Language Arts 10/1 – 10/5

Monday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar:  TSW identify common and proper nouns (introduce)
Review spelling packets (lesson 6) Due Thursday
Review vocabulary words (trans—across, through)
HWK due Friday
Reading:  TSW redo mid-unit assessments and correct mistakes
Five Minutes to Better Reading  Review Lesson 1 introduce lesson 2

Tuesday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar:   TSW identify common and proper nouns.  p. 5, ex.1
Five Minutes to Better Reading  Each student will be pulled back individually to complete drill with Mrs. Neison.
Reading: TSW demonstrate understanding of eight vocabulary words.
Student Guide:  pp. 85 - 86

Wednesday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify common and proper nouns.  p. 5, ex.2
Vocabulary:  crossword puzzle
Reading: TSW recognize vocabulary words in context in To the Rescue.  TSW ask “between the lines” questions.
Student Guide, p. 87
To the Rescue pp. 32 - 36

Thursday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify common and proper nouns.  p. 6, ex.1
Spelling Test
Reading: TSW learn to ask “between the lines” questions.  TSW write “between the lines” questions and the answers to the questions.  TSW recognize vocabulary words in context.
Student Guide:  pp.. 88 - 89

Friday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar:  TSW identify common and proper nouns.  p. 5, ex.2
Vocabulary:  Review HWK and test
Reading:   ThinkLink

Language Arts 9/24– 9/28

Monday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify compound nouns (6th ) TSW identify compound AND collective nouns, (7th, and 8t)h Introduce
Review spelling packets (lesson 6) Due Thursday
Review vocabulary words (frail, fract—to break, shatter)
HWK due Friday
Reading: TSW “read between the lines” to answer questions, use previous knowledge and experience to answer questions, recognize vocabulary words in context.
Student Guide: pp. 82-83
Five Minutes to Better Reading Each student will be pulled back individually to read Lesson 1 for mastery.

Tuesday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify compound nouns (6th); compound and collective nouns7th, and 8th p. 3, Ex. 1
Five Minutes to Better Reading group introduction of lesson 2
Vocabulary Review
Reading: TSW “read between the lines” to answer questions, use previous knowledge and experience to answer questions, recognize vocabulary words in context and practice pronouncing proper nouns to make reading smoother.
Student Guide, p. 84
To the Rescue pp. 29 - 31

Wednesday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify compound nouns (6th ), and collective and compound nouns (7th, and 8th ) p. 3, Ex. 2)
Five Minutes to Better Reading group practice lesson 2
Reading: TSW review vocabulary words from the reading series and evaluate understanding of the questioning lessons (Teacher’s Guide, pp. 85A – 85B)

Thursday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify compound nouns (6th ), and collective and compound nouns (7th, and 8th ) p. 4, Ex. 1)
Spelling Test
Reading: Mid-Unit 2 Assessment

Friday
Daily Language Arts Review
TSW identify compound nouns (6th ), and collective and compound nouns (7th, and 8th ) p. 4 Ex. 4)
Vocabulary: Review HWK and test
Reading: TSW demonstrate understanding of eight vocabulary words.
Student Guide, pp. 85 - 86

Language Arts 9/17 – 9/21

Monday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify nouns (6th, 7th, and 8th p. 1, Ex. 1)
Review spelling packets Due Thursday
Review vocabulary words (fract, frag—to bend)
HWK due Friday
Reading: TSW recognize words in context inTo the Rescue; answer Who? What” Where” When? Why? and How? questions; read smoothly.
Student Guide: p. 78
To the Rescue, pp. 23 - 25

Tuesday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify nouns (6th, 7th, and 8th p. 1, Ex. 2)
Five Minutes to Better Reading
Reading: TSW learn to check understanding by answering questions; reread as necessary to increase understanding; recognize vocabulary words in context.
Student Guide, pp. 79 – 80

Wednesday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify nouns (6th, 7th, and 8th p. 2, Ex. 1)
Five Minutes to Better Reading
Reading: TSW learn to check understanding by answering questions; reread as necessary to increase understanding; recognize vocabulary words in context; mark difficult words or phrases ahead of time; vary voice to match the mood and the events.
Student Guide, p. 81
To the Rescue pp. 26 - 28

Thursday
Daily Language Arts Review
Grammar: TSW identify nouns (6th, 7th, and 8th p. 2, Ex. 2)
Five Minutes to Better Reading
Spelling Test
Reading: TSW “read between the lines” to answer questions; use previous knowledge and experience to answer questions; practice pronouncing proper nouns correctly to make reading smoother.
Student Guide, pp. 82 – 83

Friday
Daily Language Arts Review
Vocabulary: Review HWK and test
Reading: TSW “read between the lines” to answer questions; use previous knowledge and experience to answer questions; practice pronouncing proper nouns correctly to make reading smoother.
Student Guide, p. 84
To the Rescue, pp. 29 - 31

Language Arts 9/10 – 9/14

Monday
Daily Language Review
Introduce new spelling words and vocabulary words (viv- life). Review each spelling packet and the vocabulary homework.
TSW complete workbook page on underlining / using quotations for titles.
TSW each complete an independent SRA leveled story.
Spelling HWK due Thursday
Vocabulary HWK due Friday

Tuesday
Daily Language Review
Grammar: TSW identify situations in which the letter “i” must be capitalized. Grammar workbook ex. 1, 6th grade p., 7th grade, p. 8th grade, p. )
Reading: TSW ask Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? questions. TSW pause before each head in a text to set the section apart.
Materials: Student guide, pp. 73 - 74

Wednesday
Daily Language Review
Grammar: TSW identify situations in which the letter “i” must be capitalized. Grammar workbook ex. 1, 6th grade p., 7th grade, p. 8th grade, p. )
Reading: TSW ask Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? questions. TSW pause before each head in a text to set the section apart. TSW recognize vocabulary words in context.
Materials: Student Guide, p. 75, To the Rescue pp. 20 - 22

Thursday
Daily Language Review
Spelling /Dictation Test
Grammar: TSW identify situations in which the letter “i” must be capitalized. Grammar workbook ex. 1, 6th grade p., 7th grade, p. 8th grade, p. )
Writing: TSW write a description of an event, answering the questions Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?

Friday
Daily Language Review
Grammar: : TSW identify situations in which the letter “i” must be capitalized. Grammar workbook ex. 1, 6th grade p., 7th grade, p. 8th grade, p. )
Vocabulary: Review HWK and Test
Reading: TSW understand word families.
Materials: Student Guide, pp. 76 - 77

Language Arts 9/4 – 9/7

Monday

No School—Labor Day

Tuesday
Daily Language Review
Introduce new spelling words and vocabulary words (bio- life). Review each spelling packet and the vocabulary homework.
TSW complete vocabulary assignment on p. 71 of their Student Guide.
TSW each complete an independent SRA leveled story. (Students who did not complete grammar workbook assignment from Friday will make that their priority before SRA).
Spelling HWK due Friday
Vocabulary HWK due Friday

Wednesday
Daily Language Review
Grammar: TSW differentiate between titles that need to be underlined and titles that need to be placed in quotation marks.
Writing: Given a newspaper article, (as a class) TSW find answers to Who? What? Where? Why? and When? questions in order to write a short summary.
Reading: TSW write goal-setting questions. TSW learn where to take breaths to make reading sound smooth and even.
Materials: Student guide, p. 72; To the Rescue, pp. 17 – 19.

Thursday
Daily Language Review
Grammar: TSW differentiate between titles that need to be underlined and titles that need to be placed in quotation marks.
Writing: TSW independently read an article, find the answers to Who? What? Where? Why? and How? questions and write a short summary.
Reading: TSW ask Who? What? Where? Why? and When? questions. TSW find answers to questions in the test. TSW pause before each head in a text to set that section apart.
Student Guide, pp. 73 - 74

Friday
Daily Language Review
Grammar TSW differentiate between titles that need to be underlined and titles that need to be placed in quotation marks.
Writing: TSW independently read an article, find the answers to Who? What? Where? Why? and How? questions and write a short summary (cont. from Thursday).
Reading: Review vocabulary HWK and test
Spelling: Leveled spelling and dictation tests

Language Arts 8/27 – 8/31

Monday
Daily Language Review
Introduce new spelling words and vocabulary words (circ-, circum- = round, around). Review each spelling packet and the vocabulary homework.
TSW each complete an independent SRA leveled story.
Spelling HWK due Thursday
Vocabulary HWK due Friday

Tuesday
Daily Language Review
Grammar: TSW differentiate between declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences, Grammar workbook ex. 1, 6th grade p. 69, 7th grade, p. 87, 8th grade, p. 97)
Reading: TSW ask goal-setting questions and revise if needed.
Materials: Student guide, pp. 67 - 68

Wednesday
Daily Language Review
Grammar: TSW differentiate between declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences, Grammar workbook ex. 2, 6th grade p. 69, 7th grade, p. 87, 8th grade, p. 97)
Reading: TSW ask goal-setting questions and revise if needed.. TSW recognize vocabulary words in context. TSW emphasize important words and phrases.
Materials: Student Guide, p. 69, To the Rescue pp. 14 - 16

Thursday
Daily Language Review
Spelling /Dictation Test
Grammar: TSW differentiate between declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences, Grammar workbook ex. 1, 6th grade p. 70, 7th grade, p. 88, 8th grade, p. 98)
Reading: TSW demonstrate understanding of eight vocabulary words.
Materials: Student Guide, pp. 70 - 71

Friday
Daily Language Review
Grammar: TSW differentiate between declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences, Grammar workbook ex. 2, 6th grade p. 69, 7th grade, p. 87, 8th grade, p. 97)
Vocabulary: Review HWK and Test
Reading: TSW recognize vocabulary words in context in To the Rescue. Fluency: TSW learn where to take breaths to make reading sound smooth and even.
Materials: Student Guide, p. 72, To the Rescue, pp. 17 - 19

Language Arts 8/20 – 8/24

Monday
Daily Language Review
Introduce new spelling words and vocabulary words. Review each spelling packet and the vocabulary homework.
Brigance Testing
Grammar Skill: Quotations in conversation
Spelling HWK due Thursday
Vocabulary HWK due Friday

Tuesday
Daily Language Review
Brigance Testing
Reading: TSW review SRA Reading Laboratory Rules/Procedures
Each student will be assigned a leveled reader based on placement test. TSW read independently and answer comprehension and language questions.

Wednesday
Daily Language Review
Brigance Testing
Grammar: Workbook p.161, Quotation Marks in Dialogue
Writing: TSW continue interview with classmate and then write an introduction of that classmate to share with the class.
Reading: TSW complete independent SRA reading assignment.

Thursday
Daily Language Review
Brigance Testing
Spelling Test
Grammar: Workbook p. 162, exercise 1, Quotation Marks in Dialogue
Reading: AMP reading System
TSW be assigned AMP readers and workbooks.
Vocabulary: TSW demonstrate understanding of eight vocabulary words.
Student Guide, pp. 64 - 65

Friday
Daily Language Review
Brigance Testing
Grammar: Workbook p. 163, exercise 2, Quotation Marks in Dialogue
Vocabulary: Review HWK and Test
Reading: TSW recognize words in context in To the Rescue. Comprehension: TSW write goal-setting questions. Fluency: TSW learn where to take breaths to make reading sound smooth and even.
Student Guide, p. 66
To the Rescue pp. 11 - 13