Ms. Calder, Language Arts, 5th Grade

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August 21 - 25

Warmup focus this week will be on Nouns - common, proper, singular and plural nouns. 
 
The focus for Writing is working on Narrative writing going through the process of the writing steps. Students brainstorm, create an introduction with Hook to draw the reader in, writing their essay and ending with the conclusion.  The goal is to create a five-paragraph essay. 
 
For reading the focus continues to be the Elements of Literature.  We will work on what are the conflicts and themes in stories.  We will finish out the work with all the Elements of Literature using the Story Plot Mountain graphic organizer. 

August 14 - 18

Language Arts class is going to get into the groove of our regular schedule this week.  
The flow of class will be starting with a 
- Warmup activity working parts of speech, punctuation and capitalization
- Writing time, students will have a writing prompt and students will work on the writing process through the week
- Reading time, students will be working on a elements of literature unit. The focus will be working on Story Plot Mountain and the structure of fiction reading. 
 
Also, the students will have a free reading book that they will learn to enjoy the pleasure of reading.  They will be filling out a weekly log so that they can see their progress.