Mrs. Wright's 5th grade English Class!

Please check this page weekly, as I try to update our class activities as much as possible. If you are ever wondering what we are studying in class then this is the place to go! I will have our daily topic and homework information. Home work is the same each night; students are to read 20-30 minutes each night. This HW will begin once we have gone to the library. If at any time class work is not completed, it is the students' responsibility to complete the work at home. Class work not completed at school will not be listed on this page, as it will depend on individual student pace.

 

Welcome to Pecan Trail!!!

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August 20- 24, 2018

Getting to know each other

Topic for the week: Why do we read and write? (this is an essential question for the whole unit)

Homework is the same each night; students are to read 20-30 minutes each night. *Homework will begin AFTER library day!

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August 27-31, 2018

*I will pass out composition notebooks Monday- these are provided by the ELA department! Woohoo!

Good readers ask questions- focus on fiction and non fiction questioning

*LIBRARY DAY IS TUESDAY!!!

Topic for the week: Why do we read and write? (this is an essential question for the whole unit)

Word Work: geo/photo

Homework is the same each night; students are to read 20-30 minutes each night. 

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September 3-7, 2018

School is closed on Monday for Labor Day

review questioning before/during/after reading

Word day: affixes trans and super

Major test on Thursday and Friday- students will be given fiction/non fiction stories to add questions to.

Continue building fluency (conferences and small groups)

Homework is the same each night; students are to read 20-30 minutes each night. 

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September 10-14, 2018

Annotations during reading (note taking)

Creating Connections

Continue building fluency (conferences and small groups)

Word day: finish affixes -ive and -ology

Homework is the same each night; students are to read 20-30 minutes each night. 

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September 17-29, 2018 (2 weeks of work)

Retelling

Rereading for understanding

Continue building fluency (conferences and small groups)

Word day: caps and punctuation

making predictions

library day on 9/26

visualization

using prior knowledge to build stronger reading comprehension

word day: adjectives

Test on 9/28 using thinking stems

Homework is the same each night; students are to read 20-30 minutes each night. 

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