Monday, October 20--Students will be introduced to " extended responses." One extended response will be due Monday, October 27. The response will reflect reading 30 minutes a night for a minimum of 5 nights.
The prompt for response is: How is the title of this story appropriate for the characters, setting, and plot in the section you read ?
Rubric for Extended -Response Grades 5 and 6:
--I explain the important information the author stated and the author meant.
--I connect the important ideas to my own ideas or experiences.
--I include examples and important details to support my explanation.
--I use the author's ideas and my own explanation in a balanced way.
A thorough extended response, typed, is about one and one half pages in length. The student should aim to write at least a paragraph per reading session which responds to the points in the rubric. By week's end the response is written. Parents sign on the paper to indicate the child is reading 30 minutes nightly for at least 5 nights per week.
Rubric for Extended -Response Grades 5 and 6:
--I explain the important information the author stated and the author meant.
--I connect the important ideas to my own ideas or experiences.
--I include examples and important details to support my explanation.
--I use the author's ideas and my own explanation in a balanced way.
A thorough extended response, typed, is about one and one half pages in length. The student should aim to write at least a paragraph per reading session which responds to the points in the rubric. By week's end the response is written. Parents sign on the paper to indicate the child is reading 30 minutes nightly for at least 5 nights per week.
I distributed a copy of the reading rubric for parent to keep at home. The second sheet is for the student to use for writing the extended response during the week.
We are covering the novel--HOOT by Carl Hiaasen.
Activities: We are finding school appropriate web sites which relate to topics in the book: alligators, burrowing owls, bullying, Florida conservation laws.
Read Chapters 1 -5 by Monday, October 27. Write responses to comprehension questions in class. Keep the work in your Lit. Skills spiral notebook.
Vocabulary definitions are due Wednesday, October 23. ( Second column for chapters 1-5 )
Students who are reading Cracker Jackson: Complete the written work and book cover by October 31. This book may be used for your extended reading response. Upon completion of Cracker Jackson, take the AR test .
Differentiation: Skill groups will be assigned this work by the teacher upon completion of work for chapters 1-5.
Read Chapters 6-9.
Write definitions for the vocabulary for chapters 6-9.
Write responses to the comprehension questions.
Write a prediction. What do you think will happen next? Why?
Ask Teacher for differentiation project list.
Due date to be announced in class.
Everyone must submit one web address or source relating to at least one topic that is covered in the novel, HOOT.
Up and Coming: Do you know the characteristics of a fable, legend, folk tale, fairy tale, short story, and essay?
Look in the library for one of each kind of literature before the third week of December!
We are covering the novel--HOOT by Carl Hiaasen.
Activities: We are finding school appropriate web sites which relate to topics in the book: alligators, burrowing owls, bullying, Florida conservation laws.
Read Chapters 1 -5 by Monday, October 27. Write responses to comprehension questions in class. Keep the work in your Lit. Skills spiral notebook.
Vocabulary definitions are due Wednesday, October 23. ( Second column for chapters 1-5 )
Students who are reading Cracker Jackson: Complete the written work and book cover by October 31. This book may be used for your extended reading response. Upon completion of Cracker Jackson, take the AR test .
Differentiation: Skill groups will be assigned this work by the teacher upon completion of work for chapters 1-5.
Read Chapters 6-9.
Write definitions for the vocabulary for chapters 6-9.
Write responses to the comprehension questions.
Write a prediction. What do you think will happen next? Why?
Ask Teacher for differentiation project list.
Due date to be announced in class.
Everyone must submit one web address or source relating to at least one topic that is covered in the novel, HOOT.
Up and Coming: Do you know the characteristics of a fable, legend, folk tale, fairy tale, short story, and essay?
Look in the library for one of each kind of literature before the third week of December!
