Wednesday February 17th, 2016

STAAR testing takes place March 29th -31st for LISD. Between now and testing, our weekly curriculum will include worksheets and activities focused around STAAR expectations. We will have weekly homework assignments that are 2015 STAAR test releases for reading and writing. Be sure your student completes their work to ensure they are prepped for test week!  

Vocabulary

1. solarium
2. equivalent
3. president
4. absorbed
5. kidnapped
6. infiltrated
7. inconvenienced 
8. thoroughly
9. successfully
10. mysterious

Worksheet

"Perfectly Colored Definitions" 

Reading

"The Alamo - IQ4" by Roland Smith, Chapter 2 "PK on the Case: The White House Solarium"

Worksheet

• "Strong Mental Image"
• "Reading Prompts"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Spartan, Viking, Knight, or Roman"

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

Worksheets

"Outline" and "Ten Sentence Paragraph Guide"

After completing the guide, write a ten sentence paragraph essay using your outline and guide! Be sure to include

• Correct punctuation, spelling, capitalization, BME format
• 5 Vocabulary words (underline vocabulary words)

Homework

"STAAR Reading - Marvels of the Modern World" and "Writing - Buying Local" Test Release