Wednesday December 14th, 2016

Vocabulary

Academic vocabulary, and hard to spell "e" and consonant words. 

1. arctic
2. awful
3. thoroughly
4. tragedy
5. pilot
6. escape
7. fascinate
8. strengthen
9. athletic
10. further

Spelling Challenge 

"BINGO!" or "Scrabblegrams"

Students get to select our last spelling challenge of the year! 

Reading

Class Reading 

Students participate in BYOB - Bring Your Own Book. Each student reads for 20minutes and answers a worksheet to strengthen reading comprehension skills. 

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "New Year Ahead"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. 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! 

Wednesday December 6th, 2016

http://www.studenthandouts.com/01-Web-Pages/001-Pages/lined-paper-primary-print-manuscript-handwriting-practice-printable-worksheet.pdf

Vocabulary

(Academic words and -ely words)

1. squirrel
2. concentrate
3. pronunciation
4. whether
5. immensely
6. sincerely
7. truly
8. suspicion
9. recognize
10. realize

Challenge
"BINGO!"

Reading

"BYOB - Bring Your Own Book"Students select a book to read in class today. Encouraged to bring their own book to read in class. 

Worksheets

• "Responding to Literature"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Mind Your Business"

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.

Monday November 28th and Wednesday November 30th, 2016

Vocabulary

(Words with -ed or -ing endings, prefixes, A- vowels, double and commonly confused consonants, and Suffix -ious)

1. accuse
2. omitted
3. seize
4. criticize
5. prophecy
6. incident
7. achieve
8. receive
9. leisure
10. relieve

Worksheet
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Reading

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

Worksheets

• ""

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Remote Control"

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.

Monday November 14th and Wednesday November 16th, 2016

Vocabulary

(Words with -ed or -ing endings, prefixes, A- vowels, double consonants, and Suffix -ious)

1. beginning
2. occurred
3. referring
4. grabbed
5. associate
6. guaranteed
7. captain
8. guard
9. persuade
10. restaurant

Worksheet
"Scrabblegrams"

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Reading Review Prompts"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Modern Pangea"

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

Worksheets

• "The Outline"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Wednesday November 9th, 2016

Vocabulary

(Words with prefixes, A- vowels, double consonants, and Suffix -ious)

1. psychology
2. prejudice
3. dissatisfy
4. jealous
5. nervous
6. village
7. library
8. similar
9. narrative
10. interrupt

Worksheet
"Left Hand, Right Hand"

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Reading Prompts"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "One Million Dollars "

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

Worksheets

• "Summarizing"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Wednesday November 2nd, 2016

Vocabulary

(Words with prefixes, A- vowels,and Suffix -ious)

1. descend
2. destroy
3. perform
4. precede
5. obstacle
6. preparation
7. separate
8. acquaint
9. conscientious
10. fictitious

Worksheet
"Antonyms and Synonyms"

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Reading Prompts"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "At This Age"

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

Worksheets

• "Parts of Speech"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Wednesday October 26th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. existence
2. experience
3. independence 
4. sentence
5. accommodate
6. commit
7. exaggerate
8. parallel
9. possession
10. succeed

Worksheet
"Crossword Puzzle"

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Character Map"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge " Halloween Prompts 1, 2, 3,  4, 5"

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

Worksheets

• "Creative Prompts"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Wednesday October 19th, 2016

No class today! 

Wednesday October 12th, 2016

Vocabulary

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

Worksheet
"Draw Your Words"

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Character Comparison"

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

• "Paragraph Guide"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

October 5th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. tremendously
2. countries
3. heroes
4. clothes
5. mischievous 
6. perform
7. equally
8. descend
9. contemplative 
10. mammoth

Worksheet
"Color by Number"

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Summary of A Paragraph"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Crime Fighting Abilities"

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.

Wednesday September 28th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. course
2. favorite
3. innocent
4. motor
5. opposite
6. trouble
7. forty
8. among
9. prove
10. confidence

Worksheet
"Word Meanings"

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Mapping Story Elements"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Deckhand or Librarian"

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

Worksheets

• "Character Creator"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Wednesday September 21st, 2016

No class today! 

Wednesday September 14th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. different
2. disappoint
3. occasion
4. written
5. during
6. opportunity
7. until
8. unit
9. hear
10. here

Worksheet

"Homographs, Honographs, Homonyms" 

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Event Breakdown"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Bad Decisions"

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.

Wednesday September 7th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. business
2. definite
3. profession
4. recommend
5. success
6. imagine
7. medicine 
8. piece 
9. religion
10. opinion

Worksheet

"Parts of a Speech" 

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Reading Prompts"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Utopia Dystopia "

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.

Wednesday August 31st, 2016 6-8

Vocabulary

1. argument
2. convenient 
3. equipment
4. excellent
5. excitement
6. experiment
7. permanent
8. pleasant 
9. servant
10. temperament

Worksheet

"Colorful Definitions" 

Reading

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

Worksheets

• "Reading Prompts"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Where Will You Go First?"

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

Worksheets

• "The Outline"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Last Day of Spring Semester!

This is the last day of the spring semester! I have enjoyed working with each student, and am extremely grateful for all of the time spent, lessons learned, and opportunities to grow with the students. We still have a summer Reading and Writing class going on during the months of June and July, so be sure your students are signed up before fall semester begins in August!

Vocabulary

1. mundane
2. unidentifiable
3. riveted
4. corroberate
5. mantra
6. illuminated
7. syntax
8. ossify
9. astonishment
10. 
    

Worksheet

"My Spring Semester in Reading and Writing Class"
Students wrote a short story using our daily vocabulary words to describe the highlights and low points of the class this semester, as well as what they are looking forward to for the summer! 

Reading

Continued reading, "Spy School", by Stuart Gibbs - chapter 2. 

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Last Day of Class Writing"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. 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! 

Activities

Book squares and Book marks! 

Wednesday May 18th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. sequestered
2. precipitously
3. communal
4. prototypical
5. cryptography
6. nonchalant
7. disingenuous
8. electrostatic
9. unconscious 
10. averting

Worksheet

"Tell This Story" 

Reading

Continued reading, "Spy School", by Stuart Gibbs - chapter 2. 

Worksheets

• "Character Changes"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Tell This Story"

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

Worksheets

• "BME Organizer"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Wednesday May 11th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. dismissively
2. virtually
3. elusiveness
4. detect
5. intimidation
6. circumstances
7. frightening
8. humiliating
9. traumatic
10. mezzanine

Worksheet

"Captions" 

Reading

Continued reading, "Spy School", by Stuart Gibbs - chapter 2. 

Worksheets

• "Elements of A Story"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Tell This Story"

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

Worksheets

• "Article Outline"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Wednesday May 4th. 2016

Vocabulary

1. motioned
2. infiltrated
3. ambushed
4. diplomacy
5. transmissions
6. operatives
7. silhouettes
8. imminent
9. proportional 
10. provoked

Worksheet

"Word Search" 

Reading

Continued reading, "Spy School", by Stuart Gibbs - chapter 2. 

Worksheets

• "Author's Toolkit"

Writing

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

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

Worksheets

• "The Vessel"
• "Creative Writing Prompts"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.