Day Opening Writers Workshop Phonics Reading Guided Reading Math Social Studies Centers
Monday, May 5, 2008

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

T86

Grammar

Describing Words:  Taste, Smell, Feel

T121

Practice Book page 266

Daily Phonemic Awareness T87

Phonics:  r-controlled vowels: ar

Practice Book pages 255 and 256

Introduce Spelling Words

Teacher Read Aloud:Stone Soup

Strategy:  summarize

Comprehension: Sequence of Events

District Reading Assessments

High Frequency Word Assessments

Pseudoword

Assessments

Review 19.4 and 19.5

Begin First Week Unit on Body Care : Objectives: Describe the effects of  too little sleep, recognize the importance of regular bedtime, recognize the importance of regular brushing and flossing, discuss products to keep teeth healthy, locate and tell the function of major internal organs,

name ways to tell that the body has grown, name ways that body parts change as the body grows, recognize that physical activity benefits muscles as well as heart and lungs, identify the effect of physical activity on the body, identify how preventing the spread of germs and keeping the body healthy helps prevent illness, demonstrate hehaviors that help to prevent illness, identify behaviors that help one to recover from a cold, reconize the importance of regular dental and medical checkups

Play Practice
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

T98

 

Daily Phonemic Awareness

T99

Review contractions, r-controlled or ea/ee

Practice for dictation test

T100

Rereading

Oral Language and Comprehension

Creative Arts and Communication

Teach High Frequency Words T102

Do pages 257 and 258

District Reading Assessments

High Frequency Word Assessments

Pseudoword

Assessments

Test Chapter 19

Begin Chapter 20

   
Wednesday May 7, 2008

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

T106

Writing Clearly with Describing Words T129

Daily Phonemic Awareness T107

Review contractions, r-controlled or ea/ee

Practice for dictation test

Preparing to Read Fireflies for Nathan T108

Story Vocabulary Practice Book page 259

Read the story.

District Reading Assessments

High Frequency Word Assessments

Pseudoword

Assessments

20.2

   
Thursday, May 8, 2008 Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

Figurative Language

Comparisons

T128

Daily Phonemic Awareness

Reread Fireflies for Nathan

Comprehension Check page 261

District Reading Assessments

High Frequency Word Assessments

Pseudoword

Assessments

20.3

   
Friday, May 9, 2008

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message T122

 

Daily Phonemic Awareness T123

Spelling Test

 

Comprehension

 Sequence of Events T118

practice book page 263

District Reading Assessments

High Frequency Word Assessments

Pseudoword

Assessments

20.4

   
Monday, May 12, 2008

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

T130

 

Daily Phonemic Awareness

T126  r-controlled vowels:  or, ore

Rereading the anthology

noting expressive language

District Reading Assessments

High Frequency Word Assessments

Pseudoword

Assessments

20.5

Final Week of Body Care

 

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Class Play 1:45 - 2:30

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message  

Daily Phonemic Awareness

r-controlled vowels

ar, er, ir, ur

T127

Author's Craft

Mood T124

District Reading Assessments

High Frequency Word Assessments

Pseudoword

Assessments

Test Chapter 20

Begin Two Digit Addition 21.1 and 21.2

   

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Class Play

1:45 - 2:30

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message  

Daily Phonemic Awareness T131

Spiral Review

suffixes ful

ly and y

T135A

Poetry Link

T125

District Reading Assessments

High Frequency Word Assessments

Pseudoword

Assessments

21.3 and 21.4    
Thursday, May 15, 2008 Daily Language Practice and Daily Message  

Daily Phonemic Awareness

Spiral Review

prefixes un, re

Revisiting the Literature

Sequence of Events T132

  21.5    

Friday, May 16, 2008

Field Day in the afternoon

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message  

Daily Phonemic Awareness

spelling test

Comprehension Skill:

Topic, Main Idea, Details/Summarizing

T136A

 

Test chapter 21

Begin Chapter 22

Do 22.1

   
Monday, May 19, 2008

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

T142

Grammar

comparing er and est

page 277

Daily Phonemic Awareness

T143

Base Words and endings

er and est

T146

T148 practice book page 289

Teacher Read Aloud

Oral Language and Comprension

T144

Strategy:  Monitor/Clarify

Comprehension:  Cause and Effect

 

22.2 and 22.3

Skills For Growing

Celebrating You and Me

 
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

T156

 

Daily Phonemic Awareness

T147

er, est practice

Rereading

Listening for a purpose T158

perspective

High Frequency Words

Do pages 270 and 271

 

22.4 and 22.5

   
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

T164

 

Daily Phonemic Awareness

T165

Preparing to Read

Story Vocabulary

T166-T167

Do page 272

Read the story

 

22.6

   
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

T176

 

Daily Phonemic Awareness

T177

Reread the story

comprehension check

273

 

Test?

   
Friday, May 23, 2008 Daily Language Practice and Daily Message T184  

Daily Phonemic Awareness

T180

Add an ending, er, est

card game

Reread the story

T172

cause and effect

274

       

Monday, May 26, 2008

School Closed

               

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

PLC Early Release Day

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message

Writing a thank you note

T183

Daily Phonemic Awareness T185

Spiral Review

vowel pairs

oi and oy T189A

Vocabulary

suffix -ly

T174

pages 275 and 276

Rereading the anthology

T178

friendly conversation

       

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Walk to the park in the morning

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message  

Daily Phonemic Awareness

Spiral Review vowel pairs aw, and au

author's craft

dialogue

T178

Is it a Frog or a Toad?

Science Link T179

       

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Walk to the park this day if it rained on May 28

Daily Language Practice and Daily Message   Spiral Review

Revisiting the Literature Cause and Effect

Spiral Review

Drawing Conclusions

T189B

       

Friday, May 30, 2008

Last Day of School