August 2015: Writing Seeds Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday This is a year-long calendar. Scroll down to the current month to see your homework 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 summer memory/vacation 15 16 Writing seeds written in class 17 being the oldest/ 18 name origin & middle/youngest/only Nicknames 19 Hobbies 20 Late for School Excuse 21 Longest Line 22 Wreck That Journal 24 Chores (Ch. 5) 23 First week of writing homework: Write 15 minutes each night 25 “Today is not my 26 The Important day” Book 27 Lessons 28 Dirty Handprints 29 Wreck That Journal September 2015 Sunday AUG 30 Monday Tuesday AUG 31 Sorry, Mom 1 Be careful what you wish for Wednesday 2 Family memory Thursday Friday Saturday 3 Home, sweet home 4 Random Newspaper 5 10 Ode to (Favorite Candy) 11 Document Your Dinner 12 16 Archie Smith, Boy Wonder 17 Mr. Linden’s Library 18 Document Your 19 Walk-a-thon Support A tiny voice asked, “Is he the one?” He had warned her about the book. Now it was too late. Write 15 minutes each night 8 People I know who 9 Interview Q&A work 6 Write 15 minutes each night 7 NO SCHOOL (Labor Day) 13 14 The Seven Chairs 15 The House on Maple Street The fifth one ended up in France. It was a perfect liftoff. Write 15 minutes each night 20 Write 15 minutes each night 27 Write 15 minutes each night 21 Speak Like a Pirate Day 22 “I’m the most wonderful person” 23 When I Grow Up 24 “My Dog May Be 25 Tape Leaves and 26 a Genius” other Field trip Reminders here Field Trip to Sharon Woods. Pack a lunch and dress appropriately. 28 SEED Thank You 29 “Up and Down,” 30 “What I love Letter on pretty paper “A falling out,” “The about autumn,” “When I grow up” Colors of Autumn” “Apple picking” Fall Senses October 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 1 “What to do with Autumn Leaves” “Off Season” Autumn Activities Write 15 minutes each night 4 Thursday Friday Saturday 2 Scribble wildly 3 using only borrowed pens. Document where they came from. 5 Turn your Seeds 6 “Boys are Big into an Autumn poem Experts” 7 Girls are Great Experts 8 I’m an expert at… 9 Page of good thoughts 10 12 Leadership Essay 13 Leadership Project 14 Leadership Final 15 Repeat One Word 16 Copy NO SCHOOL 17 19 Lost Memory 21 Collect the letter 22 “C” here. NO SCHOOL 23 24 28 Just Dessert 30 Cut-out costume 31 Write 15 minutes each night 11 Write 15 minutes each night 18 Write 15 minutes each night 25 Write 15 minutes each night 20 Are you a (witch/werewolf)? NO SCHOOL Introduction paragraph, 15 questions, conclusion paragraph 26 Haunted House for Sale 27 How to carve a pumpkin As she lowered the knife, it grew even brighter. 29 Costumes November 2015 Sunday 1 Monday 2 “My parents have the flu” Write 15 minutes each night 8 Write 15 minutes each night 15 Write 15 minutes each night 29 Write 15 minutes each night 3 NO SCHOOL ELECTION DAY 9 Inventor Rhymes 10 Letter to a List 10 words that Veteran on pretty are related to your paper inventor or invention. Write 2-4 rhyming words for each (total of 30 words) 16 In My Kitchen Write 15 minutes each night 22 Tuesday Wednesday 4 Sentence Variety Challenge Thursday 6 Journal Golf – make up your own Write a letter FROM Journal game and describe it here. your person to someone important in their life. 5 Inventor Letter 11 Veterans I Know 12 Inventor Newspaper article Explain why your person is important, including a supporting quote from your person. 17 “Turkey shot out 18 I’m thankful for of the oven” Describe Thanksgiving from the turkey’s point of view 30 ______ in the Kitchen choose a person and describe how they cook 24 Thanksgiving Survival Kit 13 Inventor Award Saturday 7 14 Create a colorful award for your inventor 19 Thanksgiving Poems 20 List of ways to 21 “Wreck this Journal”…complete one way 25 26 27 NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break) NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL Describe a Thanksgiving tradition 23 “I do not like November” Friday 28 December 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday 1 BizTown letter to the editor 6 Write 15 minutes each night 7 DARE facts: drugs, 8 DARE Lesson & alcohol, bullying, Pledge tobacco, decisionmaking 13 Write 15 minutes 14 Favorite recipes - 15 Presents dessert each night Wednesday 2 .sdrawkcab etirW 27 Friday Saturday 3 BizTown friendly 4 Color outside of the 5 letter lines (Write backwards or mirror image writing) Wreck That Journal 9 DARE Final Copy 10 Favorite recipe main course 11 BizTown Memories 12 Copy the recipe and Wreck That a paragraph Journal describing why you like it 16 How to Wrap a Present 17 What Dogs want 18 Holiday Timeline 19 for Christmas Wreck That Journal Copy the recipe and a paragraph describing why you like it 20 Thursday 21 22 23 24 25 NO SCHOOL Winter Break NO SCHOOL Winter Break NO SCHOOL Winter Break NO SCHOOL Winter Break NO SCHOOL Winter Break 28 29 30 31 NO SCHOOL Winter Break NO SCHOOL Winter Break NO SCHOOL Winter Break NO SCHOOL Winter Break 26 January 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 NO SCHOOL 2 Winter Break 6 Commercial 7 I Wanna ________ 8 Attach purple 3 Write 15 minutes 4 5 9 Opinions things here. each night, 1 ½ pages. Remember to NO SCHOOL Teacher Work Day Think of something type 230 words one Winter Break Watch TV or listen you want (a pet, Tape, glue, or draw night and submit it to radio new room, toy?) purple items on this to Westerville commercials and and explain your page. Schoology. write a paragraph reasons for wanting for each it and why you commercial: what is should have it. the opinion and what are its reasons. 12 Review a 13 The Homework 14 Recess in Middle 15 Close journal. 10 Write 15 minutes 11 Have I got a 16 ______ for you toy/restaurant Write Debate Read the fact School Debate Read Write on edges. Hide each night, 1 ½ pages. Remember to Think of something your opinion and sheet and explain the fact sheet and a secret message somewhere in this type 230 words one you want to sell and reasons about the why you should or explain why you night and submit it explain why value of a toy, game, should not have should or should not book. Wreck That to Westerville someone should buy or food at a more homework, have recess, citing Journal Schoology. it. restaurant. citing evidence from evidence from the the fact sheet. fact sheet. 19 This or That: 20 This or That: 21 This or That: 22 Dream Vacation 23 17 Write 15 minutes 18 Sports Read the fact History Read the Animal Read the each night, 1 ½ pages. Remember to NO SCHOOL sheet and explain fact sheet and fact sheet and Wreck That type 230 words one (MLK Day) which sport you explain which event explain which skill Journal night and submit it prefer, citing you prefer, citing you prefer, citing to Westerville evidence from the evidence from the evidence from the Schoology. fact sheet. fact sheet. fact sheet. 24 Write 15 minutes 25 This or That: Survival Read the each night, 1 ½ pages. Remember to fact sheet and type 230 words one explain which event night and submit it you prefer, citing to Westerville evidence from the Schoology. fact sheet. 26 Winter Activities Describe winter activities you enjoy, each in its own paragraph. 27 What I Love/Don’t Love about Winter Describe what you do and don’t enjoy about winter, each in its own paragraph. 28 How to build a snowman 29 Winter Poems 30 Write 4-5 poems about winter. Describe materials Remember that all and the way to build poems do not have to rhyme, and they a snowman, or may be in the shape similar activity. of the item. Saturday February 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday 1 Snowmen at Night Write 15 minutes story with dialogue each night, 1 ½ pages. Remember to Describe activities type 230 words and snowmen do at submit it to night, and write Westerville words they say to Schoology. each other. 2 “I’m not afraid of anything” Describe a paragraph of your fears and a paragraph of your bravery. 7 Write 15 minutes 8 Things I collect each night, 1 ¾ Describe items you pages. Remember to collect. type 265 words one night and submit it to Westerville Schoology. 9 “Because I don’t like lima beans” Explain what you would rather do, instead of something you dislike. 14 Write 15 minutes 15 each night, 1 ¾ pages. Remember to NO SCHOOL type 265 words one (President’s Day) night and submit it to Westerville Schoology. 16 Compare 2 Humphrey characters Use quotes from the book we’ve been reading. 23 Buff Goes Wild 21 Write 15 minutes 22 Buff Goes Wild Finish the story Read Write from the dog’s each night, 1 ¾ point of view Read pages. Remember to the story and use type 265 words one the characters to the story and night and submit it write the ending. rewrite the problem to Westerville from the dog’s Schoology. perspective. 28 Write 15 minutes 29 Letter to author each night, 1 ¾ Write a letter pages. Remember to suggesting type 265 words one information or night and submit it evaluating a book. to Westerville Schoology. Wednesday Thursday Friday 3 Grandparents Write a paragraph about each of your grandparents (or other relatives, if necessary). Saturday 4 Interview a 5 Use a marker. Edit Grandparent and review your Write questions and seeds from MonWed. Use editing answers from a grandparent (or marks. *One night you will relative or elder take “Humphrey” neighbor). home and write a journal for his visit. 10 There was a ____ 11 List of fun words 12 Plot to rule the This takes place of that swallowed a ___ and explain why you world. your writing seed Fill in the blanks to like them List words that night. create a repeating you like to say, Wreck That story, like There was hear, spell, use, or Journal an old lady who nicknames. Explain swallowed a fly why you like them. 17 Letter to a toy company Write a letter requesting information about or evaluating a product. 18 Little things that irritate me 24 Compare and Contrast the speaker’s 2 homes Read Bienvenidos a Nueva York and describe similarities and differences. 25 Compare and contrast 2 camel stories Read the 2 camel stories, and describe similarities and differences. 19 This is a dare. Write 20 a list of things you would like to try in Describe items and your lifetime. actions you do not enjoy. Wreck That Journal 26 Use a crayon. Edit 27 and review your seeds from MonThurs. Use editing marks. March 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday 1 Tuesday dialogue and story Write the story and dialogue for characters from the book we read in class (it’s on the website too). Write 15 minutes each night, 1 ¾ pages. Remember to type 265 words one night and submit it to Westerville Schoology. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 2 Overheard dialogue 3 Penny Debate 4 Guest Pass Wreck 5 Use quotation Read the fact sheet That Journal: Give marks correctly to and explain whether your notebook to record words you pennies should be someone, and they hear on the TV, used or not, citing complete your radio, or in person. evidence from the writing this fact sheet. weekend. 6 Write 15 minutes 7 This is to say . . . 8 My mother and father came . . . each night, 1 ¾ pages. Remember to Write about where Write about your type 265 words one you were born, your parents, family or night and submit it street and grandparents, to Westerville sounds & memories neighborhood Schoology. from childhood 9 This was the country . . . and all of that happened in the days before now Write about your pets and traditions 10 If you give a ____ 11 Sticky items here. a ____ Fill in the blanks to create a Wreck That cause-and-effect Journal story, like If you Give a Mouse a Cookie 13 Write 15 minutes 14 Birthdays each night, 1 ¾ pages. Remember to Describe your type 265 words one birthday memories, night and submit it gifts received and to Westerville given, hopes, or Schoology. wishes. 15 Best Part of Me Choose 3-5 characteristics about yourself and explain why you like them. 16 Backpacks Describe everything you can do, have done, or have seen kept in a backpack. 17 Spring Senses Use 18 Use a sparkly pen. 19 Edit and review your your 5 senses to describe the season seeds from MonWed. of spring. 20 Write 15 minutes 21 What I love/dislike about each night, 1 ¾ pages. Remember to spring Write a type 265 words one paragraph for each night and submit it thing you love or to Westerville don’t love about Schoology. spring. 22 Spring Activities 23 Spring Poems Describe sports, Write 4-5 poems hobbies, or activities about winter. you enjoy in the Remember that all spring. poems do not have to rhyme, and they may be in the shape of the item. 29 30 24 Spring Break 25 Signs List all of the signs you see during NO SCHOOL your break. This should summarize your activities during break. NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL 27 28 NO SCHOOL (Spring Break) 12 Use editing marks. NO SCHOOL 31 26 April 2016 Sunday 3 10 17 24 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 4 Hamburger/Taco 5 Contact-Sports 6 Bio poems 7 Concrete poems (in 8 Souvenir. Make a 9 Comparison Essay Debate shapes) list of things you most enjoy about Read 2 passages. Read the fact sheet Use the handout Write 6 poems in being on this planet Write a 4 paragraph and explain whether from class to write a the shape of the essay: introduction, contract sports are poem about yourself object they are Wreck That compare (similarities), too dangerous, describing. Journal and 4 family contrast (differences), citing evidence from members or and conclusion. the fact sheet. characters. 11 Cartoon Comparison 12 School Bus 13 Science Fiction 14 Science Fiction 15 Idiom/Adage/ 16 Dialogue Write Story: Tsauris 3 Story: Field trip Proverb Graffiti Read 2 passages. Write a 4 paragraph words that people Write a story for Write a story for essay: introduction, say on the bus. Use the picture shown in the picture shown in Wreck That compare (similarities), quotation marks class (or on class (or on Journal contrast (differences), accurately. website). Include website). Include these words: A these words: A and conclusion. List idioms, adages, robotic voice Prepare for landing. proverbs, and announced, “alien sayings you’ve life form. Must heard. Write their destroy.” meanings. 18 Similes and 19 Letter to NASA 20 Acrostic Poems 21 “10 little ______” 22 Create a 23 Metaphors list Write a Write a letter, Write 6 poems that Write a poem about Language. Write your own codes. Tell sentence for the explaining why and vertically spell the 10 things. Every a story. Wreck That similes and metaphors how NASA should word they are other line should from class (or on explore your space describing. end in a number Journal website). topic from class. word (one, two, three, etc) and the next line should rhyme with it. 25 “Where I’m From” 26 “If I were in 27 “Homework, O 28 Diary of a 5th 29 Mash up of Lyrics 30 grader Describe Use the handout from charge of the world” Homework” Wreck That Exaggeration class to write a poem Use the handout your best memory Journal about yourself and from class to write a Describe what you or an your family traditions. poem about life if would like to do accomplishment List parts of lyrics you were in charge with homework or from this year. from songs. of the world. would rather do than homework. Saturday May 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Last Day NO SCHOOL 29 30 31