Lesson Plans for the Week of October 19th-23rd

MONDAY:
IDEA BOOK “JOURNAL”- Write a story that ends with the sentence, “I hope to never be that frightened again!”
PERSONAL DICTIONARY- Word #31 “Gnaw”
5th grade activities:
1. Students have received pen pals from John Marshall Law School. Students will begin reading letters and sharing them. Once letters have been read and shared, students will begin brainstorming a list of things that they want to tell their pen pals.
2. Students will be continuing their practice with work on declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences

6th Grade activities:
1. Students will be finishing their final drafts of their business letter. They will be teacher conferenced, printed out, signed, and put in an envelope that they will be filling out. Once this process is finished these letters will be sent out.

TUESDAY: STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING BENCHMARK TESTS
IDEA BOOK “JOURNAL”- Make lists of games you like AND don’t like to play. One list should be inside games and one list should be outside games.
PERSONAL DICTIONARY- Word #32 “Lair”
5th grade activities:
1. Students will continue the writing process with their pen pal letters to the students of John Marshall Law School. The stages of editing, revising, final drafts should be completed during this time.
2. Students will be continuing their practice with work on declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences

6th Grade activities:
1. Students will be finishing their final drafts of their business letter. They will be teacher conferenced, printed out, signed, and put in an envelope that they will be filling out. Once this process is finished, these letters will be sent out.

WEDNESDAY: STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING BENCHMARK TESTS
IDEA BOOK “JOURNAL”- Pretend that you have just been hired to take over as the cafeteria manager. The first thing you are supposed to do is make a new menu for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Create a menu that could be served in school that is easy, quick, and most important delicious for the students of your school.
PERSONAL DICTIONARY- Word #33 “Recommend”
5th grade activities:
1. Students will continue the writing process with their pen pal letters to the students of John Marshall Law School. The stages of editing, revising, final drafts should be completed during this time.
2. Students will be continuing their practice with work on declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences

6th Grade activities:
1. Notes on paragraph structure (Focus on topic sentences)
2. Practice paragraph writing

THURSDAY:
IDEA BOOK “JOURNAL”- Do you believe in ghosts?
PERSONAL DICTIONARY- Word #34 “Tradition”
5th grade activities:
1. Students will be finishing their pen pal letters and writing final drafts.
2. Students will be given an assessment on the 4 kinds of sentences

6th Grade activities:
1. Notes on paragraph structure (Focus on topic sentences)
2. Practice paragraph writing


FRIDAY: NO SCHOOL- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY