8:30 – 9:20: 50 min English & writing
8:30-8:55: Direct Instruction 5th grade
- Lots of reading! Mostly fiction, also poetry, essays/memoir (personal, persuasive), maybe a play. We’ll discuss and you’ll write about the books you read.
- Vocabulary—some every week. Check out book.
- Grammar—some every week.
- Intro The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, 1978.
8:30-8:55: Independent work 6th grade
- Start grammar book
- Review instructions on how to write an outline and work on essay outline
8:55-9:20: Direct Instruction 6th grade
- Discuss grammar book work
- Discuss outline for essay on “An Old Fashioned Girl” & continue working on it.
8:55-9:20: Independent work 5th grade
- Read Chapter 1 of The Westing Game
5 min stretch break
9:25 – 10:15: 50 min Math
9:25 – 9:50: Direct Instruction 5th
- Reaquaint with math textbook and Khan Academy
- I do some math she’s about to start working on
9:25 – 9:50: Independent Work 6th
- Khan Academy, keep working on Expressions and Variables redo quiz 1, Writing algebraic expressions next 2 sections & & Writing Word Problems plus Quiz 2 [3 sections & Quiz 3; unit test.]
9:50-10:15: Direct Instruction 6th
- Look at Khan Academy Expressions and Variables together, do some problems together. She did questions up on the white board with me.
- HW: 10 questions in Khan Academy Expressions and Variables
9:50 – 10:15: Independent Work 5th
- Work on either textbook or Khan Academy
10 min stretch/snack break
10:25 – 11:15: 50 min History & writing
10:25-10:50: Direct Instruction 6th
Chapter 3 test 1-11; video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki8S5I83Ccc#action=share
10:25-10:50: Independent Work 5th
10:50-11:15: Direct Instruction 5th
10:50-11:15: Independent Work 6th
11:15 – 11:45: 30 min Art
11:45 – 12:25: 40 min lunch
12:45 – 1:35: 50 min Science
- Chapter 2: What is Life? Watched videos, discussed the key concepts. Pretty dense and complicated. We’ll need to revisit.
1:20-1:40: 20 min Spanish, 10 min Duolinguo & 10 min Quizlet Spanish
