JANUARY 6-10

MONDAY, JANUARY 6:
*  introduce warm ups to practice terms we need to review.  These will be done after silent reading in class, and will be worth 2 points each day.  Students will turn them in on Friday.  If your student is absent, he or she can find the make ups in a binder in our room
*  units 1 and 2 vocabulary review with partner--due today
*  rough draft, revise/edit and final draft of Two Gifts paragraph

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7:
*  warm up:  punctuating dialogue
*  Begin Unit 3 in Reading--Author's Purpose notes and discussion, practice with reading selections
*  time to finish Two Gifts paragraph--THIS IS DUE TOMORROW if it is not finished in class today.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8:
*  warm up:  TAPF (ask your students what this means and when we use it!)
*  practice author's purpose with "Insect Toppings"
*  book pass back/preview:  students will preview several books to see if they would like to add them to their list of books to read

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9:
*  warm up:  punctuating appositivies, capitalizing
*  practice author's purpose with "Play It Safe"
*  add inform, entertain and persuade to vocabulary notebook

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10:
*  warm up:  vocabulary
*  practice author's purpose with "Soda Send Off"
*  Theme notes and practice with "Too Many Tamales"