Mrs. Floyd's Classroom

Monday

Work as a class on the reading skill comparing passages. Together read and discuss as the students answer the questions for pages 116-123. Students will independently read the last 2 passages and answer the questions for pages 124-127. They will highlight their answers in the passage. This is homework if they do not finish in class. They will turn their work into the basket.

Tuesday

We will work on revising and editing from the Write Source materials. Using the Elmo to project pages 123 and 124 reviewing revising then do pages 130 & 131 reviewing editing. We will read the passages and do the practice questions together.

Students will work in groups of 2 or 3 to do the revising and editing worksheets pages 125 & 126 then 132 & 133 together.

Students will then practice using context clues when reading the passage In Search of Bigfoot and answering the questions. This can also be done in groups of 2 or 3. Students will read the passage aloud then prove their work by highlighting their answers.

Both assignments will be turned into basket when they finish. This is homework if they do not finish in class.

Wednesday

Monday

I will bring the students to check out and recheck their library books.

As a class we will read and discuss chapters 11-17 of Number the Stars.

Tuesday and Wednesday

Students will take a STAAR reading benchmark. Students will read the passages, answer the questions, highlight their answers from the passage, put the paragraph number (s) of their answers next to the question, and check their answers.

Thursday

We will read the Afterword from Number the Stars to find out how Lois Lowry got her ideas for this historical fiction book.

We will review simile and a metaphor. Students will be split into groups of 3 or 4. They will be given a picture of a Holocaust child. After reading the biography of that child, they will write a short simile poem as a memorial for them. Then, the class will share their poems. They will then cut out the picture of their child and tape together with their poem on the bulletin board to share with others.

Friday

As a class we will review the STAAR reading benchmark that they took this week.

TEKS that will be covered: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.14, 6.15, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28