Mrs. Fletcher Week of Nov. 9-13, 2009
(*Note: These plans are subject to change as needed - thank you for your
understanding!)
*Please remember to:
a. Check the "M" / Agenda on the board for assignments and tests, and
b. Bring a "silent reading book" EVERY day to all classes!!
English / Language Arts classes:
(we're continuing state standard 4 / Research, and will also be covering
aspects of standards 3 and 6 along with specific standards listed below)
Monday:
- notes on outlining and thesis
- Review plagiarism, paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting (watch BrainPop
videos)
- Using mobile lab, look up magazine source and complete notecard
Tuesday:
- Using mobile lab, look up internet source and complete notecard
Wednesday:
- Practice answering L.Arts question from _ThinkLink_ test or _Study Island_
- Receive test from last Friday and begin correcting
- Use encyclopedias to create notecard for last source (unless already have a
book!)
Thursday:
- Review notes on thesis statement and topic sentences
- Begin writing research paper
1.1-1.6 Everyday Edit correction
Friday:
1.1 - 1.6 Everyday Edit FOR TEST GRADE
- Corrected test DUE TODAY
- Finish writing research paper (IS DUE MONDAY!!)
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Reading classes:
(we'll be covering parts of Standards 2, 5, 7, and 8 this week in addition to
specific state standards listed below)
Monday:
- Take notes on and discuss novels
- View Mrs. Fletcher's TeacherWeb website (and become familiar with this
page, so you can keep up with assignments!!)
- Using mobile lab, go to website of "Young Writers Project" and sign up
- begin writing novels and save to "Google Docs"
Tuesday:
- Take more notes on novels
- continue writing novels
Wednesday:
- Review friendly letter format and write Thank-You letters for novels
- Present original jingles
- Continue writing novels in notebooks
- receive last week's test and begin correcting
Thursday:
- learn new poetry term "Kyrielle"
- Create original kyrielles and present
- read AR books / earn blue ribbons / work on novels
Friday:
- TEST over poetry terms up to this point (A-K)
- Finish correcting tests
- Read AR books silently and complete AR tests, if needed