Monday, Oct. 3-Journal Topic: “What are some things you are optimistic about?” – discuss optimistic
-Vocabulary Workshop: check page 33 1-11, assign page 33 11-20
-Spelling competition – boys against girls – spelling bee
-Skill: puns – homonyms
-Story: none for this week we will be reviewing “constructed response questions & answering”
-HOMEWORK— finish up class work

Tuesday, October 4
-Journal Topic: none
-Vocabulary Workshop: check 33 11-20, assign 32 1-10 (check if time allows)
-Skill: “constructed response questions & answering”
-review: rubrics for constructed response questions & answers, questions & students answering the questions, review topic sentence, finding the answer, giving examples, giving your opinion
-begin writing one together (work on the one from last test- “St. George and the Dragon”)
-HOMEWORK— finish up class work

Wednesday, October 5-Journal Topic: What are some things you are pessimistic about?
-Vocabulary Workshop: check & assign 32/ 11-20
-Skill: finish up class project on constructed response questions & answers---discuss/discuss/discuss
-write one together as a class and students write with you in their journals – (overhead: read the “New York” story and work on one of their constructed response questions)
-HOMEWORK— finish up class work

Thursday, October 6-Journal Topic: none
-Vocabulary Workshop: check & assign 34/1-6-- check
-Skill: students begin working on their constructed response item “Do you think classroom rules work? Why or why not, explain your answer. Give two examples of our classroom rules and how they do or do not work?”
-check- read students orally & discuss
-HOMEWORK— vocabulary & spelling test tomorrow

Friday,
-Journal Topic: “What is your favorite book/ magazine? why?”
-Vocabulary Workshop: TEST
-TEST on constructed response
-HOMEWORK— none