Date
Activity and Assignment
th
Monday December 9
Target: Cause and Effect
Target: Predict and Set
Purpose
Tuesday December 10th
Target: Cause and Effect
Target: Predict and Set
Purpose
Wednesday December 11th
Target: Cause and Effect
Target: Predict and Set
Purpose
Thursday December 12th
Target: Cause and Effect
Target: Predict and Set
Purpose
Introduce New Concept/Map/ New Amazing
Words: tornado, shelter, ditch, and unpredictable
Teacher Read Aloud: Tornado Tales
Comprehension: Cause and Effect
Read “Name That Hurricane” workbook page 211
Selection Vocabulary
Preview spelling list: Compound Words
Conventions: Past, Present, and Future Tenses
Writing: Myth
Homework: Spelling Sort
Concept/Concept Map/Amazing Words
Word Analysis: Latin roots: Struct, Scrib, Script
Literary Term: Personification
Vocabulary Skill: Root Words
Read “Hurricanes” workbook page 213
Read Main Selection: Eye of the Storm
Genre: Expository Text page 408-419
Story Board Questions
Conventions: Past, Present, and Future Tenses
Spelling: Compound Words: page 214-215
Writing: Myth
Homework: Skill Worksheet
Concept/Concept Map/Amazing Words
Reread Main Selection: Eye of the Storm
Complete Story Board Questions
Think Critically Questions: #3, #4
Fluency Check
Conventions: Past, Present, and Future Tenses
Writing: Myth
Homework: Convention worksheet
Concept/Concept Map/Amazing Words
Websites: Venn Diagram
Read Paired Selection: “Severe Weather Safety”
Fluency Check
Conventions: Practice Test workbook page 221
Convention Test: Spelling Practice
Homework: Writing Myth
Friday December 13th
Target: Cause and Effect
Target: Predict and Set
Purpose
Review Concept/Concept Map/Amazing Words
“This Week I Learned…”
Review Cause and Effect
Review Root Words
Review Latin Roots: struct, scrib, and script
Review Personification
Weekly Test (20 Questions)
Weekly Written Response
Spelling Test