Literacy Block - Co Taught

2ND QUARTER


January 2, 2012 (Monday)

NO SCHOOL - Happy New Year!

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January 3, 2012 (Tuesday)

NO SCHOOL for students - School Improvement Day
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January 4, 2012 (Wednesday)

Journal:  Sentence Correction and CC Ex 1

Sentence Patterns:   Noun/Verb Activity

Activity:   Library to check out independent reads

Homework:  Read book and complete summary
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January 5, 2012 (Thursday)

Journal:  Paragraph about Dot and CC Ex 2

Word Sort:   Sort 1 (un-, in-, dis-, mis-)

Activity:  Movie over Brain Games - Pay Attention

Homework:  Read book and complete summary
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January 6, 2012 (Friday)

Journal: Write a letter to someone who has shown kindness to you

Word Sort:    Lesson on basewords, prefix, and suffix

Activity:  Finish movie

Homework:  Read book and complete summary
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January 9, 2012 (Monday)

IRT:  15 minute reading time plus summary

Journal:  Sentence Corrections Dodo Bird

Hi-Low:  One Fine Cowhand

Vocabulary:  rare, rival, gingerly, briskly, incredulous, principle, biting, vague, rumble, madras

Homework:  Vocabulary Match-Up; Write Social Class Paragraph
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January 10, 2012 (Tuesday)

IRT:  15 minute reading time plus summary

Journal:  CC Ex 3

Sentence Patterns:  #2 (Article-Adjective-Noun-Verb)

Vocabulary:  Fill-in-the-Blank  (rare, rival, gingerly, briskly, incredulous, principle, biting, vague, rumble, madras)

Outsiders:  Introduction to S.E. Hinton; Read pgs 1-5

Homework:  Write 10 sentences using sentence pattern #2

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January 11, 2012 (Wednesday)

IRT:  15 minutes reading time plus summary

Journal:  Write a paragraph about a cat attacking something without using the words scratched, meowed, or hissed.

Vocabulary:   Speed Match

Outsiders:   Finish reading Ch. 1

Homework:  None
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January 12, 2012 (Thursday)

IRT:  15 minutes reading time plus summary

Journal:  CC Ex 4

Hi-Low:  Americans Discover TV

Sentence Patterns:   Talk about Adverbs; Sentence Pattern #3, Article-Adjective-Noun-Verb-Adverb

Outsiders:  Ch 2

Homework:  Write 10 sentences using Sentence Pattern 3 ______________________________________________________________________________
January 13, 2012 (Friday)

IRT:  15 minutes reading time plus summary

Journal: Replace the word in the blank with the appropriate homophone

Vocabulary:    Test

Activity:  Introduce the preposition song

Outsiders:  Finish Ch. 2

Homework:  None
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