LESSON PLANS FOR DECEMBER 9 – 13

***WOMS in collecting canned foods for the community food bank.  Please help.

***Progress reports were given to students last Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Please check with your child if you have not seen his/her progress report.

TEKS/STAAR READINESS AND SUPPORTING STANDARDS:

7.01, 7.02, 7.07, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19, 7.21

MONDAY, DEC. 9

Homework – Comma Review – Comma Packet F, G (review of six rules/patterns)

Read biography library book and begin Part V notes (due Thurs.)

Grade Commas A – E (practice on six comma rules/patterns)

Personal narrative ­ revising/editing – Does writing have WOW?

Work on word choice, adding figurative language, etc.

TUESDAY, DEC. 10

Homework – Comma Packet H, J
Finish reading biography library book; Part V notes (due Thurs.)

Grade Commas F, G

Guided practice – conventional uses for commas

Final revising/editing – personal narrative

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11

Homework – Be sure all notes are completed for biography project

Classwork – Comma Review

Write final copy of personal narrative

THURSDAY, DEC. 12

Finish final copy

Comma Test

Begin work on biography project

FRIDAY, DEC. 13

Work on biography project

***Students will be able to complete biography projects at a faster pace/earlier date if they have read and worked ahead.

LESSON PLANS DEC. 2 – 6

***Important homework Monday through Friday – Comma practice

Work on biography notes

Read biography

***PART III of biography book must be read by Wednesday.  Students will

work on notes for project in class.

***PART IV of biography book must be read by Friday.  Students will

work on notes for project in class.

***PART V of biography book must be read by Wednesday, Dec. 11.  Students

will work on notes for project in class.

TEKS/STAAR Readiness and Supporting Standards:

7.01, 7.02, 7.07, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19, 7.21

MONDAY, DEC. 2

Homework – Comma Practice

Class starter – Comma Pattern 1

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – sentence beginnings, lengths of sentences

Students check sentence structure in personal narratives

TUESDAY, DEC. 3

Homework – Comma Practice

Class starter – Comma Pattern 2

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – capitalization and punctuation

Students check capitalization and punctuation in personal narratives

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4

Homework – Comma Practice

Homework – finish Part III biography notes

Class starter – Comma Pattern 3

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – pronoun/antecedent

Students check pronoun usage in personal narratives

THURSDAY, DEC. 5

Homework – Comma Practice; biography notes

Class starter – Review Comma Patterns 1, 2, 3

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – verb tense; strong verbs

Students check verb usage in personal narratives

FRIDAY, DEC. 6

Homework – finish biography notes for Part VI

Class starter – compound subjects, compound verbs, compound sentences

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – no excuse for spelling errors

Students check spelling in personal narratives