4th Grade Reading	5th Grade Reading
Monday, September 1	No school - Labor Day! Have fun!!	No school - Labor Day! Have Fun!!
Tuesday, September 2	Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man Vocabulary Monday Activity  Word of the Week: trivial Start discussing vocab. for the story and read the transparency together in class. Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary words. Compare predicted meaning to actual meaning.   Tricky Skill Tuesday Activity: Discuss skill: word identification strategies Look at poster in room, sheet to hand out. Cut/glue in journal. Start on KWL in journal if time.(Do K, W).   Hand back test from "The Gardener" and go over in class.   Assignment: vocab. w.s. AND get test signed by Thurs.	"Mick Harte Was Here" Vocabulary Monday Activity  Word of the Week: trivial Start discussing vocab. for the story and read the transparency together in class. Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary words. Compare predicted meaning to actual meaning.   Tricky Skill Tuesday Activity: Discuss skill: Making inferences Make predictions about what story is about.   Hand back test from "Sees Behind Trees" and go over in class.   Assignment: vocab. w.s. AND get test signed by Thurs.
Wednesday, September 3	"Lou Gehrig.." Review vocab. w.s. together.   Wacky Word Wednesday: Discuss prefixes, suffixes, & base words Meanings of words 10-minute mini-lesson on basic prefixes, suffixes Glue sheet with prefixes/suffixes and their meanings  into reading journal to use for reading class.   Discuss Word Identification strategies again. Start reading story in class, using some of the strategies we learned. I willmodel, then have students do.   Assignment: w.s. on prefixes, suffixes	"Mick Harte Was Here" Review vocab. w.s. together.   Wacky Word Wednesday: Discuss prefixes, suffixes, & base words Meanings of words 10-minute mini-lesson on basic prefixes, suffixes Glue sheet with prefixes/suffixes and their meanings  into reading journal to use for reading class.   Discuss Making Inferences again. Start reading story in class, using some of the strategies we learned. I will model, then have students do.   Assignment: w.s. on prefixes, suffixes
Thursday, September 4	"Lou Gehrig.." Review prefixes/suffixes w.s. from yesterday.   Thinking Thursday: Continue reading story outloud.   Finish filling in the KWL in journal. Start copying sentence starters in journal   Assignment: finish sentences in journal.	"Mick Harte Was Here" Review prefixes/suffixes w.s. from yesterday.   Thinking Thursday Continue reading story outloud. Discuss events that occurred in story. Start copying them down on w.s. # 30 - 1st column.  Start on 2nd column - writing the effect that each event had on Phoebe.   Assignment: Summarize w.s. # 30
Friday, September 5	"Lou Gehrig.." Review w.s. on word identication strategies together.   Fluency Friday Practice rereading story (first 1-2 pages) with emphasis on on tone/volume. Listen to tape for modeling. Practice with partner. Continue rereading with a partner.   Finish filling in KWL - (the L - what you learned)   Continue working on word identification strategies. Review again. start doing w.s. # 26.   Assignment: finish w.s. #26 on word identification strategies	"Mick Harte Was Here" Hand in questions from journal.   Fluency Friday Practice rereading story (first 1-2 pages) with emphasis on on tone/volume. Listen to tape for modeling. Practice with partner. Continue rereading with a partner.   Review making inferences. Start on w.s. #31 together.   Assignment: finish w.s. #31 on making inferences

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Week 1 - Words with Long and Short a     Please Study Your Words Every Day! Test will be on Friday!