Unit+1

=Our reading program is Reading Street. = Every Monday I will send home the FAMILY TIMES. This will be your homework for me each week. Study the vocabulary words and reread the main story paying attention to the comprehension skill, character and plot. The grammar and spelling practice will be completed according to Mrs. Hall. Your reading test will be on Thursday.

by Andrew Clements Have you ever felt nervous about meeting a strict teacher? Well, get ready to read about how this student tries to face the demands of his fifth grade teacher. __**Centers for Frindle**__ **Technology:**
 * [[image:http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/iText/products/0-328-35334-5/unit1/images/tocfrindle.gif width="88" height="131"]] ||= Frindle
 * Genre:** HUMOROUS FICTION
 * Skill:** CHARACTER AND PLOT
 * Strategy:** PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
 * Vocabulary:** aquainted, assignment, essential, expanded, guaranteed, procedures, reputation, worshipped ||

by Jerdine Nolen
 * [[image:http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/iText/products/0-328-35334-5/unit1/images/tocthunderrose.gif width="88" height="116"]] || **Thunder Rose**
 * Genre:** TALL TALE
 * Skill:** CAUSE AND EFFECT
 * Strategy:** MONTIOR AND FIX UP
 * Vocabulary:** branded, constructed, daintily, devations, lullaby, pitch, resourceful, thieving, veins

Get ready to read about a character who is larger than life!!! Come aboard the adventures of Thunder Rose! || **__Centers for Thunder Rose__** **:** **Go to** **__ [|ED Weather Game] __, click START and follow directions. ** **Read [|Paul Bunyan]** **by clicking next to follow the page** ** (visit the links at the top for research). ** **Go through games and PowerPoints for [|homonyms]****. [|Word Jungle]**
 * Technology:**

by Scott O'Dell **Vocabulary:** gnawed, headland, kep, lair, ravine, shellfish, sinew || Facing Challenges in the Wilderness - Find out how Karana meets the physical challenges in her environment! __ **Island of the Blue Dolphins Centers:** __ **Go to** [|Buffalo] ** to learn about the different uses of the buffalo. Go to [|Free Rice] and use your dictionary to find the meaning of the vocabulary word. [|Big Idea] At this site you will learn to choose the main idea of different topics ** [|****Scotts Foresman Games/Powerpoints****] -**Link to any Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary/Reading activities**
 * [[image:http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/iText/products/0-328-35334-5/unit1/images/tocislandofbluedolphins.gif width="88" height="114"]] || ** Island of the Blue Dolphins **
 * Genre:** HISTORICAL FICTION
 * Skill:** THEME AND SETTING
 * Strategy:** VISUALIZE
 * Technology : **

**Go to** **__ [|WebQuest] __ to decide whether the story is a true indication of the life of Karana Write a response from your findings in your journal. Go to [|Dolphins] and write 3 facts and a fib about Dolphins from your reading. [|Channel Islands photography] Singles **
 * Part II technology:**

Genre: BIOGRAPHY Skill: SEQUENCE Strategy: ASK QUESTIONS Vocabulary: confidence, fastball, mocking, outfield, unique, weakness, windup || How do people overcome personal challenges? This week we are reading about a baseball player who overcame the challegeges of segregation and racism. __ **SATCHEL PAIGE TECHNOLOGY CENTERS** __ [|**Jim Crow**]** laws of 1900s – read a story and look at the timeline. Go to START, Accessories, and click PAINT. Explore paint drawing a ** **__ picture of segregation __. **
 * [[image:http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/iText/products/0-328-35334-5/unit1/images/tocsatchelpaige.gif width="88" height="107"]] || Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome

by Deborah Hopkinson Genre: EXPOSITORY NONFICTION Skill:CAUSE AND EFFECT Strategy: SUMMARIZE Vocabulary: advice, advised, circumstances, elbow, hustled, immigrants, luxury, newcomer, peddler || How do immigrants meet the challenges of living in a new country? [|Immigration article]**from Ellis Island – search this site. Look at the images and read the article.
 * [[image:http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/iText/products/0-328-35334-5/unit1/images/tocshuttingoutthesky.gif width="88" height="95"]] || Shutting Out the Sky
 * SHUTTING OUT THE SKY - TECHNOLOGY CENTER **

Listen to the article on [|Ellis Island]****;Put on YOUR HEADPHONES AND press play on the red audio box. __Write a thought about immigration on a post-it to share with the class.__**

__A pocket folder__ will be set aside for journal entries, DOR, and Center Activity Responses. Participation, growth in organization, writing skills, and content will be graded. The folders will stay in the classroom.

__Class work participation is crucial__. Each day you will work on 1-3 center activities. At the end of the week I will take one item for a grade. Make sure you do all your work in your journal so it is there for your reference.