October 14-October 20

Tuesday 10/14
Entry: 1) Choose your five spelling words from your Personal Spelling List and write them in the first column of your Weekly Spelling Study Sheet.
2) Review your partner paragraphs. Can you add more detail and more precise nouns and verbs for more points?

Score your own paragraphs.
Share and discuss. Revise.

Can we celebrate our better paragraphs?

Wednesday 10/15
Entry: What do you know about who is running for president? How does someone get to be president?

Application of questions/strong verbs/alphabet strategy in election project
https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Election-Project

Introduction to Voting -- video
Need for information.
View and discuss project. Begin project as teams and class.
Determine as class next need to succeed.
https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Election-Project

Thursday 10/16 Spelling Test
Entry: What do you know about the election process?
Watch video on presidency and take notes.

Review paragraphs with strong verbs and nifty nouns.
Homework:
Write a paragraph on the sport you created an alphabet list for. The paragraph must be at least eight sentences with strong verbs and precise nouns as reviewed. Try not to repeat words.

Friday 10/17
Entry: Can you complete the questions on the worksheet about elections?

Review Student Expectations
http://msedwards.pbwiki.com/Student-Contract

Video for worksheet answers: Presidential Election and Voting


Monday 10/20
Entry: Base words -- elect, vote, inform, search, represent


Video: Presidential Election: The Presidential Election Process
How; 5W-H; Vocabulary;
https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Election-Project


Tuesday 10/21
Entry: Please write your five (5) spelling words in your Weekly Study Sheet.


https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Election-Project

Scholastic Action: What are the issues? Where do the candidates stand? Which candidate meets your views?