Character Trait

Grammar

Math

Science

Monday

Discuss the Word of the Week:  Courage

-Brainstorm ideas about the word.

-Write the ideas in the Changing Lives activity book.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-Brainstorm ideas for writing material from your everyday life by listing ideas under the following topics:  Pets/animals, Friends, Hobbies, Wishes, Books, Memories, Music, Food, School Subjects, Family, Special Places.  Always print in legible handwriting.

-Complete last week’s descriptive writing assignment and turn it in no later than today.

-Review pages on adverbs using pages 364-371.

-Practice writing for the writing assessment that is on February 23^rd. 

-Learn the correct uses for the colon using the following PowerPoint presentation:  The Colon:  A Sentence Gateway.

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

 -Complete workbook pages 60-62 on collecting data from a survey, bar graphs, and line graphs.

-Introduce mean, median, mode, and range by defining them.

Mean, median, mode, and range websites:

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/mathlabtutstat1.htm

http://www.aaamath.com/B/sta.htm

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol8/challenge_vol8.html

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/mepres/book8/bk8i5/bk8_5i2.htm

-Study for Mastery Test 2 on Double Line Graphs.

-Use the math links provided on this lesson plan during Computer Lab time.

-Work on math mastery skills.

-Share scientific research paper in PowerPoint using Aver-Key, boxes with items, insulators/conductors, experiments, or inventions with electricity.

Tuesday

-Write a rough draft for the Word of the Week in the Changing Lives activity book.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-Identifying direct quotations in sentences and punctuating direct quotations in sentences correctly on pages 374-375.

-Review adverbs and quotations on pages 380-381.

-During Exploratory, begin writing or rewriting something for the Young Authors’ Competition.

 Young Authors’ Writing Competition:

Students may submit an entry in one of the three categories: poetry, short story, and nonfiction.

Guidelines:
1.  Students may only submit one entry, and it must be the original work of the student.
2.  The entries must have a title page with the student's name, school, grade, and homeroom teacher.
3.  The entries may be typed or NEATLY written in ink.

4.    Short stories & nonfiction submissions should be between 500-1500 words.

5.    The entries are due to Ms. Booker by Thursday, March 3. The entries will be picked up by 10:00 A.M. on Friday.

-Practice writing for the writing assessment that is on February 23^rd.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Discuss meanings of mean, median, mode, and range.

-Complete, make, and interpret stem-and-leaf plots on pages 270-273.

-Reinforce reading skills and strategies to use in math on pages 274-275.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Stem and leaf plot graph websites:

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/data/stemleaf.htm

http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255w02/cs255students/JLAHR/P11/stemandleaf.pdf#search='stem%20and%20leaf%20plot%20graphs'

http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/f.graphs.html

http://math.about.com/library/weekly/aa051002a.htm

http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/power/ch8/plots.htm

-Study for Mastery Test 2 on Double Line Graphs.

-Work on math mastery skills.

-Share scientific research paper in PowerPoint using Aver-Key, boxes with items, insulators/conductors, experiments, or inventions with electricity.

Wednesday

-Revise your rough draft on the Word of the Week in the Changing Lives activity book to make it better.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-View Figurative Language PowerPoint.

-Write a narrative essay using the teacher’s prompt during Exploratory time.  Be sure to include figurative language and interesting dialogue.

-Practice writing for the writing assessment that is on February 23^rd.

-Create a pyramid graphic organizer about the person you have chosen to report on for Black History Month in Social Studies. 

Black History Websites:

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html

http://www.education-world.com/a_special/black_history.shtml

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Go to Mission Control at 8:30 and 9:30.

-Create a line graph in Word by following these directions:

http://www.paradise.k12.nf.ca/apinsentsmathpage/linegraphs.html

-Use Dealing with Data from Mailbox Oct./Nov. 1986 on pages 34-39.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Study for Mastery Test 2 on Double Line Graphs.

-Share scientific research paper in PowerPoint using Aver-Key, boxes with items, insulators/conductors, experiments, or inventions with electricity.

-Use reinforcement master 42 on double line graphs.

-View PowerPoint on Line Graphs and Double Line Graphs.

Thursday

-Proofread your Word of the Week writing to make it flawless.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-Demonstrate knowledge of colons by taking the Mastery Test 1 for colons.

-Demonstrate knowledge of adverbs by taking the Mastery Test 1 for adverbs.

-Identifying base words and suffixes and adding suffixes to form new words on pages 376-377.

-Practice writing for the writing assessment that is on February 23^rd.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

-Make a line plot and a double bar graph to solve problems on pages 276-279.

-Work on Accelerated Math.

-Line and Double Line Graph websites:

http://www.mathleague.com/help/data/data.htm

-Review test on Line Graphs.

-Study for Mastery Test 2 on Double Line Graphs.

-Share scientific research paper in PowerPoint using Aver-Key, boxes with items, insulators/conductors, experiments, or inventions with electricity.

-Complete worksheet called Part B/Problem Solving on range, mode, mean, and median, bar graph, single line graph, and double line graph.

Friday

-Publish your final copy in the Changing Lives activity book.

(Activities from Changing Lives are given grades in Language as “Other Averages.”)

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Write down all assignments in planner, even if they are completed.

-Get your planner signed by your parent/guardian every night.

-Combine sentences that contain words that tell time or give reasons on pages 378-379.

-Write an expositive essay using the teacher’s prompt.

-Practice writing for the writing assessment that is on February 23^rd.

-Participate in DARE during Exploratory Time.

Always print in legible handwriting.

-Solve problems from the Spiral Review and Test Prep transparency and the Problem of the Day.

Review content learned about graphs by completing and discussing pages 280-281.

-Demonstrate knowledge of Line Graphs by taking the Line/Double Line Mastery Test 2, if necessary.

Consider visiting these sites:

-www.aaamath.com

-http://www.SFSuccessnet.com

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th.htm

http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/

-Work on math mastery skills.

-Share scientific research paper in PowerPoint using Aver-Key, boxes with items, insulators/conductors, experiments, or inventions with electricity.