Week of September 30 - October 6

Tuesday 9/30
Entry: 1) Spelling: Write your five words on your Weekly Spelling Study Sheet. 2)
Write on one of the Xs on your Writing Treasure Map

Election Research: Who are the candidates?

Organize for conferences. Practice.

Wednesday 10/1 Conferences

Thursday 10/2
Entry: Read the directions for partner spelling test. Give your spelling tests.

Review Question Strategy.

Model and Apply with students to write “I Like Rain" paragraph. Here's what we did:

Share: Did we important questions? Did we answer them in their paragraphs? Did asking important questions help us write a detailed paragraph that is interesting to readers?


Apply: Work with partner to write "I Like Snow" paragraph using the questioning strategy.


Friday 10/3
Entry: Explain the “Question Strategy?” to write good details.

Review Question Strategy: Reread paragraph. Ask questions in margins. Ask questions the reader would want answer to.

Finish paragraphs from yesterday. Share.

Share: Did partners ask important questions? Did they answer them in their paragraphs?

Revise your paragraphs. Share.

Monday 10/6
Entry: On your own, create new words from these base words: quiet, relate, upset, like, love

Class work: Create class spelling lists.


Apply: Students independently write “_____ makes a good pet.” Use the Question Strategy to stay focused and detailed.
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Paragraph __________________________ Questions:
_____ makes a good pet. ||||||||||What makes a good pet? Why does ____ make a good pet?
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Share: Did you/partner ask important questions? Did you/partner answer them in their paragraphs?

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