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8/4/11 - Finish your descriptive paragraph about your partner.
8/8 - Write a building block pyramid for each word you misspelled on your pretest.
8/9 - Complete the SORT side of your spelling handout.
8/10 - Complete the PRACTICE side of your spelling handout.
8/11 - Make sure both sides of your spelling handout are completed. Turn in your spelling handout on Friday. Study for your spelling test tonight. Study the four kinds of sentences and interjections for test tomorrow.
8/12 - Spelling Test in class. Test over the four kinds of sentences and interjections in class today.
8/15 - Write a building block pyramid for every misspelled word on your pretest.
8/16 - Complete the SORT side of your spelling handout.
Finish pages 56-57 in your textbook.
8/17 - Complete the PRACTICE side of your spelling handout. Study subjects, predicates, fragments, and run-ons for Friday's test.
8/18 - Make sure both sides of your spelling handout are completed. Turn in your spelling handout on Friday. Study for your spelling test tonight. Study subjects, predicates, fragments, and run-ons for tomorrow's test.
8/19 - Spelling Test in class. Test over subjects, predicates, fragments, and run-ons.
8/22 - Write a building block pyramid for every misspelled word on your pretest.
8/23 - Complete the SORT side of your spelling handout.
8/24 - Complete the PRACTICE side of your spelling handout.
8/25 - Make sure both sides of your spelling handout are completed. Turn in your spelling handout on Friday. Study for your spelling test tonight. Don't forget the challenge words.
8/26 -Spelling Test in class; Use your textbook and composition notebook to help you study for next Tuesday's test over dependent and independent clauses.
8/29 - NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!!! Use your textbook and composition notebook to help you study for Tuesday's test over dependent and independent clauses.
8/30 - Test over dependent and independent clauses in class
8/31 - Review subj-pred, clauses, plus simple, compound, and complex sentences.
9/6 - Building block pyramids for missed -ED AND -ING words on pretest OR practice and play games on www.spellingcity.com for at least 15 minutes using your spelling words. Parents will need to document on a piece of paper the start time and end time that you played games on spelling city, total minutes spent practicing, the date, and their signature. Inputting words into spelling city does not count towards the 15 minutes.
9/7 - Sort side of spelling handout
9/8 - Proofread side of spelling handout. STUDY FOR FRIDAY'S SPELLING TEST.
Do page 70 and 71 in book. Us it to prepare for test over compound and complex sentences. Use your composition notebook to help you, also.
9/12 - page 75 B & C; Building block pyramids for missed contractions on pretest
9/13 - Proofread side of spelling handout. Write 12 common/proper noun pairs.
Ex. school - common; E. A. Cox Middle School - proper
9/14 - Practice side of spelling sheet; Write 3 sentences that contain 1 common and 1 proper noun in each.
9/15 - Study for spelling and common/proper noun tests.
9/19 - Write 3 sentences that have at least 2 plural nouns ending in -es.
9/20 - Complete practice side of spelling sheet. Complete the plural noun foldable if you weren't in class today.
9/21 - Complete the plural noun worksheet if you missed class today. Complete the proofread side of spelling sheet
9/22 - Study for spelling test and regular/irregular plural nouns test. Both tests are on Friday. www.spellingcity.com is a great place to practice your spelling. Complete pages 80 and 81 in your textbook if you missed class today.
9/23 - Spelling test over digraphs th, sh, ch, ph in class. Test over plural nouns in class.
Complete pages 60, 72, 78, and 84 in textbook.
9/26 - Answer exam study guide questions 1 - 10 in complete sentences. (I've posted the file for this on www.schoolrack/Barr under FILES. Complete the practice side of the spelling sheet.
9/27 - Answer exam study guide questions 11 - 21 in complete sentences. Complete the proofread side of spelling sheet.
9/28 - Answer exam study guide questions 22 - 31 in complete sentences. Study for spelling test and exam. 2nd and 4th periods - Study for your language arts exam. 1st and 3rd periods - Study for your spelling test.
9/29 - 1st and 3rd periods - Study for your language arts exam.
2nd and 4th periods - Study for your spelling test.
In class, 2nd and 4th periods will take their language arts exam.
In class, 1st and 3rd periods will take their spelling test.
9/30 1st and 3rd periods will take their exam in class.
2nd and 4th periods will take their spelling test in class.
9/26 - 9/29 - STUDY FOR YOUR EXAM! Exams will be on Thursday and Friday of this week. Use your textbook and composition book. Practice skills you learned in the first nine weeks online. I have links to sites listed here on schoolrack.
10/10 - Write spelling words 1 - 20 three times each. Write three sentences describing a favorite activity of yours. Use specific ACTION verbs (like sprint, dive, throw, pedal, catch). Think up your own vivid verbs to use to describe your activity.
10/11 - Spelling sheet - practice side; Memorize jingle 3. Have you memorized jingle 2?
10/12 - Spelling sheet - proofread side; Memorize jingle 3.
10/13 - Memorize jingle 3. Writing assignment.
10/14 - Test in class over spelling words. Finish writing assignment.
10/17 - Write building block pyramids for missed pretest spelling words. Memorize jingles 3 and 12.
10/18 - Spelling sheet - practice side; Memorize jingles 3 and 12.
10/19 - Spelling sheet - proofread side. Memorize jingles 3 and 12. Study for BIG test over action, linking, helping, and main verbs.
10/20 - Write spelling words 1 - 20 3 times each. Study for spelling test. Study for BIG test over action, linking, helping, and main verbs.
10/21 - Spelling test in class. Verb test in class.
10/24 - Study subject/verb agreement this week. Complete page 105. Spend 15 minutes on www.spellingcity.com OR do building block pyramids for missed pretest words.
10/25 - Spelling sheet - Practice side
10/26 - Spelling sheet - Proofread side
10/27 - Prepare for spelling test using www.spellingcity.com OR write words 1-20 3 times each. Also.....Study for subject-verb agreement test. Complete pages 106-107.
10/28 - Spelling test in class. Subject-verb agreement test in class.
10/31 - page 111
11/1 - Spelling sheet - practice side. Pages 112-113.
11/2 - Spelling sheet - proofread side. Page 116. Study for test on present, past, and future tense.
11/3 - Write spelling words 1 - 20 5 times each OR spend at least 15 minutes on www.spellingcity.com . Study for test on present, past, and future tense.
11/4 - Spelling test. Turn in spelling sheet. Turn in signed note for 15 min. or more on spellingcity.com OR your 20 spelling words written 5 times each.
11-4 - until December - Start writing and practicing your 4-H speech. We will work on it some in class. You will need to work on it a lot outside of class. Use the blue sheet that the 4-H instructor gave you at your last meeting to help you. I've also uploaded a file with some helpful hints, topic ideas and supporting ideas. Look under FILES and click on 4-H Speech.
***CHOOSE A TOPIC FOR YOUR 4-H SPEECH ASAP.
11/7 - Do page 119. Study for a test over the Principal Parts of Verbs.
11/8 - Spelling sheet - practice side. PAGE 123.
11/9 - Spelling sheet - proofread side.
11/10 - Write spelling words 5 times each OR practice for your spelling test on spellingcity.com for at least 15 minutes sometime this week. Study for irregular verb test.
11/11 - Turn in spelling sheet and spellingcity.com note from parent or 5 times each.
Spelling test in class. Irregular Verb test in class.
This weekend - WORK ON YOUR 4-H SPEECH. DRAW A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO OUTLINE YOUR POINTS AND DETAILS.
11/14 - Page 129 B & C, Practice side of spelling sheet. Work on Troublesome Word Booklet. Write an example sentence for each word and an illustration for each word.
11/15 - Pages 130 and 131, Proofread side of spelling sheet. Work on Troublesome Word Booklet. Write an example sentence for each word and an illustration for each word.
11/16 - Study for spelling test and troublesome words test. Finish Troublesome Word Booklet. Write an example sentence for each word and an illustration for each word.
11/17 - Thanksgiving break - FINISH YOUR 4-H SPEECH! IT MUST BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 MINUTES. PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!
11/28 - Finish 4-H speech. Memorize jingles 6 - 8.
11/29 - Practice side of spelling sheet. Memorize jingles 6 - 8.
11/30 - Proofread side of spelling sheet. Memorize jingles 6 - 8.
12/1 - Memorize jingles 6 - 8.
12/5 - Memorize jingle 8 for Wednesday's test. Speeches should be ready by Thursday to present. Your speech should be between 2 and 4 minutes long.
Study for prepositions/prepositional phrases test.
12/6 - Memorize jingle 8 for Wednesday's test.
Study for prepositions/prepositional phrases test.
Speeches should be ready by Thursday to present.
12/7 - Jingle 8 test in class. Prepositions/Prepositional Phrase test in class.
Practice side of spelling sheet; Practice your speech!!!
12/8 - Speeches presented in class today. Proofread side of spelling sheet; Study for spelling test
12/9 - Spelling test in class; Speeches continue in class.
12/12 - Finish speeches in class. Review for exam.
12/13 - Review for exam. Exams will cover EVERYTHING we have learned this semester. Use the study guide for help.
12/14 - Exams in even classes: 2nd and 4th periods.
12/15 - Exams in odd classes: 1st and 3rd periods.
1/5 - Memorize jingles 9, 10, 11, 14; Study page 140.
1/6 - Memorize jingles 9, 10, 11, 14; Made a foldable in class for subject and object pronouns. Test over jingles 10 and 14 next week.
1/9 - Memorize jingles 9, 10, 11, 14; Complete pages 141-143.
1/10 - Memorize jingles 9, 10, 11, 14. Study pages 140-143 plus your composition notebook for test tomorrow on subject and object pronouns.
1/11 - Test over jingles 10 and 14. Test over subject and object pronouns.
1/12 - Study for spelling test. Writing in class.
1/13 - Spelling test; Writing in class.
1/17 - No spelling this week. Write a story about a fifth-grade student who wakes up invisible. What does the student like and dislike about being invisible? What happens? Write a graphic organizer (story web) before you start writing the story. Turn in your story and graphic organizer on Wednesday. Write at least a page. Make sure your story has a beginning, middle, and an end. BE CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE!!!
1/18 - Complete an 8 section foldable chart using $100 descriptive words. You can choose from the following 11 categories. Put one category in each of the 8 sections.
Words that give you goosebumps, Words that are silly and make you laugh, Words that you can visualize in your mind easily, Words that make noises; Words that show action, Words that describe, Weird words, Words that make you want to cry, Words you can use instead of "said", Words that your friends/family don't know, Words that are disgusting.
1/19 - Prompt writing: Imagine that one morning you wake up and find that you are now a grown-up. What would you think? How would you feel? Would you be happy or scared? How would your family react? Where would you go for the day, and what would you do? Write a story about the day you woke up and found that you were a grown-up. Include a title, a beginning, middle, and ending, 3 paragraphs with the first sentence of each paragraph indented. Write a graphic organizer (story web) before you start writing the story.
1/20 - Prompt writing: Pretend that today you are taking an imaginary trip.
Directions for Writing: Before you begin to write, think of a special place you would like to go and what you would like to do there.
1/23 - 1/31 - Preparing for the February 1st writing assessment. No spelling until after the writing assessment. Here are three prompts you can use to practice while you are out. Make sure they are at least a page long each, at least three paragraphs. Make sure you complete a graphic organizer for each story before you begin writing it. Think about all the things that you need to include in your story: creativity (thinking outside the box), $100 descriptive words, figurative language, and dialogue. Make sure your story has a beginning, middle, and an end. Tell what happened, what you saw or where you went, and how you felt.
Reread your story when you finish writing it. Does it make sense? Look for mistakes to correct or ways to make your story better when you finish it.
1. Writing situation: Most students have a favorite book. Pretend one day your favorite book pulled you into the story.
Directions for Writing: Before you begin writing, think about what character you were and what happened in your book.
Now write a story about the adventures you had when you were a character in your favorite book.
2. Writing situation: Suppose that you woke up one morning as a grown-up.
Directions for writing: Before you begin to write, think about what you would do, where you would go, and what you would wear.
Now write a story about your adventures on the day you woke up as a grown-up.
3. Writing situation: Pretend you arrived at school early. In the hallway, you found a huge backpack as tall as the ceiling, and it started to move.
Directions for writing: before you begin to write, think about what happened when the large backpack started to move.
Now write a story about your adventure the day the huge backpack started to move.
2/1 - 2/3 - Memorize jingle 11, the possessive pronoun jingle. Brush up on jingles 10 and 14. Complete pages 146-149 in your textbook.
2/6 - Practice side of spelling sheet; memorize jingle 11. Compose 7 sentences and small drawings to illustrate agreement in number (sing & plural), agreement in person (1st, 3rd), and agreement in gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) in your comp. notebook.
2/7 - Proofread side of spelling sheet. Memorize jingle 11. Discovery Test in class. Please make it up asap if absent. Study for Thursday's pronoun-antecedent agreement test.
2/8 & 2/9- Memorize jingle 11. Write missed pretest spelling words 5 times each. Study for your spelling test, particularly on the words you missed on the pretest. Textbook pages 152-155.
2/10 - Prefix spelling test; Complete textbook pages 152-155.
2/13 - 2/16 - No spelling test this week. Study possessive pronouns using 152-155 all week for test Thursday.
2/13 - Use 12 possessive pronouns listed on page 152 to write sentences about things you, your family, or friends own/possess. Memorize subject, object, possessive pronoun jingles for Thursday test.
2/14 - Write a story using nine possessive pronouns in it. Circle them as they appear in your story. Illustrate your story.
2/15 - Progress reports go home today. Watching Discovery Education video in class and answering questions. Study for tests.
2/16 - Jingles 9, 10, 11, 14 test; Possessive pronoun test
2/21 - Practice side of spelling sheet. Study page 164 - 165.
2/22 - Proofread side of spelling sheet. Study pages 164-165 for test tomorrow over who/whom.
2/23 - Study for spelling test.
2/24 - Homophone spelling test in class
2/27 - Study pages 170 and 171. DOUBLE NEGATIVE/CONTRACTIONS TEST WILL BE WED. OR THURS. STUDY!! Write spelling pyramids for words missed on pretest OR at least 15 minutes on spellingcity.com playing games and learning words. I need a note from a parent telling me how much time you spent on spellingcity. The time it takes to input your spelling words does not count as part of the required 15 minute minimum.
2/28 - Spelling sheet - practice
2/29 - Spelling sheet - proofread
3/1 - Study for Negative prefixes spelling test.
3/2 - Spelling test in class
3/5 - NO SPELLING THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF EXAMS. STUDY FOR EXAMS EVERY DAY!
Complete adjective foldable. Study for adjectives test you will have later this week.
3/6 - Write an advertisement for a lost pet. It must contain at least 7 adjectives. Describe your pet. Where and when it was last seen. How to contact you. Use complete sentences that are punctuated correctly. You may print it out using your computer. Include a picture or drawing of your lost pet.
3/7 - Review for exam and adjectives test. Complete pages 178-179.
3/8 - EXAM in 1st and 3rd periods; Adjective Test in 2nd and 4th periods.
3/9 - EXAM in 2nd and 4th periods; Adjective Test in 1st and 3rd periods.
3/13 - p. 182 - 183; practice side of spelling sheet
3/14 - p. 184-185; proofread side of spelling sheet
3/15 - Study for spelling test; p. 186-187
3/16 - Spelling test in class; p. 188-189
3/19 - Working in TCAP coach booklets in class. No spelling this week.
3/20 - Discovery Test in class
3/21 - Study and complete pages 194-195 and turn in. Start studying for Friday's test over this, that, these, and those (see pg. 182) and comparative/superlative adjectives (see page 188).
3/22 - Study for Friday's test over this, that, these, and those (see pg. 182) and comparative/superlative adjectives (see page 188).
3/23 - Test over this, that, these, and those (see pg. 182) and comparative/superlative adjectives (see page 188).
4/2 - Study for tomorrow's adverb test. Review pages 194-195. Practice side of spelling sheet. Pages 196-197.
4/3 - Proofreading side of spelling sheet. Adverb test in class.
4/4 - Study for unusual words spelling test.
4/5 - Unusual words spelling test
4/9 - 4/27 - No spelling until after TCAPs. Go online and practice/prepare for upcoming TCAPS. They are the week of April 23. Online practice TCAP test:
www.pearsonaccess.com, select Tennessee from the drop down box. Click the Support tab at the top. Click ePATS link at the left. Go to the 3rd page and find the 5th Grade 2012 Reading/Language Practice Test 1 and 2. Complete the tests. Print out results for extra credit.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/tcap_lang.htm- Find the GRAMMAR skills that you have had trouble with and click on the links. Practice the skills that you haven't mastered. Don't waste time on the skills you already know.
4/30 - Practice side of spelling sheet
5/1 - Proofread side of spelling sheet; Study pages 212-213 in textbook.
5/2 - Spelling pyramids OR play spelling games on www.spellingcity.com. Send a note from parent if you practice online.
5/3 - Study for Greek word part spelling test.
5/4 - Turn in this week's spelling assignments and take the test. Complete pages 214-215 in textbook.
5/7 - p. 218-219 A & B; Practice side of spelling sheet
5/8 - Proofread side of spelling sheet;
5/9 - Spelling pyramids OR play spelling games on www.spellingcity.com. Send a note from parent if you practice online.
5/10 - Study for Latin roots spelling test.
5/11- Turn in this week's spelling assignments and take the test.
