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Homefun Sheet for the week of 02- 06-2017

Reading Unit: Research ClubsWriting Unit: Persuasive Essays

Parent Corner:

Please read and log every day.

Please check your childs homework daily. Homework and reading logs are not being completed.

Students who handed in homework. (* = Turned in all requested homework)

Winter Packet

Week of Jan. 3rd,

Week of Jan. 9th

Week of Jan. 16th

Week of January 23rd,

Week of Jan. 30th

Capulin Alexandra

Castillo Jaiden

Corona Genesis

Dukes Christopher

Loja Ryan

Nixon Amani

Ina Warner

Urena Celia

Zandani Lubna

Bangari Nico

Capulin Alexandra

Castillo Jaiden

Corona Genesis

Dukes Christopher

Loja Ryan

Jeter Sarah

Lewis Malaika

Soto Aurelia

Urena Celia

Ayala Hector

Bangari Nico

Capulin Alexandra*

Corona Genesis

Lewis Malaika

Soto Aurelia*

Urena Celia*

Bangari Nico

Castillo Jaiden

Corona Genesis

Harris Joel

Jeter Sarah*

Jones Alina

Loja Ryan

Lopez Raine

Nixon Amani

Perez Gabriella

Pina Warner*

Urena Celia*

Urena Jenaya

Zandani Lubna

Hector*, Nico*, Alexandra, Jaiden*, Genesis, Christopher D., Sarah*, Malaika, Amani*, Warner, Aurelia, Celia*, Jenaya, Lubna

Monday

Reading

Choose a skill from the narrative/informational reading progression.

Read the checklist and underline important things it states to do for the skill. Make sure you practice different skills and not just the same one all the time.

Read a book that is your level (written on back of book) for 45 minutes and practice your chosen skill.

Record in your reading log.

In your reading notebook, complete a stop & jot. Use your chosen skill if possible.

Self-assess and make corrections.

Writing

Plan your essay

Do the second read for text #1. Use the second read guide to help you. Use the annotation sheet with codes that is included in this packet to annotate

Read the prompt for Text #1. (Read it twice; look for power words; put the questions in your own words.)

Use the prompt to develop a thesis/claim.

Create a box and bullet.

Math

-complete 2 math pages

-Practice your multiplication fact cards (table 5 & 10)

Content

1. Read text # 1 for the first time. Use the first read guide to help you. It is a folktale.

2.

Tuesday

Reading

Choose a skill from the narrative/informational reading progression.

Read the checklist and underline important things it states to do for the skill. Make sure you practice different skills and not just the same one all the time.

Read a book that is your level (written on back of book) for 45 minutes and practice your chosen skill.

Record in your reading log.

In your reading notebook, complete a stop & jot. Use your chosen skill if possible.

Self-assess and make corrections.

Writing

Go over the plan you made last night.

Think about how you are going to explain your evidence to make readers agree with your thesis/claim.

Think about transitional phrases you are going to use.

Flash draft your essay (The first 3 paragraphs)

Math

-complete 2 math pages

-Practice your multiplication fact cards (table 5 & 10)

Content

Do a first read of Text #2 included in this packet. Use the first read guide to help you.

Wednesday

Reading

Choose a skill from the narrative/informational reading progression.

Read the checklist and underline important things it states to do for the skill. Make sure you practice different skills and not just the same one all the time.

Read a book that is your level (written on back of book) for 45 minutes and practice your chosen skill.

Record in your reading log.

In your reading notebook, complete a stop & jot. Use your chosen skill if possible.

Self-assess and make corrections.

Writing

Finish your essay from last night.

Math

-complete 2 matl.h pages

-Practice your multiplication fact cards (table 5 & 10)

Content

Do a second read of Text #2 included in this packet. Use the 2nd read guide to help you.

Thursday

Reading

Choose a skill from the narrative/informational reading progression.

Read the checklist and underline important things it states to do for the skill. Make sure you practice different skills and not just the same one all the time.

Read a book that is your level (written on back of book) for 45 minutes and practice your chosen skill.

Record in your reading log.

In your reading notebook, complete a stop & jot. Use your chosen skill if possible.

Self-assess and make corrections.

Writing

Do the second read for text #2 if you havent already. Use the second read guide to help you. Use the annotation sheet with codes that is included in this packet to annotate

Read the prompt for Text #2. (Read it twice; look for power words; put the questions in your own words.)

Use the prompt to develop a thesis/claim.

Create a box and bullet.

Math

-complete 2 math pages

-Practice your multiplication fact cards (table 5 & 10)

Science

Read text # 3 for the first time. Use the first read guide to help you.

Friday

Reading

Choose a skill from the narrative/informational reading progression.

Read the checklist and underline important things it states to do for the skill. Make sure you practice different skills and not just the same one all the time.

Read a book that is your level (written on back of book) for 45 minutes and practice your chosen skill.

Record in your reading log.

In your reading notebook, complete a stop & jot. Use your chosen skill if possible.

Self-assess and make corrections.

Writing

Go over the plan you made last night.

Think about how you are going to explain your evidence to make readers agree with your thesis/claim.

Think about transitional phrases you are going to use.

Flash draft your essay (The first 3 paragraphs)

Reread your two essays from this week.

Were you clear in telling your readers your ideas and information?

Did you in include text evidence to support your thesis?

Did you organize your essay using paragraphs, transition words, and explanation for your evidence?

Did you include capital letter at the beginning of each sentence? End each sentence with a punctuation mark? Accurate spelling?

Math

Study table 5 & 10. Correct mistakes from math pages.

1. What is the area of the playground?

2. What is the total area of both the playground and the basketball court?

3. Fill in the blanks to show how the number sentence below can be used to find the total area of the playground and the basketball court.

(4 x ) + (4 x ) = 4 x ( + )

Science

Do a second read of Text #3 included in this packet. Use the 2nd read guide to help you.

FIRST READ

TP: Readers monitor for meaning by envisioning and predicting what the text will be about

Orient yourself to the text

Read the directions to figure out the genre. Dont forget the italics.

Skim and scan

Think of genre characteristics

Literary: Character, setting, problem, solution, theme

Informational: Main Idea, Details, Authors craft, Text Structure

Ask yourself: What do you expect to learn from this text?

Draw chunking/stop and think lines.

Read to get the gist/find out what the whole passage is about.

Stop to think after each chunk. After each chunk tell yourself about what you just read and what you are thinking.

SECOND READ

When we closely do the 2nd read of any passage you need to read with a lens and annotate in the margins and/or underline words or phrases.

Before reading

Think about the lens for your 2nd read.

During reading

Stop at each chunk of the text to tell yourself what you just read.

Underlining (1 word or 2-3 word phrases.

Use your underline to help you say back what you read

Write in the margins

After Reading

Stop to think about the whole text to check you can say what the passage what mostly about.

TP: Readers annotate (mark up) informational and literary texts as they read closely. - RL/RI4.1, 4.2, 4.3. 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8

Read with a pencil to show your thinking!

1. I marked the genre at the top of the passage.

2. If there was a part in italics, I read it closely!

3. I draw lines as reminders to Stop & Think

4. I jotted a bit in the margins.

a. Quickly, just a few words not full sentences.

b. The Goldilocks Rule Not too much, not too little.

LITERARY TEXT

Setting

S

Character

C

Character feelings

F

Character Motivation

CM

Traits

T

Change in story

CIS

Problem

P

Resolution

R

Central Message

CM

Lesson/Moral

L