Category Archives: Language Arts
Quarter 3 Language Arts Project Tree
Q2 Language Arts Projects
Everything you need to Q2 Language Arts Projects Here!
- StorySequenceGraphicOrganizer
- ActiveReadingChecklist
- PersuasiveEssayChecklist
- PersuasionMap
- PhantomTollbooth Ch. 1-10
- PhantomTollbooth Ch.11-20
Reader’s Circle Jobs:
Q2 Language Arts Project Tree
Q1 Literacy Project Tree
Everything you need for Quarter 4 Language Arts!
Click to print…
PART 1: A Civil War Notable
- Project 1 – Choose a Book (refer to syllabus)
- Project 2 – KWL Chart
- Project 3 – Thesis Statement (refer to syllabus)
- Project 4 – Outline
- Project 5 – Five Paragraph Expository Essay (use the Editing Checklist)
PART 2: Bull Run
- Project 1 – Vocabulary Dictionary
- Project 2 – Personification (refer to syllabus)
- Project 3 – Civil War Song (refer to syllabus)
- Project 4 – Make a “Civil War Era” Menu (refer to syllabus)
- Project 5 – Short Story (refer to syllabus)
- Project 6 – Book Cover (refer to syllabus)
- Project 7 – Chapter Questions
PART 3: Misc.
- CST Practice – http://www.cde.ca.gov/Ta/tg/sr/documents/cstrtqgr5elajul2012.pdf
- Current Events – News Article Analysis Worksheet
2013 Poetry Contest!
It’s that time of year again… time to get ready for OTA’s annual Poetry Contest! The more you practice, the more confidant you will be.
Choose ONE poem from the Core Knowledge Poetry Selection (5th Grade Core Knowledge Poems) OR any passage from Shakespeare.
Click here the printable version of OTA Poetry Competition 2013 Guidelines.
Everything you need for Q3 Language Arts!
Have a Vocabulary Test tomorrow but forgot your Tom Sawyer Dictionary at school? Need to finish a Predictor Job before the morning but left the handout on your desk? No worries. Everything you need for Quarter 3 Language Arts is listed below and ready to print from your home computer.
*Parents – Print the PROJECT TREE to help your student stay on track.
- Language Arts Project Tree
- Language Arts Syllabus
Grammar Project Handouts:
Tom Sawyer Reading Projects:
- Tom Sawyer Vocabulary Dictionary
- Project 1: Mark Twain Timeline
- Project 2: Reader’s Circle Jobs (Summarizer, Predictor, Clarifier, Discussion Director, Connector, Illustrator)
- Project 3: Compare and Contrast
- Project 4: Incantations (refer to syllabus)
- Project5: Decision Making Time
- Project 6: Sequencing Events
- Project 7: Keep A Diary (refer to syllabus)
- Project 8: Act Out a Scene (refer to syllabus)
- Project 9: Back In Time (refer to syllabus)
- Project 10: Chapter Questions
5th Graders Prep for New “Racer” Probots with Seminar on Mystery Program
Fifth Graders started back into programming last week with a SEMINAR on a Mystery Program: What symbol, shape, or word will Racer robot draw if you enter this program?
The Seminar Reading is here: Seminar on Probot Program.
- Please ask your 5th graders to explain it to you, line by line.
- Continue reading to see what Racer robot created! →
Language Arts Project Tree, Q2
Click to print (for your home refrigerator): Lang Arts Project Tree, Q2