8/22 Letter to Mrs. Schuette 8/23 8/24 How will school be different? Different This Time poem 1st draft Typed Final due Mon 8/29 8/29 Nouns and Pronouns Pretest page 309 #1-30 8/30 9/1 Watch The Letters, Mother Teresa Movie 9/2 Nouns Grammar Book pg. 295 Ex. 1,4,5 and worksheet 9/6 9/7 Compound Nouns Book page 296 Ex. 3 and 7 9/8 9/9 Pronouns Book page 300 Ex. 13 and 14 9/12 9/12 Planet Poem Describe a trip to your planet (assigned in science) 30 lines, 2-4 words per line, 5 facts, rhyming is extra credit 9/13 9/13 Planet Poem Final draft due Friday 9/16 Personal Pronouns Book page 302 Ex. 15 and 16 9/14 9/14 Demonstrative Pronouns Ex. 17 and 18 9/15 9/15 Chapter Review Ex. 26-29 and 30-31 9/17 Noun Pronoun Assessment 9/22 Verbs Book page 315 Ex. 1 and 2 9/23 Vivid Verbs activity 9/27 Linking verbs Book page 317 Ex. 3 all and Ex. 4 choose three to do 9/28 Distinguishing between Linking and action verbs page 318 ex. 5 10/3 MOSS discussion 10/4 Verb Review page 324 Ex. 23-26 and 29--do evens 10/5 Life Maps 10/12 Adjectives pg. 330 ex. 1 and 2 10/13 Adjectives pg. 332 ex. 3,4,5 *Ex. 3--make evens definite and odds indefinite 10/18 Adjective Review pg. 339 ex. 9, 11, 12, 13 11/14 Adverbs page 342 Ex. 19 and 20 11/15 Adverb/adjective Review Packet 11/16 Grade Review Work on cards 11/17 Thankful Poem 11/21 Share Thankful poem and illustrate 11/22 Make posters for food drive 11/29 Prepositions ex. 2 and 3--due in class 11/30 Prepositions ex. 4,5,9 12/1 DOL and prepositions ex. 4,5,9 due 12/6 Two paragraphs on the topic "Why is it Important to Vote?" 12/7 Conjunction exercises 1,2,5 1/3 Two paragraphs about your best moment of 2016 1/11-1/19 Civil Rights research project--present Thursday 1/19 SNOW DAY! Some grammar games to try: Brainpop, Grammar Ninja, Word Invasion Try a writing prompt--scroll through; there are lots. 1/23-24 Human Rights Activist presentations 2/6 Direct objects aand Mine Shaft story prompt 2/7 Indirect objects 2/8 Finish Mine Shaft Story 2/9 Review quiz Direct and Indirect objects and share stories 2/8 Phrases Book page 416, exercises 1-5 (Skip 4) Write prepositional phrases, except ex. 3, you need to create sentences 3/6 Independent and subordinate clauses worksheet