Tuesday August 29th, 2017

  

Vocabulary

1. excitement
2. experiment
3. opinion
4. recommend
5. profession
6. dissapoint
7. opportunity
8. inependence
9. preparation
10. through

Spelling Challenge

"Scrabblegrams"

Reading

Class Reading

BYOB - Bring Your Own Books! 

Worksheets

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Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge  "End of  Summer"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

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Homework

Any unfinished class work

Tuesday August 15th, 2017

  

Vocabulary

1. definite
2. slightest
3. separate
4. obvious
5. fault
6. umbrella
7. professional
8. moron
9. skeleton
10. monument

Spelling Challenge

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Reading

Class Reading

BYOB - Bring Your Own Books! 

Worksheets

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Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge  "The World Around You is Not What it Seems"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

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Homework

Any unfinished class work

Tuesday August 9th, 2017

Vocabulary

1. comic
2. quiet
3. betray
4. irritant
5. ignorant
6. extravagant
7. assistant
8. compliant
9. rounding
10. nomad

Spelling Challenge

"Comic Words"

Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book"

In our class reading time, students bring their own books to dive into! Students discuss their reading and are given a comprehension worksheet to complete over their reading. 


For students who did not bring a book to class, they chose from the class library, or the Central Texas Library Selection. 

Worksheets

• "Plot and Conflict"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge 

"Drawings Come to Life"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

• "Writing Prompts"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Tuesday August 1st, 2017

Vocabulary

1. mountain
2. evil
3. destroyed
4. usefulness
5. reptile
6. hostile
7. fragile
8. factory
9. resource
10. terrarium

Spelling Challenge

"Color By Parts of Speech"

Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book"

In our class reading time, students bring their own books to dive into! Students discuss their reading and are given a comprehension worksheet to complete over their reading. 


For students who did not bring a book to class, they chose from the class library, or the Central Texas Library Selection. 

Worksheets

• "Book Review"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge 

"Seven Doors"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

• "Summarize Your Story"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Tuesday July 25th, 2017

Vocabulary

1. unique
2. antique
3. quadruple 
4. unicycle
5. saxophone
6. emphasize
7. gymnasium
8. wristwatch
9. silverware
10. quizzify 

Spelling Challenge

"Scrabble Count"

Students given a worksheet as well as point list for each letter. Students had to add each of the letters in each vocabulary word using the point legend on their worksheet. 

Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book"

In our class reading time, students bring their own books to dive into! Students discuss their reading and are given a comprehension worksheet to complete over their reading. 


For students who did not bring a book to class, they chose from the class library, or the Central Texas Library Selection. 

Worksheets

• ""

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge 

"Villain's Lair"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

• ""

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Tuesday July 11th, 2017

Vocabulary

1. blending 
2. startled 
3. pleading 
4. graffiti 
5. aluminum 
6. unstoppable 
7. especially 
8. homeless 
9. misunderstanding 
10. recycling 

Worksheet

"Battleship"

Reading

Students select a book to read in class today. Encouraged to bring their own book to read in class. 

Worksheets

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Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "One Book to Change the World"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

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Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Tuesday June 20th, 2017

Vocabulary

1. among 
2. apology
3. horse
4. laboratory 
5. poison
6. prison
7. appearance
8. attendance
9. cemetery
10. secretary

Worksheet

• Bingo!

Reading

Students select a book to read in class today. Encouraged to bring their own book to read in class. 

Worksheets

• "Strong Mental Image"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Symbols and House Words"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

• "Parts of a Speech - Mad Lib"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.