Monday, April
ALL DAY ELECTIVES
th
7
Reading POTD
1. Many people see sea turtles hatching from their nests.
a)
spy
b)
observe
c)
note
d)
eye
2. Pollution causes problems for sea turtles, too.
a)
b)
c)
d)
pains
questions
upsets
endangers
TUESDAY, April 8th
Common Theme Statements
1. Always be kind to others.
8. Love conquers all.
2. Money can't buy happiness.
9. Sacrifice brings reward.
3. Good can come from bad.
10. Honesty is the best policy.
4. Persistence pays off.
11. Human beings all have the same needs.
5. Crime doesn't pay.
12. Accept other's differences.
6. Be careful what you wish for.
13. You can do anything you put your mind to.
7. Don't judge people by their
appearances.
14. Hard work will be rewarded.
15. Family is important.
Tall Tales
Today we are going to read two stories about extraordinary
women. We need to compare and contrast their stories, and
determine the theme.
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Calamity Jane

Annie Oakley
Calamity Jane
Of all the crazy horse races that ever happened in the Wild West, Calamity Jane rode some of the wildest. She was that
kind of gal! One of the wildest happened in Deadwood one summer afternoon, but I'm getting ahead of the story.
Calamity Jane wasn't born with that name. She was born a regular girl, Martha Jane Cannary, in Princeton, MO. Of
course, by the time she died, the citizens of Deadwood, S.D., had renamed her the White Devil of Yellowstone, but
back when she was Martha Jane, she moved with her family to Virginia City, Mont.
Before she turned 20 years old, she had landed a job as a scout, and from that day on, her life was one long
adventure. She wasn't afraid of anything or anyone. One year a fella named Capt. Egan watched her perform
courageous acts during a battle in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and it was he who named her Calamity Jane after
she saved dozens of stagecoach passengers, and after she plunged with her horse right into the swelling rivers, unafraid
to cross anything. Nothing was too deep or too wide or too tough for Calamity Jane.
When she worked as a Pony Express rider, carrying mail between Deadwood and Custer, 50 tough miles over
rough terrain, she was unstoppable. And when she drove oxen, the other drivers stood in awe of her, for they said she
could knock a fly off an ox's ear with a whiplash 16 feet long.
So after all these many adventures, Calamity Jane was sitting on her horse one summer day. This was in
Deadwood, and the horse was Jim, Calamity's favorite horse of all. A stranger happened to ride into town that day,
and when he heard tales of Calamity Jane, he decided he'd like to meet her.
When he saw her sitting on her horse, he rode right up and said, "Hello, there, ma'am. I've heard you're a mighty
racer. I was wondering ... Care to race horses with me?"
Like most strangers, he was certain any of his horses could outrun Jim in any condition at all, and he was
certain any man could always beat any woman at anything. So he offered Calamity Jane a deal.
"We'll race for money or marbles or anything you like," he said.
Calamity's eyes twinkled, or so the people who were standing nearby say. You see, Calamity Jane
loved a challenge, and she was just as certain as this fella was that nobody could outrace her.
"Happy to take you up on that deal," she said, bowing her head. The sun gleamed on her bright red
hair, and the stranger smiled at the sight of this woman. She was big and tall, and she wore a coat and
trousers and boots, and she looked almost like a fella. In fact a lot of people thought she was a fella, since
she could outtalk and outride and outwork most of them.
"You name the distance," the stranger said. After all, she was a woman, and he was trying to be polite.
But Calamity shook her head. "No, you do that."
"What conditions?" asked the stranger.
"You name those, too," Jane said, and she grinned and patted her Jim.
"OK, then," said the stranger. "We'll each bet $100, winner take all."
"Sounds just fine," Calamity said. So they called upon the local notary to write down the terms of the
race. Then they called upon another fella to hold the stakes, all $200.
Well, $200 was enough money to get Jane to thinking that she might like to call the shots after all. ... So
she stood on the steps of that saloon, and everyone gathered around. "Here's the terms," she said, and
everyone fell quiet to listen.
"Twenty feet back from this here platform where our horses stand," she said, pointing at the two horses.
"That's where we'll start."
The stranger grinned.
"Then we'll jump the horses up onto that platform, and we'll ride into the next saloon. We'll give our
horses a drink and ride out through the back door."
"That sounds good to me!" the stranger said.
"Then we'll ride on to the next saloon, ride in, give our horses a drink, and ride out the
back. And we'll ride on and on, all the way down the street, into each saloon and dance
hall."
There were 11 saloons and dance halls on that road, and the stranger was thinking
this sounded a little crazy, and maybe he ought to back out, but just then Calamity
hollered, "Whoopee, first horse into the last bar gets the money," and the crowd began to
cheer, and the stranger knew the race was on.
They mounted their horses, and off they galloped.
This is what the stranger didn't know.
Calamity Jane had been training her Jim to do this trick for years, and that horse was
so agile and so fast and so devoted to Calamity Jane, he could take a bottle in his
mouth, open it with his teeth and drink it down, just as if he were a man. That Jim would
do whatever Calamity Jane asked him to do. Most folks and most animals would.
Calamity Jane won that race by three saloons. People say no strangers ever challenged
her again. Nobody could beat Calamity Jane, not even the wildest men of the Wild Wild
West.
Calamity Jane’s Actions
Her Thoughts
Her Traits
Her Goals
Questions
1. What was Jane’s main conflict?
2. How did she resolve her problem?
3. What would be a good theme for this story?
4. Use specific details from the text to support the
theme
Annie Oakley

This tall tale features Annie Oakley, a real Western heroine from American history. Readers
will learn about Annie's life, from her learning to shoot at her father's side to how she became
the fastest and sharpest shooter in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. You won't believe this
woman's talent!
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http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.readingaz.com%2Fbook.php%3Fid%3D1764&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGwEzg6uOwb7qqXkldSlXr98eF
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Annie Oakley’s
Thoughts
Her Actions
Her Traits
Her Goals
Questions:
1. What was Annie’s main conflict?
2. How did she resolve her problem?
3. What would be a good theme for this story?
4. Use specific details from the text to support the
theme.
Compare and Contrast

Using a Venn diagram, compare and contrast Calamity Jane and Annie
Oakley
Workshop
Writing
1.
Select argumentative writing topic:

Should students have cell phone?

Does gym/ recess help perform better in
class?

Should everyone get a trophy?

Should girls be able to play boys sports?
2.
Research reasons for or against their
selected argumentative topic for their
paper.
3.
Use the outline to help organize
research
Reading Workshop

Reading passage: Colored Butterflies


Use your reading strategies!
TW pull small group
Reading POTD

Volunteers protect the hatchlings by keeping overly excited visitors away
from the hatchlings.
a)
content
b)
eager
c)
pleased
d)

Wednesday, April 9th
cheerful
4. Newly hatched sea turtles go quickly to the sea.
a)
scamper
b)
take off
c)
d)
make their way
move on out
Themes

Remember our list of common themes. Lets read two
short stories and determine their theme.
The Woodcutter
A Folktale from Pakistan
Once upon a time, there was a man named Alex. He was a woodcutter, which meant that he earned his living
by cutting trees in the forest. He was a very poor man, but he was always honest. One day, Alex was cutting down
trees near the river, when his ax fell in. Alex started to panic, as he couldn’t afford to buy a new ax, so he quickly
swam into the river to find it. Sadly, it was gone and Alex started to cry.
Suddenly, a fairy appeared from the river and asked Alex why he was so sad. After explaining the story, the fairy
went inside the water and returned with a golden ax. She asked Alex if it was his but he refused to take it, explaining
that it didn’t belong to him. Then the fairy went into the water and brought out a silver ax. Again, Alex refused to take
it. Finally, the fairy brought Alex his wooden ax, which he accepted happily. Seeing his honesty, the fairy gave him
the gold and silver axes as well.
When Alex’s greedy friend Sam noticed that Alex’s life had changed for the better, he became very anxious to
know the reason behind this. After Alex explained what happened, Sam decided to throw his ax into the river. When
the fairy appeared, Sam lied to her and told her that he lost his ax by accident. The fairy went into the water and
brought him a gold ax. Sam happily accepted that ax and told the fairy that it belonged to him. As Sam walked
down the path to the gold seller’s shop, the gold ax magically changed into his wooden one.
The Shepherd's Boy
A Fable by Aesop
A young Shepherd Boy tended his sheep at the base of a mountain near a forest. The Shepherd
Boy often became bored and decided upon a plan by which he could get a little company and
some excitement. One day, he raced towards the village calling out "Wolf, Wolf". Hearing his cries, all
of the villagers rushed out to help him. This pleased the boy so much that a few days later, he tried the
same trick again. Once more, the villagers came to his help. Soon afterwards, a Wolf actually did
come out of the forest to eat the sheep. The boy again cried out at the top of his lungs, "Wolf, Wolf,"
but this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was deceiving them,
and nobody bothered to come to his help. So, the Wolf made a good meal of the boy's flock. When
the boy complained, the wise man of the village said: "A liar will not be believed, even when he
speaks the truth."
Questions
1.
Compare and contrast the two stories
2.
What is the theme of these stories? Justify your answer.
2. What is the author’s purpose?
3. How do you know?
4. What does this story remind you of in your real life? (Text to Self Connection)
Now let’s turn our
attention to two myths.
Adonis
Adonis was young, kind and handsome. Everywhere he went, he was surrounded by things that loved him. Flowers
sprang up under his feet, and butterflies fluttered around him. Whenever he went out hunting in the forest, Venus,
the goddess of beauty, used to watch him from a distance, hoping he was not attacked by wolves, panthers, and
other beasts even more dangerous who lived in the forest.
Mars, the evil war-god, hated all gentle and beautiful beings, and he hated Adonis worst of all. One day Mars
sent a wild boar, with sharp tusks, to attack the boy. Several hours later, Venus found Adonis, who was hurt and
dying, with blood falling from his side. As Venus bent over him, her tears fell to the ground and were changed to
windflowers, while every drop of blood that fell from the wound of Adonis became a red rose.
Soon, Adonis went down to the dark Underworld, and all living things on earth mourned for him. The flowers
wilted in the fields, the trees dropped their leaves, and the nightingales sang the saddest songs they knew. The
Muses cried, "Woe, woe for Adonis! He has perished, the lovely Adonis!” And Echo, from the dark forests where the
boy had so often hunted, responded, "He has perished, the lovely Adonis!"
Finally, Jupiter said that Adonis should return to earth, and that he should spend half of his time in the upper
world and the other half in the underworld. So the Hours brought him back. As Adonis returned to earth, the
flowers bloomed, the trees grew new leaves, and all were happy once more.
Myth
Narcissus
Narcissus had a beautiful twin sister whom he loved more than anything in the world.
Unfortunately, this sister died when she was young, leaving Narcissus heartbroken. Narcissus
missed her so much, that he wished he would die as well.
One day, Narcissus sat on the ground near a spring. As he was thinking of his lost sister, he
gazed into the water and noticed a face like hers, looking up at him. He thought perhaps his
sister had become a water nymph and was actually there in the spring, but would not speak to
him.
Naturally, the face Narcissus saw was really the reflection of his own face in the water, but
he did not realize that, since there were no clear mirrors at that time. Narcissus continued to
lean over the water to see the beautiful face that looked so much like his sister's. Narcissus found
so much comfort at the spring that he came there everyday to look at the face he saw there,
and to mourn for his sister until, at last, the gods felt sorry for him and changed him into a flower.
This flower was the first narcissus, which still grows to this day by the side of ponds or streams
and still bends its beautiful head to look at the reflection of its own face in the water.
Questions
1.
Do a character analysis on Adonis and Narcissus
2.
Compare and contrast the two stories. How are they alike? How are they
different? Use a Venn diagram
3.
What is the theme of these two myths? Explain your answer.
4.
What is the author’s purpose for this story? What makes you think so?
Workshop
Writing
1.
Select argumentative writing topic:
Reading Workshop

Should students have cell phone?

Complete Text Structure Sort 16

Does gym/ recess help perform better in
class?

TW pull small group

Should everyone get a trophy?

Catch up: Colored Butterflies

Should girls be able to play boys sports?
2.
Research reasons for or against their
selected argumentative topic for their
paper.
3.
Use the outline to help organize
research
Reading POTD
1.
Thursday, April 10th
Confused sea turtles will not lay eggs on brightly lit beaches.
fuming
bewildered
mysterious
2. Volunteers have to put up fences to protect nest sites.
prepare
construct
form
Scholastic News

SN: Bees Feel the Sting

Watch video and review Words to Know using the link:

http://sni.scholastic.com/SN4/04_07_14_SN4
Guided:
1.
2.
Popcorn read A Fair Warning, p2.

Students will complete Warning Labels on Soda (RI 4.8 Reasons and Evidence)

http://sni.scholastic.com/resource/issues/EE8F18EA-ACEF-BDAD-F44E62AC35DF5DD1/skills-20140321092027.pdf
Popcorn read cover story. SW complete The Future of Bees RI 4.9 Paired text

http://sni.scholastic.com/resource/issues/EE8F18EA-ACEF-BDAD-F44E62AC35DF5DD1/skills-20140321091925.pdf
Independent Work

Complete Follow the Pollen (RI 4.7 Reading a Diagram)
http://sni.scholastic.com/resource/issues/EE8F18EA-ACEF-BDADF44E62AC35DF5DD1/skills-20140321092002.pdf

Read other articles in the magazine and complete Brain Busters on p.8 of your
magazine
Workshop
Writing
1.
Select argumentative writing topic:
Reading Workshop

Reading Passage: Haberdasher Harry

Should students have cell phone?

TW pull small group

Does gym/ recess help perform better in
class?

Catch up:

Should everyone get a trophy?

Colored Butterflies

Should girls be able to play boys sports?

Text Structure Sort 16
2.
Research reasons for or against their
selected argumentative topic for their
paper.
3.
Use the outline to help organize
research
Reading POTD

Kind people turn off their outdoor lights.
gentle

Friday, April 11th
charitable
caring
Female sea turtles go ashore at night to lay eggs on sandy beaches.
walk
move
crawl
Scholastic News
SW complete SN: Quiz Whiz
http://sni.scholastic.com/resourc
e/issues/EE8F18EA-ACEF-BDADF44E62AC35DF5DD1/skills20140321092113.pdf
Goal is 80%!!!!
SN: Teacher will go over think it through questions:

A Fair Health Warning? Page 2
1. Explain why many lawmakers in California want warning labels on sugar-sweetened drinks.

Towering Milestone Page 3
2. Using information from the photo captions, explain how a visitor might get to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Bees Feel the Sting Pages 4-5
3. What important role do honeybees play in the food chain? Use text evidence to support your answer.

Class of 13 Page 6
4. According to the article, what is one major effect on a community when a rural school closes there?

Debate Page 7
5. Do you think there should be warning labels on soda and other sugary drinks? Why or why not?
Workshop
Writing
1.
2.
3.
Select argumentative writing topic:

Should students have cell phone?

Does gym/ recess help perform better in
class?

Should everyone get a trophy?

Should girls be able to play boys sports?
Research reasons for or against their
selected argumentative topic for their
paper.
Use the outline to help organize
research
Reading Workshop

Scholastic News ; Science Spin
Magazine

Complete 20 Word GIST, Quiz and select
2 vocabulary words to create a frayer
model

TW pull small group

Catch up:
1.
Colored Butterflies
2.
Text Structure Sort 16
3.
Haberdasher Harry