October 14-October 20

Tuesday 10/14
Entry:
1) Choose your five spelling words from your Personal Spelling List and write them on your Weekly Study Sheet.
2) Write: What is a verb? Read in the Blue Write Source book in your desk on page 416. Write an example.


Wednesday 10/15
Entry:
Think as many words (synonyms) for walk as you can; you may use a dictionary or thesaurus.
Lesson review of verbs.

Review Baseball Alphabet list from Friday. Discuss strong verbs.
Narrow ideas for a class chosen topic sentence.
Class model paragraph.


Thursday 10/16 Spelling Test
Continue Alphabet Basketball list with partner (or whatever topic you have).


Friday 10/17
Entry: What do you know about the election process?

Short Discussion

Review Student Expectations:
http://msedwards.pbwiki.com/Student-Contract


Introduction to Presidential Elections -- video


Monday 10/20
Entry: Base words -- elect, vote, inform, search, represent

Choose ten from the list:

elect, election, re-election, electing, elector, elective, electoral, electable

vote, voting, revote, voter, votes

inform, information, informative, informing, reinform, misinform, disinformation, uninformed

search, searching, searchable, searches, researches, unsearchable

represent, representation, misrepresent, unrepresented, representable, unrepresented, representative, representer

Introduction to Voting -- video
Video: Presidential Election
Election Project

5W-H; Vocabulary

Tuesday 10/21 Grade 5 Cooperation Day

Wednesday 10/22 Choose Spelling Words.

Scholastic Action Magazine: Scholastic Action: What are the issues? Where do the candidates stand? Which candidate meets your views?
https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Election-Project