5th Grade English/Social Studies (Meras)

• Wordly Wise 15 Ex. D/E are due today. Bring your WW book to class for correcting.
• Bill of Rights continued ... We will continue with our scenarios and debate/discussion.
• Work time for projects if time allows

• Your last Wordly Wise test on Lesson 15 will be on Thursday!
• First Light project due next Monday, June 6.
• Test on DOI/AOC/Constitution/BOR next Wednesday, June 8. Study guide coming...

• More Constitution/BOR - Preamble translation and memorization for extra credit
• Work time

• See Tuesday

• WW 15 Test
• Work Time for Social Studies and/or First Light projects

• First Light project due next Monday, June 6.
• Test on DOI/AOC/Constitution/BOR next Wednesday, June 8. Study guide coming...

• Work on Study Guide for final test and work time for projects

• First Light project due next Monday, June 6.
• Test on DOI/AOC/Constitution/BOR next Wednesday, June 8.

• First Light - Wrap up and Introduction of Final Project 
  

• AOC/Constitution continued

• First Light Final Project -- begin working on your poem and decide what additional activity you will complete from the choices given in the guidelines.
• Show your parents the MN History Center blog if you haven't already. Show off your great work!
  

• Intro. WW 15 -- your last Wordly Wise Lesson!
• Video - Liberty's Kids - Constitution Episode

• First Light Final Project due June 6
• Wordly Wise 15 ex. A/B/C due Thursday

• Bill of Rights Introduction
• Work Time for project/BOR/Wordly Wise

• First Light Final Project due June 6
• Wordly Wise 15 ex. A/B/C due Thursday

• Correct WW 15 A/B/C -- do word bank for ex. E
• Bill of Rights continued

• First Light Final Project due June 6
• Wordly Wise 15 ex. D/E due Tuesday, May 31

• Work Day for Projects and/or Wordly Wise D/E
• More Bill of Rights

• First Light Final Project due June 6
• Wordly Wise 15 ex. D/E due Tuesday, May 31
  

• DEAR
• Correct WW 14 D/E
• Turn in DOI responses for grading -- keep your translation page for studying. 
• Work time for persuasive essays/First Light and Science enviro. papers

• Persuasive essays are due Friday
• WW 14 Test is Thursday
• First Light -- finish the book and choose two characters for your dialogue poem (guidelines coming!). Begin collecting 5-10 quotes for each character. Remember: you may not choose both Peter and Thea. Too easy!!

• DEAR
• DOI review
• Work time for essays, First Light and science papers

• Persuasive essays are due Friday
• WW 14 Test is Thursday
• First Light -- finish the book and choose two characters for your dialogue poem (guidelines coming!). Begin collecting 5-10 quotes for each character. Remember: you may not choose both Peter and Thea. Too easy!!

• Prepare test papers for WW 14 test/DEAR
• WW 14 Test
• Block1 - DOI Review
• Begin Articles of Confederation and Constitution

• Persuasive essays are due Friday
• First Light -- finish the book and choose two characters for your dialogue poem (guidelines coming!). Begin collecting 5-10 quotes for each character. Remember: you may not choose both Peter and Thea. Too easy!!

• DEAR
• Turn in essays
• Continue AOC/Constitution Activity

• First Light -- finish the book and choose two characters for your dialogue poem (guidelines coming!). Begin collecting 5-10 quotes for each character. Remember: you may not choose both Peter and Thea. Too easy!!

• Go over Character lists/traits and examples of the symbol of light in First Light
  
• Be sure you have read through chapter 30 of First Light
• We will discuss what you came up with and fill in our lists with what each other shares.
• Work time for persuasive essay notes due Tuesday

• Work on notes for persuasive essay
• Read chapters 31-34 in First Light - assignment TBA

Tuesday - May 10

A Day

Agenda:

• Work day for the persuasive paper notes.  
• Meet with Mrs. Meras to check over your notes and shore up any missing details before check-off tomorrow  Wordly Wise - Lesson 14 Intro

Homework:

• Read chapters 31 through 34 in First Light.  Lit. circle responses due Monday, May 16
  
• Notes for persuasive paper due tomorrow
  
• WW 14 ex. A/B/C due Thursday

Wednesday - May 11

B Day

Agenda:

• Declaration of Independence intro. today. We will translate the document into modern language and begin analyzing the important themes and ideas.

Homework:

• Read chapters 31 through 34 in First Light.  Answer your literature circle questions by Monday.
• WW 14 A/B/C are due tomorrow.

Thursday - May 12

A Day

Agenda:

• Correct WW 14 ex. A/B/C
  
• Finish up DOI translation and analysis. We will discuss this activity as a class to fill in any holes.
  

Homework:

• Read chapters 31 through 34 in First Light.  Answer your literature circle questions by Monday.
• D/E in Wordly Wise are due on Monday.  Your test will be next Wednesday.

Friday - May 13

B Day

 Today is our field trip to the Minnesota History Center.  Check back next week for a link to our field trip website.

Homework:

• Read chapters 31 through 34 in First Light.  Answer your literature circle questions by Monday.
• D/E in Wordly Wise are due on Monday.

• We will spend the hour working on the first shot assignment. 

• Complete chapters 19 - 23 in First Light by tomorrow.  Your original 4-6 lit. circle questions and responses are due tomorrow. 
• Wordly Wise Lesson 13 D and E are due tomorrow.
• First Shot assignment is due tomorrow if you did not finish it in class.
  

• We will begin the class with a debate about who fired the first shot at Lexington and Concord. 
  
• Students will share their lit. circle questions and responses and turn them in to be graded in place of a reading quiz.
• We will also correct Wordly Wise 13 D/E.
  

• Study for the Wordly Wise Lesson 13 test.  It is on Thursday.

• It is time for the annual persuasive paper assignment. We will use the issue of climate change that is prevalent in First Light. Students will take a stand on this issue and write a persuasive paper in support of their position. Guidelines will be given, and time will be given in class to research and draft the paper.

• Study for the Wordly Wise Lesson 13 test.  It is on Thursday.
• First Light reading: chapters 24 - 30
  

• Wordly Wise 13 Test
• Research/Work time for the persuasive paper. Students will have time to do some reading in order to choose a stance. Once they have made their choice, they may begin researching specifically for their paper.
  

• First Light reading: chapters 24-30
  

• Literature Circles! We will pair share our lit. circle responses for chapters 11-18. After you pair share, you will come up with one more question from those chapters to share with the large group. The question must be open-ended and require 4-6 sentences to complete. We will share as a group and respond to each others' questions.
• Review for the 11-18 quiz
• Take quiz
• Go over study guide for Prelude to Revolution

• Read chapters 19-23 in First Light by Monday, May 2
• Come up with 4-6 literature circle questions of your own for these chapters following the format we used in class. Bring the questions with your own responses to class next Monday, May 2.
• Study for the Prelude to Revolution test this Wednesday. Use your study guide!

• Review day for the Prelude to Revolution Test. We will go over the study guide, answer questions, and play a game.

• See Monday

• Prelude to Revolution Test today. You are allowed one side of one sheet of printer paper with notes to use on the test.
  
• WW 13 Intro. ABC due Friday

• Dress for the weather tomorrow. We will be outside tree planting in the morning. FMSC in the afternoon!
• Read chapters 19-23 in First Light by Monday, May 2
• Come up with 4-6 literature circle questions of your own for these chapters following the format we used in class. Bring the questions with your own responses to class next Monday, May 2.

• First Light lit. circle questions for chapters 5-10 due today. We'll go over these and do a quick review for the quiz.
• First Light 5-10 quiz -- open book
• Correct WW12 - exercises ABCD & E -- Test tomorrow
• Work time for Revolution Event groups

• Study for Wordly Wise Lesson 12 test tomorrow
• Read Chapters 11-18 in First Light for next Monday. Lit. circle questions will be handed out on Wednesday.

• Wordly Wise 12 Test today
• Lit. circle questions for chapters 11-18 will be handed out today. There is a link to them above.
• Work time is available for students to make progress on Prelude to Revolution presentations.

• Read Chapters 11-18 in First Light for next Monday. Lit. circle questions will be handed out on Wednesday.
• Presentations due Friday. You must have a half-sheet summary for your group's lesson prepared to hand out to the rest of the class.

• Work Day! Finalize plans for your presentations tomorrow.

• See Wednesday

• Peer Teaching Day. We will watch each others' lessons and review for the Prelude to Revolution test next Wednesday.

• See Wednesday
  

• The second Volkswagon Road
• What Peter found in the ice wall
  
• The importance of a Chikchu's signalling to Thea
• The first-line supper (Rowan, Mattias, Thea, a toast to Thea, etc.)
• Dexna - interesting facts about her
  
• The geebee geebee - what is it?
  
• The process Thea and Dolan used to check if the Chickchu's leg was healing properly
• The map Thea found and the questions she had about it
• Lucian's explanation of the tree-sign
• Peter and Jonas' conversation in the igloo
• Thea's proposal to Mattias regarding looking for a way out of Gracehope

• Get a good night's sleep
• Eat breakfast
• Bring several #2 pencils
• You may use a calculator for a portion of the math test on Wednesday

• Go over Literature Circle questions for chapters 1-4 of First Light. We will meet as a class to go over your responses and discuss the chapters.
• Wordly Wise Lesson 12 Introduction
• Work time for Revolution Events groups -- notes due tomorrow

• First Light -- Chapters 5 through 10: reading and responses to questions due next Tuesday 4/19
• Wordly Wise Lesson 12 -- Exercises A-E due Tuesday 4/19; Test Wednesday 4/20

• Welcome Back
• Prelude to Revolutionary War - the events that lead up to and caused the war

• Be ready for First Light tomorrow. Bring your book and your spiral.
  

• Intro First Light; we will read the Prologue together in class and have an introduction of foreshadowing,
  
• Character list: you will keep a list of the many characters in this novel. They can be confusing and a list will be helpful to keep them straight.
  
• Hand out lit. circle questions. A little bit differently this time, we will give you your study questions each week to go along with your reading. You will get together in lit. circles to go over your responses with the others in your group.

• Read chapters 1 through 4 (that means 4, too) and respond to the questions by next Monday. Lit circles next Monday, April 11.

• More prelude to the Revolutionary War. Laws that angered the colonists. King George III needs to pay for the French and Indian War, so let's find out how he plans to do this.
• We'll talk about some of the laws he instated and how the colonists responded to the laws.
• Video: Liberty -- "The Reluctant Revolutionaries". Respond to the questions handed out to go with the video.
  

• Be reading First Light, Chapters 1-4 and respond to the questions.

• We will check in with our reading to see how everyone is doing with the lit. circle questions, character list and any questions you may have to this point.
• SSQTT Laws - process and begin project to illustrate these laws.

• Be reading First Light, Chapters 1-4 and respond to the questions.

• Review Liberty and the SSQTT Laws
  
• Work Day for SSQTT Laws and/or reading questions 

• First Light, chapters 1 through 4 lit. circle questions due Monday.

• 1st block will not have class Tues./Wed.

• 5th block will not have class on Thurs.