Wednesday, April 30

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Read-On

Periods 6-7
1. Compass Learning Odyssey
2. SSR

Tuesday, April 29

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Vocab quiz
2. Read Pages 47-66 of the Wizard of Oz (using Readers Theatre rubric as a guide)

Periods 6-7
1. Read Pages 47-66 of the Wizard of Oz (using Readers Theatre rubric as a guide)
2. Fluency
3. Review lists 1-3 from Lesson 6
4. Read story for endurance
5. Teacher read
6. Read story while completing graphic organizer

Monday, April 28

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Journal: What would you do if you were the woman who found the wallet/credit cards?
2. New Vocab
3. Complete VIS

1. grotto: small cave (n): Hugh Hefner has a grotto within his pool. Hugh Hefner has a small cave within his pool.

2. frenetic: frenzied or hectic (adj): Prom Week can get frenetic for students. Prom Week can get frenzied or hectic for students.

3. immaculate: very clean (adj): My condo is immaculate. My condo is very clean.

4. erroneous: false (adj): The story in the New York Times was erroneous. The story in the New York Times was false.

5. feign: fake (v): My sister feigned an illness so she could stay home from school. My sister faked an illness so she could stay home from school.

6. lithe: graceful and flexible (adj): Gymnasts are usually lithe. Gymnasts are usually graceful and flexible.

7. penchant: preference (n): Mr. Cooper has a penchant for tall women. Mr. Cooper has a preference for tall women.

8. histrionics: excessive drama (n): I refuse to fall prey to her histrionics. I refuse to fall prey to her excessive drama.

9. dearth: scarcity (n): During the Holocaust, there was a dearth of food for Jews. During the Holocaust, there was a scarcity of food for Jews.

10. premonition: dream (n): I had a premonition that I was going to win the lottery. I had a dream that I was going to win the lottery.

Periods 6-7
1. Journal
2. News of the day
3. Fluency
4. Pre-reading activity on Revolutionary War (with worksheet)
5. New vocab on Rewards Lesson 6
6. Complete VIS

Friday, April 25

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Read-On

Periods 6-7
1. Odyssey

Thursday, April 24

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Finish Wizard of Oz
2. Vocab pyramid

Periods 6-7
1. Finish Wizard of Oz
2. Vocab pyramid

Wednesday, April 23

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Read Wizard of Oz

Periods 6-7
1. Read Wizard of Oz
2. Vocabulary Pyramid

Tuesday, April 22

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Read-On

Periods 6-7
1. Odyssey

Monday, April 21

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Complete Willy Wonka quotes by figuring out which word and part of speech fit the blank

Periods 6-7
1. Complete Willy Wonka quotes by figuring out which word and part of speech fit the blank
2. SSR
3. Fluency
4. Word wall

Friday, April 18

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Read "Wizard of Oz" as a class

Periods 6-7
1. Read "wizard of oz" as a class
2. fluency
3. ssr
4. vocab quiz

Thursday, April 17

Perriods 1, 2, 4,
1. Vocab quiz
2. Readers theatre on "Wizard of Oz"

Periods 6-7
1. Readers Theatre
2. Fluency
3. Word wall
4. Read aloud
5. Complete Page 26 in Rewards Supplement

Wednesday, April 16

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. New vocab
2. Finish VIS

1. excursion: trip (n): We took an excursion to the mall.
2. Infuse: inject (verb): I had to infuse the class with some energy.
3. Lull: relative calm (n): I ran to my car during the lull in the storm.
4. Rectify: correct (v): I had to rectify the problem.
5. Suffice: meet the needs (v): Two meals a day will have to suffice.
6. Fluctuate: varies irregularly (v): The stock market fluctuates
7. Forsake: abandon: (V): Do not forsake your spouse.
8. Amend: improve or make better (V): Teachers are always trying to amend things
9. Undulate: move in a smooth, wavelike motion (V): The greens at the Masters undulate.
10. Wane: decrease (V): The rain seemed to wane.

Periods 6-7

Tuesday, April 15

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Read-On

Periods 6-7
1. Odyssey
2. Finish Selective Underlining
3. Write Summary

Monday, April 14

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Read-On

Period 6
1. Compass Learning Odyssey

Period 7
1. Fluency
2. Finish Haiku
3. Start Selective Underlining

Monday,

Friday, April 11

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Create six haikus using words from the word wall. Be sure that haiku follows the 5-7-5 rhyme scheme and has a color picture attached to it

Periods 6-7
1. Vocab quiz
2. Create haiku
3. Selective underlining of Gandhi story
4. Word wall
5. Fluency
6. Read aloud

Thursday, April 10

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Time to study for quiz
2. Vocab quiz
3. Finish selective underlining
4. Review S.U/Multiple Choice Questions

Periods 6, 7
1. Read aloud
2. Fluency
3. Readers theatre
4. Complete Pages 50-51 in Rewards book

Wednesday, April 9

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Read-On

Periods 6-7
1. Compass Learning Odyssey
2. SSR
3. Fluency
4. Read aloud
5. Word wall

Tuesday, April 8

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Finish work from yesterday
2. New vocab:

diverse: varied: (adj): Most of the school in Broward Couunty are diverse
accentuate: emphasize (verb): The guest speaker accentuated the importance of graduating high school
divergent: different (adj): The brothers took divergent paths to success
impervious: unable to be affected (adj): The musician was impervious to criticism
diparage: criticize (verb): Please don't disparage those people who are different from you
saccharine: sweet (adj): I didn't like the movie because it was too saccharine
almagamation: merger (noun): The companies agreed to the almagamation
divisive: caused conflict (adj): The meetings didn't solve anything; if anything, they were divisive
apocalypse: end of the world (noun): Some people think the apocalypse is near
retract: withdraw (verb): The New York Times retraced its story on John McCain

Periods 6-7
1. Complete Ghandi graphic organizer while reading story with partner
2. New vocab
3. Complete VIS

1. Compassion: sympathy (noun): Show compassion to those who are less fortunate.
2. Inferior: lower in importance (adj): An ant is inferior to an anteater.
3. Compartment: enclosed space (noun): Most cars have a compartment to hold papers.
4. Passengers: travelers (noun): All the passengers boarded the train.
5. incident: event (noun): The incident at lunch caused a lot of noise.
6. reputation: what people think of someone (noun): He has a reputation for being a bully.
7. obligation: something you must do (noun): I have an obligation to babysit on Thursdays.
8. comply: to go along with (verb): To stay out of trouble, you need to comply with the teacher. To stay out of trouble, you need to go along with the teacher.
9. relinquish: give up (verb): Too many traffic tickets caused him to relinquish his drivers license.
10. associate: to connect (verb): We connect Martin Luther King with peace.

4. Word wall
5. Read Aloud
6. Fluency
7. SSR

Monday, April 7

Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Teacher read Impact story
2. Student read story for fluency
3. Target notes/questions

Periods 6-7
1. Word wall
2. Fluency
3. Read aloud
4. Review lists 1, 2, 3
5. Teacher read story
6. Fluency for endurance
7. Partner read while answering the question "Who is Ghandi"
8. Class read while answering FCAT-style questions
9. Graphic organizer