church bombing as a class and discussed, continued working on packet

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and create an annotation of your choice, Newsela artcilce due Thursday

Monday, May 11, 2026

Read independently for 15 minutes, continued watching The Watsons Go To Birmingham

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and create an annotation of your choice

Friday, May 8, 2026

Took figurative language test, finished idiom drawings, watched The Watsons Go to Birmingham

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Completed reading The Watsons Go to Birmingham, worked in partners of Birmingham church bombing packet

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and create an annotation of your choice, study for figurative language test tomorrow

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Completed reading comprehension questions for chapters 9-12 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham, worked on tracing arguments on IXL, continued reading and discussing The Watsons Go to Birmingham  as a class

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and create an annotation of your choice, Newsela due tomorrow!

Monday, May 4, 2026

Read and discussed chapters 13- beginning of 14 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham as a class

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log  and create an annotation of your choice

Friday, May 1, 2026

Read and discussed chapters 12- beginning of13 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham as a class

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log 

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Read and discussed chapter 11 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham as a class

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log 

Monday, April 27, 2026

Worked in groups to continue reading, discussing, and annotating The Watsons Go to Birmingham 

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log 

Friday, April 24, 2026

Got new class jobs and seats, completed a free-write DO NOW, continued reading, discussing, and annotating The Watsons Go to Birmingham as a class

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log 

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Took notes on and discussed personification and idioms, completed IXL activity on figurative language

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log and complete a reader response entry of your choice

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Completed NJSLA infrastructure test

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log and complete a reader response entry of your choice, NEWSELA due TOMORROW

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Chose NEWSELA article, reviewed irony homework as a class, continued to explore examples of irony

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log and complete a reader response entry of your choice, NEWSELA due Thursday

Monday, April 20, 2026

Read independenlty, took notes on irony and discussed

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log, look up a picture of irony and post it to Google Classroom with a short explanation about why it is ironic

Friday, April 17, 2026

Continued reading and discussing The Watsons Go to Birmingham as a class

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Took conflict test

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log and identify 1 example of conflict and explain

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Completed and reviewed DO NOW on conflict, chose Newsela article, reviewed chapter 6 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham, began reading and disucssing chapter 7 as a class

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log and identify 1 example of conflict and explain, Newsela article due Thursday 4/16

Monday, April 13, 2026

Read independently, reviewed 6 kinds of conflict 

HW: Read independently for 30 minutes and write on your reading log