Language Arts/Writing/Reading: current work
Vocabulary: Wordly Wise website , non-fiction reading (science, geography, history)
Spelling: : weekly spelling lists, Spellwell, syllabication, spelling sentences and stories, editing
Grammar/Language Skills: parts of speech, punctuation, syllabication, word study
Writing: journaling, narratives, personal narratives, historical fiction, persuasive writing, reports
Reading: keeping a reading journal, writing a book report, non-fiction reading, self-monitoring reading strategies, literature groups-character study, Natalie Babbitt, Historical Fiction
Read Aloud: Ida B, Katherine Hannigan, The Twenty-One Balloons, William Pene du Bois,
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter, Astrid Lindgren, The Liberation of Gabriel King, KL Going
The Breadwinner, Deborah Ellis, , Switchers, Kate Thompson, Return to Sender, Julia Alvarez
TOOLS FOR READING, WRITING AND THINKING
ON-LINE WRITING SUPPORT WEBSITE
HERE'S ANOTHER GREAT WEBSITE (interactive templates for writing)
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