Language Arts Calendar

Labor Day - No school

• Kids Discover order forms
• Meet in TRC
• Continue work on autobiography
• Homework: Finish I Now Subject You to Subject and Verb Finding Worksheet; work on Connections Project and bring everything tomorrow; return filled out Kids Discover form whether yes or no (with parent permission); Gifted/accelerated parent meeting tonight in cafeteria at 7:00

• Collect Kids Discover forms and homework
• Meet in TRC
• Continue work on autobiography
• Homework: Connections rough draft due Monday, Sept. 9; continue work on autobiography tonight; remind parents about Family Banquet

• Meet in TRC
• Weekly reports
• Continue typing autobiography
• Homework: Continue work on autobiography - rough draft due Monday!

• Meet in TRC
• Finish typing autobiography
• Homework: Finish work on autobiography - rough draft due Monday!

Rosh Hashanah

• Finished rough draft due to Mrs. H-B in electronic or paper form
• Self edit rough draft in TRC using "Comment" and "Track Changes"
• Click to view Mrs. H-B's autobiography rough draft
• Homework: Read an AR book for pleasure for at least 30 minutes

• Peer edit rough draft in TRC using "Comment" and "Track Changes" (see Mrs. H-B's edited draft here)
• Homework: Read an AR book for pleasure for at least 30 minutes

• Free writing activities related to September 11
• Homework: Final draft of autobiography due September 20 - continue to make revisions at home

• Autobiography example
• Re-do sentences and subject and verb finding
• Homework: Re-do the Sentences and subject and verb-finding worksheets if you choose to; final draft of autobiography due September 20 - continue to make revisions at home

• Collect Sentence and subject and verb-finding make-up work
• Discuss home and work strategies for managing time and projects
• Complete and simple subject (p. 344-345)
• Homework: Final draft of autobiography due September 20 - continue to make revisions over the weekend; have someone at home read and offer you suggestions for improvment

Yom Kippur

Paul's Birthday!

• Spelling Test over chapter 3
• Complete and simple subject (p. 344 - 345)
• Complete and simple predicate (p. 348 - 349)
• 23 Helping Verbs
• Homework: Final draft of autobiography due Friday - continue to make revisions at home; bring a hard copy of your latest version of your autobiography on Wednesday; memorize the 23 helping verbs

• Pop Quiz! 23 helping verbs!
• Spelling list for the week
• One more packet for complete subjects and predicates
• Finish Complete and simple predicate (p. 348 - 349)
• Homework: Final draft of autobiography due Friday - continue to make revisions at home; bring a hard copy of your latest version of your autobiography tomorrow; study for ch. 3 spelling post test on Friday if necessary; finish complete subject/predicate packet for tomorrow

• Collect subject/predicate packets
• Check autiobiography drafts (homework grade)
• Peer editing of "next-to-the-last" draft of autobiography
• Use Connections rubric as a guide for editing
• Homework: Final draft of autobiography due Friday - continue to make revisions at home; study for ch. 3 spelling post test on Friday if necessary

• Peer editing of "next-to-the-last" draft of autobiography
• Use Connections rubric as a guide for editing
• How to make a title page
• Homework: Printed copy of final draft of autobiography (including pictures and title page) due tomorrow - be sure to save a copy electronically so you can send to Mrs. H-B later; study for ch. 3 spelling post test tomorrow if necessary

• Turn in hard copy of your autobiography
• Chapter 3 spelling post-test
• Free reading or work on social studies project
• Homework: Read an AR book for pleasure

Autumnal Equinox

• Team 6-1 Meeting in cafeteria
• All others do silent reading toward AR goal
• Homework: None

• Clarke Scholars community service opportunity
• Spelling pre-test, chapter 4
• Return last week's spelling tests
• Review complete and simple predicate (p. 348-349)
• Compound subjects and compound verbs (p. 351-356)
• Homework: Study for spelling test Friday if necessary; complete pages 354-55 Review B (write simple subjects and predicates) and pages 355-56 Exercise 12 - follow directions on both activities; bring book order money by Friday

Brianna's Birthday!

• Return yesterday's spelling pre-test and go over practice activities
• Turn in last night's homework
• Review compound subjects and verbs
• Simple and compound sentences (p. 357-359)
• 4 kinds of sentences (p. 360-363)
• Homework: Study for spelling test Friday if necessary; complete pages 358-59 Review D (1-10) and page 363 Review E (1-10) - follow instructions in the book; book money due Friday

• Collect homework; discuss autobiography grading; Family Banquet change from Oct. 4 to Oct. 11 due to picture day next Friday
• Weekly reports
• Review sentences, complete and simple subjects and predicates, simple and compound sentences, and the 4 kinds of sentences
• Quiz grade: Complete Review: Posttest 1, pages 364-366. Follow instructions in the book
• Silent reading
• Homework: Study for spelling test tomorrow if necessary; book money due tomorrow; change Family Banquet date from Oct. 4 to Oct. 11

• Collect book order money
• Spelling test over chapter 4
• Nouns (p. 368-373)
• Homework: Read an AR book for pleasure over the weekend

• Spelling pre-test over chapter 5
• Finish nouns (p. 368-373)
• Homework: Read an AR book; study for spelling test on Friday