2. Schedule
In order to accommodate many subjects and a short
period of time, we will follow a schedule in
Language Arts.
● Monday: Vocabulary
● Tuesday: Grammar
● Wednesday - Friday: Reading
3. Mondays: Vocabulary
Vocabulary days work on a two week schedule.
Week A
● Take the quiz on the previous unit.
● Work on word boxes for new unit.
● Homework: Finish word boxes before next Monday
Q: What are word boxes?
A: Word boxes are a way to visually and literally
interpret new words so that students can make
sense of what they are learning.
4. Mondays: Vocabulary
Definition: Sentence
This is a sentence
● Word Boxes are written This can be in
they create. It can
their own words
about 5 words from each or directly from not be from the
unit. The students pick the book. book.
the 5 words they find
most difficult. WORD
Synonym/Antonym:
● I tell the students that if Picture/ Symbol: These can be directly
they define the word on This is a visual from the book.
representation of
their own, it should be the word.
marked as a difficult word.
5. Mondays: Vocabulary
Vocabulary days work on a two week schedule.
Week B:
● Share word boxes
● Play vocabulary game
● Begin working on unit pages
● Homework: Finish unit pages by Friday
6. Monday: Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words are put on Quizlet each week.
You can access the practice tests and games by
going to my teacher website.
● Look at the tool bar on the right side of the page.
● Scroll down to the bottom
● Choose LA vocabulary unit ___ quizlet.
7. Tuesday: Grammar
● Students hear a 10 minutes mini-lesson about a
specific topic (right now we are covering
commas).
● Reinforcement of topic is done through:
1. Workbook pages
2. Multi-sensory games
● Tests and quizzes come at the end of a unit and
will always be on Tuesdays.
8. Wednesday- Friday: Reading
What Does Reading Class Look Like?
● Students hear a mini-lesson correlating with the unit currently
being studied.
● I model for them what I want them to do.
● Students practice the strategy independently or in partners
while reading from an independent book or from our class
book.
Q: What am I doing while they are reading?
A: I spend this time gathering precious data on your children's
reading habits, strengths, and needs. I use the data I collect to
design other units of study and to differentiate instruction so that
I can best meet the needs of each child.
9. Language Arts Assignments
The main assessments I use are:
● Writing done about Reading
● Reading Logs
● Projects/Tests at the end of a class book.
● Vocabulary Units pages
● Vocabulary quizzes/tests
● Grammar pages
● Grammar quizzes/tests
10. Language Arts Assignments
The students will also receive a participation
grade for Class work and a Participation grade
for Homework based solely on:
● completion of tasks
● effort made to participate in discussions
● quality of work (was their best attempt made)
11. Writing
Writing Class meets once a week on Wednesdays. I use a
workshop format which allows for most of our time to be spent
writing and conferencing.
● 10 minute mini-lesson
● 30 minutes to write
● 5 minutes to share writing with the class
Homework:
● Completing the writing started in class
● Online lessons will occasionally be assigned
12. Writing
Conferences
● I meet with individual children or small groups of children to
read and discuss the writing project. I give suggestions, but
the children are solely responsible for any changes they make
(or do not make).
● Because our time is so limited, students can contact me to
make an appointment before or after school to have a one on
one conference. Students can also email me a rough draft to
look over and comment on.
13. Writing Grades
A rubric will be used to grade assignments.
● based on lessons taught
● follows the ERB grading standard (a 6 point
scale)
We will complete about 3 writing projects per
trimester.
14. History
A multi-media approach is used in History Class.
● Videos
● digital storytelling
All interactive
● webcasts resources used in
● virtual field trips class can be found
● Quizlet on my website.
Students will be given a packet for each unit.
● All assignments and notes can be found in this packet.
● Tests, quizzes, and textbook pages will be written on the
front page of the packet.
15. History Grades
Each unit will have:
● Vocabulary test at the end of the unit
● Classwork grades
● Quiz at midway points
● Test/ Project Study aides for tests
and quizzes can be
found on my website:
Additional Grades
● quizlet
● Participation ● interactive
● Homework grade websites
● video tutorials
