This Week in ELA

• We will be spending the last 30 minutes of each period working on Test Prep.  We will be going over the tests questions from the MOCK, rereading the text, dissecting the questions, and making sure students understand why each question is right.
• We will be doing this RIGHT up to the ELA State Test in Early April!

This Week:

• Monday: ReadyGen 4B.11 - Students will be using context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase and determining two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text while reading Chapter 3 of Explorers of North America.
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• Tuesday: ReadyGen 4B.12 - Students will be determining the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area as well as Determining two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text while working with Chapter 4 of Explorers of North America.

• Wednesday: ReadyGen 4B.13 - Students will again be determining the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area as well as Determining two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text while working with Chapter 5 of Explorers of North America.  Students will show mastery of the text by taking the AR Test on the book.  

• Thursday: ReadyGen 4B.15 - Students will again be determining the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area as well as Determining two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text while working with the story New Beginnings from our Text Collection.  Students will show mastery of the text by taking the AR Test on the book.  
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• Friday:  Skill Review Friday - Students will complete the work from last weeks Time for Kids.   We will also be going over the MidWinter Break Vacation Packet to check for understanding for our Test Prep.  Students will also present their MidWinter Cereal Book Reports to the class and get filmed.  Be ready to talk for 1-2 minutes about your cereal box!

Homework:

1. Homework Packet #22 will be passed out on Monday.  Each day, students should read the first article and do ONE page of the homework packet.  Packets are due Friday, March 2nd!
2. Reading Response Journals are to be completed 5 nights out of the 7 days of the week.  Students are expected to read for 30-45 minutes on their own.  Then they should spend 5 minutes writing a brief summary of what happened in the pages they read.  They should spend another 5 minutes writing a reflection toward what they read.  What it meant to them.  What they felt.  How they can connect and relate to it.  This is part of STUDYING to be a better reading, writer and thinker. 
3. Permission Slips for The Paley Center field trip are passed out on Monday and are due back on Friday.  If you don't bring it in by Friday, you will not be going on the trip, March 5th.  It is a great field trip that will help preview our next unit on HEROES and a great wrap up to Black History Month!